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PUBLIC ART PUBLIC MEMORY

WHO IS MISSING 9.6.19-9.29.19

Upcoming Exhibition Events | Talk and Presentation

September 26th @ 5:30PM Lynne M. Jackson President and Founder of Dred Scott Foundation September 28th @ 2:00PM Harry Weber Renowned St. Louis Sculptor CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center www.creativeexchangelab.com [email protected] CEL@Kranzberg Art Gallery, 501 N. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63103

CEL is sponsoring this program in partnership with the Missouri Humanities Council and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Rick Bell, Fellow of the AIA and a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Curators: Jasmin Aber, RA-MA | Rick Bell, FAIA | Maeve Elder, MA

Exhibition Photographers: Elizabeth Lennard PARIS | Robert Wallace NYC | Edward Tsimerman STL

Interns: Fang Hao Yin Li

PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 1 INTRODUCTION 3 explores explores PUBLIC ARTPUBLIC WHO IS MISSING WHO IS PUBLIC MEMORY PUBLIC PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING Public Art | Public Memory: Who is Missing interpreting public statues of women in their respective cities — in their respective of women statues public interpreting and Paris. York St. Louis, New and experience explore to the audience invites This exhibition and on the impact of representation reflect to these photographs thoughts will inspire hope they memory in public art. We collective and about who is missing. of diversity about the value The exhibition The exhibition It engages with of public art in embodying public memory. the role in our representation expanding around discussion contemporary public monuments. of — statues in cities plentiful of men are public statues While between. and far few are history made significant who have women are they not than often more exist woman of statues when And or metaphors. symbols, muses, archetypes, allegories, awareness heightened events, and recent of #metoo In the wake part of the become have imbalance of gender inequity and power has gained advocacy Grassroots and design discourse. political action. take to civic leaders momentum, motivating photographers, of three the work brings together The exhibition CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center 2 CURATORS 5 Segregation Segregation (Research Assistant). Assistant). (Research PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING | CEL Center for Architecture + Design + Architecture for Center CEL | | CEL Center for Architecture + Design + Architecture for Center CEL | | Columbia University University Columbia | She received her Master of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. University at Washington of Architecture her Master She received Maeve Elder Maeve + Design Architecture for at CEL Center Director Elder is Assistant Maeve engagement, community in numerous has been involved St. Louis. Maeve Partner’s in St. Louis, including Interboro projects and teaching research, The Cabanne Coordinator), (Outreach Project Playscape Natural Park Forest and the book Coordinator) (Project Project Neighborhood History Action in St. Louis and Calls for Design: Conversations by York City Department of Design and Construction, the municipal public works public works the municipal of Design and Construction, City Department York a taking Mayors, NYC of five the administrations in worked He has agency. the AIA’s of Architecture for the Center open and animate to of absence leave Chapter. York New Jasmin Aber Architecture for Center of CEL and co-founder Director Jasmin Aber is Executive since and exhibitions programs she has directed + Design St. Louis, where in Germany in 1998 in architecture license her professional 2008. Aber received of British Architects Institute the Royal from and her RIBA I & II certification work Jasmin’s University. at Portsmouth she was trained in the UK, where theory, policy and practice. the spectrum between along continually moves School Fox Sam the at lecturer adjunct and fellow CRI a as served has Aber in St. Louis, as a mentor University of Design & Visual Arts at Washington at coordinator research SCiRN the as and Univeristy State Harris-Stowe at including projects, community several leading She is currently UC Berkeley. St. Louis Art & the East creating east, envisiong Grand-Center among others City, MO in University assessments cultural and conducting District, Cultural and the MLK Corridor in St. Louis. Rick Bell Rick Bell Buildings, Infrastructure for of the Center is the Deputy Director Rick Bell Associate Adjunct also is he where University, Columbia at Space Public and Science. Applied and Engineering of School Foundation Fu the in Professor until recently of Architects, Institute of the American and Fellow An architect New of the Excellence Design and Construction for Director Bell was Executive CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center 4 GALLERY GUIDE 7 3 1 Paris St. Louis Elizabeth Lennard | Elizabeth Lennard Edward Tsimerman | Tsimerman Edward New York New PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING Robert Wallace | Wallace Robert 2 Elizabeth Lennard was born in New York in 1953. In 1978, she moved to Paris, Paris, to in 1953. In 1978, she moved York was born in New Elizabeth Lennard 1978 and between taken were York New of The photos lives. still she where of it is the experience Paradoxically, her hometown. visits to 1983, during long the to her attention that drew of Paris curves the Gothic and Haussmannian Similarly, York. of New of the streets architecture brick and steel rectangular pink, sky blue, very both dapper and past, in mind these colors keeps the artist in photo. Paris when she reinvents Warholian, architect Aleksandr Faynleyb. He immigrated to the United States when he States the United to He immigrated Faynleyb. Aleksandr architect in degree of Architecture his Master completing old. After years was eighteen St. Louis. firms in in architectural 2007. He has worked as well York of New at the City University photography studied Bob Wallace and non-traditional His talent, of Photography. Center as the International most of some of the industry’s the eye caught photography to approach hired subsequently who photographers commercial and fashion renowned numerous assisting years spending a few After be their assistant. Bob to his in-depth leverage Bob decided to area, York the New in photographers knowledge. photographic as his technical as well expertise fashion Edward Tsimerman has honed his skills as a talented photographer photographer as a talented honed his skills has Tsimerman Edward and Magnum photographers, by leading in workshops by participating and Russia. States the United in and competitions in exhibitions participating in design with an interest Republic of Uzbekistan up in the Soviet grew Edward modernist Soviet a noted grandfather, by his maternal and the arts instilled STL 3 3 2 | Edward Tsimerman Tsimerman Edward | NYC 1 | Robert Wallace Wallace Robert | Exhibition Photographers Exhibition PARIS CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center 6 Elizabeth Lennard Lennard Elizabeth EDWARD TSIMERMAN 9

