In Conversation: Michael Allen and Robert Green Join exhibition curator Michael Allen and artist Robert Green for a special conversation about salvage and community preservation. Relating to the fall exhibition Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis, the pair will discuss the close relationship between their salvage practices and community activism, as well as Green’s ongoing artistic reclamation of historical artifacts honoring the city’s African and African-American cultures.
In this vagabond season when Powell Hall is being renovated, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is still playing shows in one of its usual homes – the Pulitzer Arts Foundation,
Supported by the National Building Arts Center, Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis offers a treasure trove of preserved panel reliefs, pendants, spandrels, and other building elements.