Foundry Art Centre

lery for my wedding as well, all my guests told us that our wedding was the most memorable wedding they had been to because of the gallery! It has amazing photo areas (inside and out- including a literal train caboose)! Paige was our wedding coordinator and she is so unbelievably wonderful. Clear communication, great tips and guidance, and can make anything g happen! Aside from the event itself, the city of St Charles owns this, so you are supporting a community and culture center! The venue is also the crown jewel of historic St Charles Main Street & the Katy Trail, so your guests have endless opportunities to entertain themselves if the gallery is not doing it for them.

ing process. She is very communicative, organized, and will make sure you are taken care of! She truly cared that our event went smoothly and was perfect for us. She checked in multiple times throughout the planning process to see if there was anything we needed. Our parents came to one of our planning meetings with us, and she took the time to give them a tour and explain the logistics of our reception to them - they were so impressed! Everything was set up how we discussed it with her, and it was set up on time. The layout was perfect for our 220 guests. The bar staff and other Foundry staff that were there the night of our reception were very friendly to all of our guests and very efficient. We had so many of our guests tell us how nice the bar staff were! Mark was very helpful at the end of the night when we were cleaning up. The inside of the Foundry is stunning! The galleries are open during our cocktail hour for the guests to view, and the mezzanine was a neat thing as well. There are multiple spots immediately outside of the Foundry for photos, which was a nice plus. We loved that the venue is so close to Main Street, which gave our guests something to do before the reception started. The large parking lot was reserved for our guests, and we had no concerns with safety or security. I will be recommending the Foundry to all of my friends and family for their next event/wedding!

recommend this venue enough for an event!

have been there the minor issue (tried to close the bar early) we had wouldn't have occurred. They did not provide linens, which could be something that could be nice in the future. Overall, I would highly recommend this venue!

Art Centre, from day one of planning until our big day they made us feel so important and perfectly executed the day. We had access to the venue as early as the night before (so long as their is no event that night) and all day on Saturday . Their stage is perfect for a live wedding band, that was a huge plus for us. The entire venue was picturesque and perfectly captured our vision. The ultimate canvas for any couple. We took photos in the gallery which was amazing, and it was open for our guests to view. The mezzanine and hall provided a space with multiple outlets for those who enjoy dancing, mingling, drinking, and people watching! The best wedding ever. They have an abundance of preferred vendors that they work with, and their bar staff was top notch! The catering if you do a buffet is in a separate room so no need to have a transition space. We even had a second bar set up by the dance floor. I cannot recommend this venue enough! I found this venue through the knot. And I’m so happy I did!

onderful evening! The lighting was romantic and added to all our decor!

as a go! The guests were amazed at the Foundry as what they stated was elegant. The Foundry staff worked well with us each time we had to postpone our reception. Rachel, who coordinates events there...was of tremendous help and worked so well with us.

l touches. Rachel helped us think of all the little details and I did not worry or do anything day of event except enjoy my daughters wedding! Thanks Foundry.

perfect. We had the ceremony and reception all in 1 and I highly suggest it, our guests loved the experience.

ictions changing daily, Melanie always made sure to touch base and update me with the latest information. I couldn't thank her enough for making our special day ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! The Foundry is a perfect venue for any event and the space can be transformed into anything you imagine. I am so happy with how everything turned out, it was absolutely beautiful and will be a day we will never forget. Thank you to Melanie and The Foundry team for making our special day so PERFECT.

the wedding!! Highly recommend this venue is gorgeous.

best we found - especially for what they included (chairs and tables and set up of it.) This location can hold up to 400 but we had 120 and it was still great. It didn’t look empty at all. And with my claustrophobia, it was perfect. Melanie was our point of contact and she was INCREDIBLE from start to finish!

that were done to the space and that we could add our own unique touches. Also, we had a 200 person wedding and we didn't feel like we were on top of each other during the evening. I would recommend this space again and again.

re staff and Dan for guidance and delivery. My daughter-in-law says "perfect" and I say "thank you"!

ption together, and the Foundry was perfect. We loved the location at the end of Main Street in St. Charles and knew that this was the place for us. However, shortly after we toured the facility, the venue had a change in event coordinators, and she was disappointing at every turn between booking and the day of our wedding. I can't think of one positive thing to say about her. She was horrible at communication - we never heard a word from her unless money was due or we called to ask a question. Eighty percent of the time she didn't know the answer to our questions anyway. We were extremely upset to find out that we wouldn't be able to have a rehearsal at the venue, because she booked other events the four nights leading up to our wedding, and we were never informed that we needed to schedule this separately. Her solution was to see if someone else would be willing to let us share the space with their event the Wednesday before our wedding, which was useless since most of my wedding party didn't get to town until Friday morning. We were also GUARANTEED in our contract to have the additional Ameristar Gallery space, and when we went in a month before the wedding to look at the space again and finalize our layout, she told us that we might not get to use it. It's like she never bothered to read the contract that she signed with us. She never contacted us at any point about the set up of the space either, and I spent the day before my wedding having to coordinate it all with her by email (she claimed she had no contact info for me and had to get my email from my mom). By the wedding I had given up any hope of her being useful. The one thing she was left with the task of doing was to prop the back door open for the wedding party to enter after photographs - and of course, we found it locked. When we arrived, she mumbled some excuse about someone else closing the door, and then she was nowhere to be found for the remainder of the night. All I can say is thank goodness the rest of my vendors were phenomenal and kept everything running smoothly, because the Foundry coordinator was completely useless. In the end, the wedding went smoothly and was beautiful (no matter how horrible the coordinator, the space is phenomenal). If you're looking for a beautiful location for wedding and ceremony, you've found it. But in the end, I was extremely disappointed that we'd paid so much for such terrible quality service. If you book here, you should strongly consider hiring a wedding coordinator or have absolutely fantastic caterers, photographers, and dj/band (fortunately, I had all of that).

-extra lighting, a piano that plays itself, a projector, a stage, etc.. it holds up to about 400 people. We booked them through a bridal show and recieve 25% off our bill. The only downside is they only have 4 peferred caterers, so if you choose to have an outside caterer, there is a 25% charge added to your bill. Overall, we didn't have to worry about anything--we just gave them the layout we wanted and they did the set up. You will have to provide your own linens, cake, dj, caterer, etc... It was well worth the money, and our guests enjoyed looking at all of the art throughout the night!

range. We used a non-preferred caterer and even with the $1500 non-preferred caterer's fee and them taking 15% of the total food and bar bill, our caterer was cheaper. This is an absolutely stunning venue, but beware of hidden fees.

ell you that the side galleries will be open during your cocktail hour for the guests to walk though. This depends on the artist being displayed in the gallery, and no one bothered to call and let us know that they were not going to allow the guests into it until the week before the wedding. This is something I was excited about, so I was not happy. I was also not thrilled about the lack of notification. It should not have been something I found it when I was calling the week before to verify everything. (2) While someone for the Foundry "will be there during your event", good luck finding them. We had to ask someone from the catering staff (not associated with the foundry but we couldnt find the foundry person) to turn the heat down about five times. (3) It got really really hot, and again, it took forever to get someone to turn it down. (4) we put the bridal party up on the stage, which looked cool during the day when everything was lit up. However, no one from the foundry turned the lights on to the stage on the actual day of the reception, so we were sitting in the dark. We couldn't find a switch, and again could not find the staff person. It made it really difficult for our maid of honor and best man to read their speeches- to the point where someone had to stand next to them holding a cell phone onto the page so they could see the words. Basically, don't get excited about what is in the contract. The Foundry takes it as a "suggestion" and not their obligation.