Calendar of Events

Complementary Programs:  

Artist Gallery Talk at The Sheldon Art Galleries, Friday, April 7, 2017, 6 – 7:30 p.m. 

featuring Jennifer Colten, Denise Ward Brown, and Dail Chambers.  

Admission free, but reservations are required. Contact Paula Lincoln at plincoln@thesheldon.org or 314.533.9900 x37.   

Panel Discussion at Missouri History Museum, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 

Higher Ground: Honoring the Story of Washington Park Cemetery  

Moderated by Gwen Moore, Missouri Historical Society Curator of Urban Landscape and Community Identity, and featuring Higher Ground project artists Jennifer Colten, Denise Ward-Brown and Dail Chambers; catalogue essayist Michael R. Allen, Director of the Preservation Research Office and Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design and Art; and others, the panelists will illuminate the history of Washington Park Cemetery and discuss the process of honoring its history in an exhibit.  

Missouri History Museum's Des Lee Auditorium, admission free. Information at mohistory.org or by calling 314.746. 4599.   

More programs are planned: 

Notes from Home gospel concert at The Sheldon on Tuesday, June 13, 

Artist workshop with Dail Chambers on April 8, 2017  

Several cemetery cleanup days- dates and times to be announced 

Information will be available on The Sheldon’s website at www.TheSheldon.org as programs are scheduled.