In Memory of Sequoia Whitfield
Aug 21
Sequoia Whitfield. Courtesy The National Gun Violence Memorial.
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is deeply saddened by the death of Sequoia Whitfield, who was killed in a shooting on August 12, 2020. Sequoia, 19, was a student at Vashon High School and participated in the school’s art…
Cracking codes with Sanford Biggers
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CAM is “a tranquil refuge from an increasingly stressful world”
Aug 14 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kahlil Robert Irving’s gritty ceramics and internet collages examine contemporary violence
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After Shelter gathers St. Louisans’ pandemic reflections for StoryCorps
Jul 22 / St. Louis Public Radio
Katherine Bernhardt’s Black Lives Matter mural is whitewashed by city contractor
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Open Studios STL 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
Jul 15
CAM reopens with COVID-19 safety protocols and four exhibits that need to be experienced in person
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Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Tim Portlock
Jul 8
“The whole thing got weird the weekend before spring break,” Tim Portlock begins. He’s on the phone in Philadelphia, where his wife lives and where they cohabit during the summer. Portlock is a 2020 Great Rivers Biennial (GRB) award winner and the head…