The City of St. Louis presented copies of key documents about the lives of Dred and Harriet Scott to Lynne Jackson, a descendant of the Scotts and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation. They include materials that have been freshly restored and digitized.
“Strange Familiars” is an exhibition of fabric sculpture at Craft Alliance in St. Louis that expresses the joy and difficulty of “having a marginalized body in the world,” artist Frankie Toan explained.
St. Louis vocalist Laka stars in a show about the history of groundbreaking female artists who emerged from St. Louis, including Willie Mae Ford Smith, Josephine Baker and Tina Turner.