Pruitt Igoe Bee Sanctuary http://pruitt-igoebeesanctuary.com/learn Pruitt Igoe St. Louis Bees Thu, 14 May 2015 22:05:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beginner Hive Mind

Beginner Hive Mind from Juan William Chavez on Vimeo.

Filmed at the Pruitt Igoe Bee Sanctuary pilot site, the footage explores the hive as a superorganism and demonstrates the bees collective goal bringing in pollen. Beginner Hive…

]]> http://pruitt-igoebeesanctuary.com/learn/beginner-hive-mind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beginner-hive-mind Juan William Chávez presents at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat

Juan William Chávez presents at the 2013 Creative Capital Artist Retreat from Creative Capital on Vimeo.

Juan William Chávez (2013 Emerging Fields grantee) presented on his Creative Capital-supported project, The Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary, at the 2013 Artist…

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Young Honey Crew is a seasonal youth program located in North Saint Louis that teaches students the importance of bees to their health through beekeeping,  growing food, cooking fresh ingredients, and the…

]]> http://pruitt-igoebeesanctuary.com/learn/young-honey-crew-become-a-chef-beekeeper-gardener-and-artist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=young-honey-crew-become-a-chef-beekeeper-gardener-and-artist Roundtable Discussion Part 1- Pruitt-Igoe, Urban Issues and Creative Renewal Part of the LIVING PROPOSAL – PRUITT-IGOE BEE SANCTUARY exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park was a roundtable discussion on Pruitt-Igoe and North St. Louis community base projects.Roundtable panelist – Juan William Chavez, Michael Allen and Sylvester Brown, Jr.
]]> http://pruitt-igoebeesanctuary.com/learn/roundtable-discussion-part-1-pruitt-igoe-urban-issues-and-creative-renewal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roundtable-discussion-part-1-pruitt-igoe-urban-issues-and-creative-renewal Michael Allen & the Pruitt-Igoe Now Competition Part of the LIVING PROPOSAL – PRUITT-IGOE BEE SANCTUARY exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park was a roundtable discussion on Pruitt-Igoe and North St. Louis community base projects.Roundtable panelist – Juan William Chavez, Michael Allen and Sylvester Brown, Jr.
]]> http://pruitt-igoebeesanctuary.com/learn/michael-allen-pruitt-igoe-now-competition-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=michael-allen-pruitt-igoe-now-competition-2 Sylvester Brown, Jr & the Sweet Potato Project Part of the LIVING PROPOSAL – PRUITT-IGOE BEE SANCTUARY exhibition at Laumeier Sculpture Park was a roundtable discussion on Pruitt-Igoe and North St. Louis community base projects.
Roundtable panelist - Juan William Chavez, Michael Allen and Sylvester Brown, Jr.

Sylvester Brown, Jr  talks about the Sweet Potato…

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When did the buildings come down?
The St. Louis Housing Authority demolished three buildings in 1972; these were demolished through explosive blasts. The remaining 30 buildings came down in 1976 and 1977; these were demolished by wrecking ball.…

]]> http://pruitt-igoebeesanctuary.com/learn/pruitt-igoe-faq/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pruitt-igoe-faq Sacred Real Estate Untitled (Sacred Real Estate) is part of the Living Proposal Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary exhibition.
Installed at Laumeier Sculpture Park  part of Kranzberg Exhibition Series October 27, 2012 – January 20, 2013

Untitled (Sacred Real Estate), 2012, assembled from 14 recycled street lampposts…

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Video by Timothy Nordmann from Nordmann Video.
The Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary is a proposal for the City of St Louis to transform the urban forest where Pruitt-Igoe housing development once stood into a public space that cultivates community…

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