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A public art initiative working to highlight the cultural heritage and architectural history of St. Louis's Northside

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In each edition of @counterpublic, I steward a handful of projects that create thematic through lines within the exhibition. I prefer a background role given our phenomenal curatorial ensembles, but want to highlight the projects I was honored to curate for Coyote Time. Each project follows threads of infrastructural imaginings and ecological regeneration rooted in St. Louis’s specific contexts. This is your reminder: come through, it’s not here forever and there is truly nothing like it, I promise.

#counterpublic #counterpublic2026 #coyotetime Photo: @tylersmall314

Working in tandem with @mermalone1 and @washukemperartmuseum Carolina Caycedo was one of the first artists invited for the exhibition, shaping a major new public commission for Counterpublic and a solo survey at the Kemper in dialogue together over the last two years. “Fiesta de la Raíces” is a hanging sculpture weaving steel, rope, wood, beads, and natural fibers into a “plant portrait” of entwined and typically invisible root systems of water-bearing prairie plants such as Indian grass, blue false indigo, rosinweed, and prairie dropseed. These root systems extend up to three times the plant’s length underground, stabilizing and enriching the soil while absorbing water during floods. Caycedo studied with botanists, plant taxonomists, Native elders, and scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden and The Land Institute to learn about perennial prairie and water-absorbing plants that grow along waterways throughout the Mississippi River watershed. @lacaycedo @commonwealthandcouncil Photo @jongitchoff

@lacaycedo “Growing Deep Roots” at @washukemperartmuseum curated by @mermalone1

Seeing @lynnesmithstudio wade through the ecologies of Sauget (aka Monsanto Town) over the past 18 months to cultivate one of the most profound projects I’ve experienced anywhere recently has been so special. Following the water, the frogs, the 30-plus tons of clay, the American lotus seeds from her home studio to flowering in front of our eyes, but also following an artist’s process blooming and re-rooting. The UnLoading Dock is an uncanny project, both emotionally grounding and just impossible seeming enough to shift

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& if you’re in search of a beautiful morning this Saturday , link up with Occupy Vacancy team and spend it in community with and in service to each other. 4012 Enright from 8-11 on Saturday, August 8th.

& then spend some time with the PSL as we grow our class consciousness that same day. Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat movie screening at Dissonant Works (2218 S Jefferson St) starting at 5 pm

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Get to know Occupy Vacancy, a local public art initiative included in Counterpublic 2026: Coyote Time.

Occupy Vacancy is a public art initiative co-founded by St. Louis–born artists Brianna McIntyre and André Fuqua. Grounded in human-centered community development, the project reshapes the physical landscape of St. Louis City by transforming vacant, city-owned lots into vibrant third places for neighborhood-specific public art. Through sculpture and spatial design, Occupy Vacancy responds to the layered histories of race, architecture, and legacy that shape St. Louis’s Northside.

Brianna McIntyre @briannabybrianna is a visual and installation artist, interior architect, furniture designer, and Creative Director of Occupy Vacancy. Her practice engages narratives related to place and home, invisible women-centered labor, race, and the politicized performance of beauty imposed on Black women.

André Fuqua @andrefuqua_ is an interdisciplinary artist and Design Engineer of Occupy Vacancy. Trained as a civil engineer and materials scientist, his work bridges sculpture and infrastructure, examining how visibility shapes power and perspective within both natural and built environments.

Occupy Vacancy’s commission is curated by Executive + Artistic Director James McAnally @jamesxmcanally and Assistant Curator Charlie Farrell @artfullythought

@counterpublic brings Coyote Time to St. Louis this fall. Experience our Triennial exhibition from September 12–December 12, 2026.

Video produced by Justin Solomon + Nyara Williams of NEU ER WORLD @neuer.world

#Counterpublic2026 #CoyoteTime #STL

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TONIGHT from 7–10!! Come party with us 🎉

🗓️ Thursday, April 23
🕖 7–10PM
📍 The Garage at Music Quarter @thegaragestl
🪩 DJ NYARA @nyara.world
🎶 Sir Eddie C @sireddiec
👕 Merch with Love Shack Press @love_shack_press – bring any tshirts or tote bags you’d like custom screen printed!
🎟️ Free to all! RSVP – link in bio

𓃦 Coyote Time opens September 12, 2026 𓃥

Video produced by @neuer.world 👏

#STL #Counterpublic2026

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JOIN US for the closing conversation of "Ritualware", an exhibition by Austin-based artist Ariana Kimball. Ariana's installation explores care, routine, and the quiet labor of keeping things alive, both physically and emotionally. Through materials such as hydroponic plants, chia-grown objects, and carved wood forms, her work reflects on ritual as a way of grounding ourselves in cycles of presence and persistence.
This online panel brings Ariana into conversation with a group of invited artists who each had the opportunity to visit her studio during the residency. Together, they'll reflect on Ariana's practice and installation, and expand the discussion to larger themes of ritual, care, and spatial storytelling in contemporary art. The conversation will be moderated by Manik Raj Nakra with a brief introduction by Aryel René Jackson.