Josephine Baker PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING Sculpture by William J. Williams Sculpture (Freda Josephine McDonald) is best known as a as known Josephine McDonald) is best (Freda Hall of Famous Missourians, Jefferson City, MO Jefferson Missourians, Hall of Famous Josephine Baker than the means nothing more when color the day will come “Surely soul; speak one’s to as a way is seen uniquely when religion skin tone; and all men are of the dice of a throw the weight have when birth places and brotherhood.” love breeds when understanding born free; Born: 1906, St. Louis | Died: 1975, Paris Josephine Baker singer, and human rights activist. dancer, ST. LOUIS ST. |

EDWARD TSIMERMAN TSIMERMAN EDWARD CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center ST. LOUIS ST. 8 EDWARD TSIMERMAN | ST. LOUIS EDWARD TSIMERMAN

Harriet Robinson Scott

“Not my dream alone, but our dream. Not my world alone, But your world and my world, Belonging to all the hands who build.” Langston Hughes from Freedom’s Plow

Born: c.1814, Virginia | Died: 1876, St. Louis Harriet Robinson Scott is best known for being the co-plaintiff, with her ST. LOUIS ST. husband Dred Scott, in the 1857 Supreme Court case that addressed slavery.

Harriet Robinson Scott Sculpture by Harry Weber Old Courthouse, Downtown, St. Louis

10 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 11 EDWARD TSIMERMAN | ST. LOUIS EDWARD TSIMERMAN

Kate Chopin

“She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world…. but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.” Kate Chopin from The Awakening

Born: 1850, St. Louis | Died: 1904, St. Louis Kate Chopin is best known as a writer of short stories that appeared in ST. LOUIS ST. many national magazines. She is also the author of two novels, At Fault and The Awakening.

Kate Chopin Sculpture by Jaye Gregory Central West End Association, STL

12 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 13 TIMOTHY MICHAEL BURNS 15 Sacagawea Sculpture by Harry Weber Sculpture PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING is best known as an explorer, guide and translator for for guide and translator as an explorer, known is best Hall of Famous Missourians, Jefferson City, MO Jefferson Missourians, Hall of Famous Sacagawea my people.” I do is for “Everything Sacagawea Salmon, Idaho now Valley, Born: 1788, Lemhi River Wyoming Washakie, Died: 1812, Fort Sacagawea other Native assured Her presence & Clark expedition. the Lewis not a war party. was that the expedition Americans

TIMOTHY MICHAEL BURNS MICHAEL TIMOTHY CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center ST. LOUIS ST. 14 TIMOTHY MICHAEL BURNS 17 Frankie Muse Freeman Frankie Sculpture by Brian R. Owens Sculpture PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING Hall of Famous Missourians, Jefferson City, MO Jefferson Missourians, Hall of Famous Frankie Muse Freeman Frankie one know get to need to we I feel racism, away from move “To happening each other should start know And getting to another. age.” at a young Muse Freeman Frankie Born: 1916, St. Louis, MO Died: 2017, St. Louis, MO and the as a civil rights attorney known is best Muse Freeman Frankie on Civil Rights. on the US Commission serve to woman first

TIMOTHY MICHAEL BURNS MICHAEL TIMOTHY CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center ST. LOUIS ST. 16 ROBERT WALLACE | NEW YORK ROBERT WALLACE

Eleanor Roosevelt

“Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.” Eleanor Roosevelt, 1940

Born: 1884, New York, NY | Died: 1962, New York, NY Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an activist, diplomat, and political figure;

NEW YORK she advocated for civil rights and expanded roles for women in the workplace.

