3648 Washington Blvd
St Louis, Missouri 63108

The not-for-profit art jobs program for teens, St. Louis ArtWorks, shows two architectural projects on which their students worked in 2009 and 2010. Drawings and models for two projects, which include a watershed design project for North Riverfront Park, and a design project for Ruth Porter Park in St. Vincent Greenway re-using current park site materials, will be on view. In Fall 2009, ArtWorks' teen apprentices participated in a groundbreaking public art collaboration with New York eco-artist Jackie Brookner, The Confluence, and graduate students from Washington University's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Apprentices worked with local artist Kevin McCoy and architect Tebogo Schultz to develop concepts for a public artwork for North Riverfront Park. In the summer of 2010, eighteen ArtWorks teen apprentices worked with two local professional artists, Tebogo Schultz and Chelsey Bence, to design an environmentally friendly work of art for Ruth Porter Park. The design focused on incorporating the re-use of materials currently in the park that will be removed during the park's renovation. Apprentices met with the staff of the Great Rivers Greenway to learn the history of the park, and the St. Vincent Greenway to understand the goals of the final design commission.

Added by Upcoming Robot on January 24, 2011