Fall 2016: CityStudioSTL Student Awards
2017-02-07 • Liz Kramer
(left) David Winningham leads an Art of Justice workshop; (right) Slice of a composite watercolor from MLA studio in Baden.
David Winningham, MFA18, and a group of MLA students are the recipients of the Fall 2016 CityStudioSTL Student Awards, which will support their work in the St. Louis community.
Winningham will offer an extension of the Art of Justice workshops he started in fall 2016 at the Center for Social Empowerment in Ferguson. Through these hands-on activities, participants engage in discussions and performances that facilitate dialogue about identity, racial inequality, and social justice. Winningham leads participants in creating several small clay sculptures as they discuss these issues. In the Porcelain Privilege workshop, participants create porcelain flowers while participating in small-group conversations about the importance of recognizing one’s own privilege. In a second workshop, Intersecting Identity, participants make pinch pots while discussing and identifying their diverse personal characteristics and backgrounds. Some pieces created in the workshops go home with the participants as keepsakes, while others become part of a larger installation.
For the second funded proposal, a group of MLA students will continue their collaboration with the Baden neighborhood in North St. Louis. As part of a spring 2016 landscape architecture studio, the students considered possible futures for stormwater retention basins that will be constructed in the neighborhood. Building on these relationships, the students plan to collaborate with Our Lady of the Holy Cross Church to create a multipurpose outdoor community space. The project will include facilitating a community engagement session, developing conceptual designs, and identifying implementation possibilities for the community greenspace, working with local stakeholders to finalize a plan for the site. Participating students include Alisa Blatter, Jingcheng (Jason) Wu, Margot Shafran, and Shelbey Sill.
About CityStudioSTL
CityStudioSTL supports a series of community engagement and outreach projects that bring together students in architecture, art, and design with partners in the city of St. Louis. It is generously supported by Gina and Bill Wischmeyer, BA69/MArch71.