Eleanor Roosevelt Sculpture by Penelope Jencks Riverside Park at West 72 Street, New York City

18 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 19 ROBERT WALLACE | NEW YORK ROBERT WALLACE

Harriet Tubman

“I had crossed the line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.” from Harriet, The Moses of Her People (1886), Sarah Hopkins Bradford

Born: c. 1822, Dorchester County, MD | Died: 1913, Auburn, NY An escaped slave, Harriet Tubman is best known as an abolitionist, feminist, organizer, and conductor on the Underground Railroad. NEW YORK

Harriet Tubman Sculpture by Alison Saar Harriet Tubman Triangle, Harlem, New York City

20 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 21 ROBERT WALLACE | NEW YORK ROBERT WALLACE

Gertrude Stein

“The only thing that anyone wants now is to be free, to be let alone, to live their life as they can, but not to be watched, controlled and scared, no no, not.” (1943)

“There’s no there there.”

Born: 1874, Pittsburgh, PA 1874 | Died: 1949, Neuilly (Paris), Gertrude Stein was a novelist, poet, and playwright who experimented

NEW YORK with style, tone, and format. She filled her Paris apartment with avant- garde artworks.

Gertrude Stein Sculpture by Jo Davidson Bryant Park, New York City

22 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 23 ELIZABETH LENNARD | PARIS ELIZABETH LENNARD

Sarah Bernhardt

“You have to hate very little, because it’s very tiring. We must despise a lot, forgive often and never forget. Forgiveness cannot lead to oblivion; for me, at least. “ from My Double Life, Sarah Bernhardt

Born: 1844, Paris | Died: 1923, Paris PARIS Sarah Bernhardt (Henriette-Rosine Bernard) is best known as a stage actress and as one of the first prominent actresses to star in motion pictures, as early as 1895.

Sarah Bernhardt Sculpture by François Léon Sicard Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris

24 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 25 ELIZABETH LENNARD | PARIS ELIZABETH LENNARD

George Sand

“I know that I am the slave and you are the master. The laws of the country make you my master. You can bind my body, tie my hands, govern my acts. You have the right of the stronger, and society confirms you in it; but you cannot command my will, monsieur.” from Indiana (1832), George Sand PARIS Born: 1804, Paris | Died: Nohant-Vic, France George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin) is best known as a novelist, memorist, and activist. She was one of the most popular writers in Europe.

George Sand Sculpture by François Léon Sicard Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris

26 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 27 ELIZABETH LENNARD | PARIS ELIZABETH LENNARD

Sophie Rosopochine, Comtesse de Ségur

“My poor children, it is always so in the world; God sends pain, sorrow, suffering, to prevent us from loving life too much and to get used to the thought of leaving it.” Sophe Rosopochine, Comtesse de Ségur

Born: 1799, St. Petersburg | Died: 1874, Paris PARIS Sophie Rosopochine, Comtesse de Ségur (Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina) is best known as a novelist. Her first novel was published when she was 58 years of age.

Sophie Rosopochine, Comtesse de Ségur Sculpture by Jean Boucher Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris

28 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 29 ELIZABETH LENNARD | PARIS ELIZABETH LENNARD

Rosa Bonheur

“Ah! If nations could only agree to employ their resources to perfect agriculture and improve transportation, and to bring all their girl children a good education, what an explosion of happiness there would be on earth!” Rosa Bonheur PARIS Born: 1822, Bordeaux, France | Died: 1899, Thonery, France Rosa Bonheur (Marie-Rosalie Bonheur) is best known as a painter and sculptor who specialized in realistic images of animals, particularly horses.

Rosa Bonheur Sculpture by Gaston Beuvenot Leroux Champs de Mars, Bordeaux

30 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 31 ELIZABETH LENNARD | PARIS ELIZABETH LENNARD

Queens of France and Illustrious Women

Clémence Isaure, Toulouse, Academy of the Floral Games Bertrada of Laon (Bertha Broadfoot), Queen of France, c.710-783 Matilde of Flanders, Duchesse de Normandie, c.1031-1083 PARIS

Queens of France and Illustrious Women Clémence Isaure, Toulouse, Academy of the Floral Games Bertrada of Laon (Bertha Broadfoot), Queen of France, c.710-783 Matilde of Flanders, Duchesse de Normandie, c.1031-1083 Sculptures by Ferdinand Taluet Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris

32 CEL Center for Architecture + Design PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING 33 PRESENTERSS 35 Sculptor President and Founder of the Dred Scott Foundation Scott Dred the of Founder and President PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING |

