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The Public Policy Research Center, located in room 362 of the Social Sciences and Business Building, opened the "Gateway Greening's Community Gardeners" art exhibit on Wednesday, January 12.
This exhibit is part of the Point-of-View Series, which showcases photographs from gardeners and people who live and work throughout the community.
Rebecca Pastor, PPRC Communications Coordinator, said that the office has held special art exhibitions like this one for the past 30 years.
"This is a very different and new kind of exhibit and is the second one in the series," Pastor said.
Three Point-of-View exhibitions will be hosted annually by PPRC. All of the exhibitions will focus on different volunteer community groups.
The photographs on display were taken by eight different gardeners, one who is a member of the St. Louis nonprofit organization Gateway Greening.
William Bennett, Wardwell Buckner, Bob Byrne, Ruth Kamphoefner, Marilyn Lane, Kristin Linder, LaDoris Payne, Ola Bledsoe and Cheryl Schaefer are the gardeners who submitted their work in this exhibition.
A variety of photos, including images of Lafayette Park, bridges, trees, flowers, leaves, foliage, plants, gates, architecture and people working within the community, focus on the concept of nature. All photos were taken in 2004.
"I like the pictures of the bridges because they remind me of some of the places that I have visited on vacation in Tokyo," Milinda Ochirsukh, senior, psychology, said.
"Gateway Greening's Community Gardeners" exhibition is sponsored by the Regional Arts Commission, the Missouri Arts Council, the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis and Art Tech Photo Finishing in Clayton.
People interested in community art and with urban beautification can visit this free exhibit, open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., until April 6.
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