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 6pm CST
Location: Online (link provided via email)

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Red Brick. With all the discussion of brick after the tornado, I thought it might be a good time to feature this work of art. As part of a collaboration with @occupyvacancy and @mcgee_masonry, @majentastrongheart and others, this piece is a sculpture just north of the Delmar Divide. While brick may unite much of St. Louis, the imbalance of this piece represents the imbalance found in St. Louis via the Delmar Divide and how resources are given. @mcgee_masonry also shared thoughts on gentrification of the Vandeventer neighborhood where this sits, and incorporated that discussion into a conversation about the empty lots that remain here. At some point I expect we’ll see more public art in the wake of this tornado and I’m sure St. Louis red brick and inequities will be part of that conversation too.

Art: Rite of Location

Enright between Vandeventer and Sarah, March 2025. #vandeventerstl #vandeventerneighborhood #stlarts #occupyvacancy #mcgeemasonry #stlvacancy #stlouis #delmardivide #redbrick #brickcity

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Today is the final day to catch our two current exhibitions, so we’ve captured this gallery walk through.
Aryel René Jackson’s, Resonant Landscapes: Sci-Fi Narratives and Historical Echoes, in our Main Exhibition Space.
Occupy Vacancy’s, Echoes of Home: Relational Memories and Urban Futures, in our Project Space.
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#aryelrenéjackson #occupyvacancy #andréfuqua #briannamcintyre #gallery #gallerywalkthrough #exhibition #solo #ivestercontemporary #artaustinorg #austin #eastaustin

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On view for just one more day, “Echoes of Home: Relational Memories”, an installation by Occupy Vacancy.
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Occupy Vacancy is a public art initiative co-founded by artists Brianna McIntyre (born 1992, St. Louis, MO) and André Fuqua (born 1993, St. Louis, MO). The artists use sculpture to reimagine the physical landscape of St. Louis City by activating vacant city-owned lots as sites for neighborhood specific public art that reflect upon race, settlement, and historic preservation on St. Louis’s Northside. The synergy of their combined individual practices, within the scope of Occupy Vacancy, promotes collaboration between art, design, engineering, community engagement, and neighborhood development.
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#occupyvacancy #echoes #home #memories #city #ivestercontemporary #briannamcintyre #andréfuqua #artaustinorg #austin #eastaustin #stlouis

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These Occupy Vacancy Handmade Bricks are not only beautiful objects, but imbedded with deep story telling.
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The OV brick, crafted by Occupy Vacancy, pays homage to ancestral artisanship and early 20th-century brickmaking traditions. Historically, brickmakers stamped their creations to mark quality, origin, and ownership. In this spirit, the artists meticulously crafted the OV brick from reclaimed materials—including bricks from abandoned St. Louis homes, European clay, marble dust, and Central Texas soils. This reimagined stamped brick fuses historical character with forward-thinking design, introducing a new architectural language that reconceptualizes St. Louis’s urban landscape.
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Image details:
Occupy Vacancy
OV Brick (1/5), 2024
St. Louis historic brick dust, Texas historic brick dust, Texas blonde earthen material, Texas amber earthen material, marble, clay, cement
2 x 11 x 2 in
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#occupyvacancy #brick #ancestors #artistry #andréfuqua #briannamcintyre #ivestercontemporary #artaustinorg #austin #eastaustin

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Special Event this week!
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Please join us at the gallery from 7-9pm on Thursday, October 3rd for a conversation with André Fuqua and Brianna McIntyre about @occupyvacancy and their current exhibition, Echoes of Home: Relational Memories and Urban Futures.
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Occupy Vacancy is a public art initiative co-founded by artists Brianna McIntyre (born 1992, St. Louis, MO) and André Fuqua (born 1993, St. Louis, MO). The artists use sculpture to reimagine the physical landscape of St. Louis City by activating vacant city-owned lots as sites for neighborhood specific public art that reflect upon race, settlement, and historic preservation on St. Louis’s Northside. The synergy of their combined individual practices, within the scope of Occupy Vacancy, promotes collaboration between art, design, engineering, community engagement, and neighborhood development.
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Images courtesy of Alexander Boeschenstein.
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#occupyvacancy #andréfuqua #briannamcintyre #stlouis #austin #artisttalk #neighboorhood #publicart #preservation #community #artaustinorg #eastaustin #ivestercontemporary

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Celebrate the creative process at Canopy’s FREE monthly art studio tour, this Saturday, 10/5 from 1-4p.

Tour resident artist studios and enjoy live music from DJ @__thereheis__, food from @satencoffee and pop-ups @acerohearts & @dulcefridaatx.

Follow us at @atxmuseum to keep in the loop about upcoming Austin museum and art programming!

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Our two current exhibitions by Aryel René Jackson and Occupy Vacancy have been on view for nearly two weeks.
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#aryelrenéjackson #occupyvacancy #briannamcintyre #andrefuqua #ivestercontemporary #soloexhibition #projectspace #galleryview #details #lifecycle #city #scifi #artaustinorg #austin #eastaustin

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