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Belleville, Illinois (2011), the Women In Vision’s The Empowering Women Who Women The Empowering In Vision’s Illinois (2011), the Women Belleville, the National mention for with honorable (2013) and nominee Award Inspire the Dred leadership, under her In 2012, (2014). Award Month History Women’s Scott, of Harriet and Dred statue the first erected Foundation Heritage Scott in Courthouse the Old outside Weber, Harry by sculptor and created designed Administration/ in Business of Science Bachelor a St. Louis. Jackson received and is a Graduate at Edwardsville University Southern Illinois from Marketing Piano Studio of St. Louis. Wells Ward of Alleda Park Service. He was selected in a national competition to sculpt the statue of statue the sculpt to competition national a in selected was He Service. Park the Supreme in St. Louis where at the Old Courthouse & Harriet Scott Dred made. Court Decision was His and abroad. 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Jackson is the great-granddaughter Lynne and and President of 1857, which ended slavery, Decision Scott of the Dred the “promote that aims to Foundation, Heritage Scott of The Dred Founder eye an with histories our of reconciliation and education commemoration, the around travels Jackson past.” the of wounds the heal to helping towards She has story. and her family’s of the landmark case the history share to country including a Community Service her work, for recognition widespread received Dred (2003), The Freedom Hardship Against Community Women from Award Senate the Missouri from resolution a recognition (2007), Legacy Award Scott MO the City of Marshfield, from of Initiative Award Hubble (2008), the Edwin P. Racial Harmony in for the Center from Award (2011), The Phenomenal Woman Harry Weber includes His body of work sculptor. known is an Internationally Harry Weber states, in eighteen view in public sculptures commissioned 150 large over in notables figures, include historical and China. These Africa the Caribbean. of his Two the Country. cities across twenty-six and sports in the arts, politics by the National and Clark sites National Lewis been named have sculptures CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center 34 PANELISTS 37 #1 in Civil Rights: The #1 in Civil Rights: . The exhibition examined the examined . The exhibition PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING | | Webster University Webster | | | Saint Louis University University Louis Saint | | Curator of Urban Landscape and Community Identity Community and Landscape Urban of Curator | specific to diversity and inclusion. Smith has been a fierce advocate for for advocate and inclusion. Smith has been a fierce diversity specific to fluency; racial, and literacy competency, cultural promotes that programming St. Louis the greater to SLU support; and connecting gender, and cultural 2002, since member at SLU faculty been a distinguished Smith has community. American liaison in the African and community professor serving as assistant Studies Program. of STEAM training for under-resourced, low-income K-12 students in the St. K-12 students low-income under-resourced, for of STEAM training choices, career college, internships, through students region--guiding Louis and for on being “of focuses opportunities. 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He is the author of articles. scholarly reviewed 1928-1960 of Modern Architecture; Congress 1948-1973 Architecture, University American and Postwar Professor of Architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at the Sam Fox of Architecture Professor lectures many invited He has given in St. Louis. University at Washington books and peer- and publishes academic and internationally, nationally Eric Paul Mumford Eric Paul Voyles and John is the Rebecca and historian, an architect Eric Mumford, on the Louisville, Kentucky riverfront titled titled Kentucky riverfront on the Louisville, as part of a artwork a signature for process and commissioning the selection Virginia. in Arlington, development private across the country in commissioning public art. Recent completed projects projects completed public art. 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McKinley States the United public art throughout and produces San José, Vancouver, cities such as public art plans for on high-profile worked Meridith McKinley a St. Louis and of Via Partnership, partner is a founding Meridith McKinley with public agencies, Working group. public art consulting York-based New slavery continues to haunt America today, and today, haunt America to continues slavery St. Louis in the future. in a dystopian teens mutated developing a number of super hero-related stories for the screen. He is also the screen. for stories a number of super hero-related developing titled on a novel working American for of unatoned the ghost and how Americans African of enslaved Gregory S. Carr is an instructor of Speech and Theater at Harris-Stowe State State Harris-Stowe at Theater and Speech of instructor an is Carr S. Gregory plays, of his Two and writer. director an accomplished He is University. Is Gone Taylor and is of super-heroes avid fan is an Gregory in Cleveland. House Karamu Greg Carr Greg 36 SUPPORT 39 . $950 $350 $500 PARIS PARIS ST. LOUIS ST. NEW YORK [email protected] Photographs by Robert Wallace by Robert Photographs PUBLIC ART | PUBLIC MEMORY | WHO IS MISSING Photographs by Elizabeth Lennard by Elizabeth Photographs Photographs by Edward Tsimerman by Edward Photographs To purchase any photographs from the exhibition, please inquire at inquire please the exhibition, from any photographs purchase To CEL Center for Architecture + Design Architecture for CEL Center 38 BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE.

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