We are excited to announce that designer and illustrator Shannon Levin will join us as a 2023 artist in residence! She will focus on a “eulogy mural”, a painting on her former 2006 Hyundai Sonata that will evolve on site over the next 6 months. Stay tuned for more info regarding progress and programming!
In collaboration with G-CADD, New American Gardening explores garden making on vacant lots and post industrial land on our campus in Granite City, Illinois. It is focused on the design, implementation, and stewardship of garden oriented projects and programs. Recent projects include 'Slot Lot', 'Pilot Plot', a greenhouse built from recycled material found on site, and the numerous gardens of native plants encompassing the space.
Pictures from L-R
Kirsten Hassenfeld, Long May She Wave
Gina Hunt and Allison Lacher, Cue Winter
Kristin Abhalter Smith, Solid Air
Nick Wylie, The Turtle and the Scorpion: With the Catching End the Pleasures of the Chase
RL Tillman, Union Down
STNDRD is an artist-run public art project organized by Sage Dawson. Its exhibitions examine the power and potential of flags, richly evidenced by history and within contemporary art as cultural objects that abstract, encapsulate, and canonize.
STNDRD debuted in September 2016 within The Luminary in St. Louis, traveled to DEMO Project and the Terrain Biennial – Enos Park, and in 2018 returned to a permanent location in the St. Louis metro area as an outdoor flag pole at G-CADD. The project is based within a landscape environment created by Landscape Architect, Chris Carl. Alongside its permanent location, off-site exhibitions are ongoing and have included collaborations with Dalton Warehouse in South Central Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angles, and ACRE.