Members of the North St. Louis Creative Field Guide working group at an excursion to Northside Workshop. Photo: CAM staff.
Members of the North St. Louis Creative Field Guide working group at an excursion to Northside Workshop. Photo: CAM staff.

North St. Louis Creative Field Guide

As part of CAM’s ongoing commitment to our northside neighbors, the North St. Louis Creative Field Guide is a resident- and artist-led project that treats the garden as an art studio that creates wellbeing, community building, and renewed investment in place.

Lead artists Dail Chambers and Juan William Chávez and a working group are developing creative projects that preserve and share knowledge about art and nature in North St. Louis City. Opportunities for residents to share in this work will be available through events, a fall 2025 exhibition at CAM, and a forthcoming publication.

Working group: Qhuin Binion, Cary Brown, Gabi Cole, AleXe Harlem, Tosha Phonix, Ronda Smith Branch, and Frankie Williams

Community collaborators include: City of St. Louis Planning and Urban Design Agency, Creative Reaction Lab, Northside Workshop, and Forest ReLeaf

North St. Louis Creative Field Guide is organized for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis by Michelle Dezember, Director of Learning and Engagement, and Alexis Creamer, Community Access Manager.

  • CAM Community Access Manager Alexis Creamer leads a working group session. Photo: CAM staff.
  • Lead Artist Dail Chambers leads a working group session. Photo: CAM staff.
  • Lead Artist Juan William Chavez leads a working group session at Northside Workshop. Photo: CAM staff.

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