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About & Contact

This creative placemaking initiative aims to transform the urban forest where the Pruitt-Igoe housing development once stood into a public space that preserves the remaining 33 acres of green space and cultivates community through beekeeping and urban agriculture.
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Public Proposal: video

Transform the urban forest where Pruitt-Igoe housing development once stood into a public space that cultivates community through education and urban agriculture.
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Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary Pilot Project

Students learn about bees, the environment and the benefits of urban gardening by planting seeds, harvesting produce. preparing healthy meals and making art.
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Roundtable Discussion

Pruitt-Igoe, Urban Issues and Creative Renewal. Panelist: Juan William Chavez, Michael Allen and Sylvester Brown, Jr.
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News & Press

Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary have received awards and grants from Creative Capital, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Graham Foundation and Art Matters
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Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary: Film

Explore the overgrown Urban Forest.
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Living Proposal Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary

Laumeier Sculpture Park Kranzberg Exhibition Series October 27, 2012 - January 20, 2013
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