Frieze asked a number of artists, curators, critics and frieze contributors for their picks of 2011.
Los Caminos is listed in the "Best of 2011" for Juan William Chavez's "Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary" exhibition.
blog.frieze.com

Of Monuments and Memorials: St. Louis Modernism and
Juan William Chávez’s Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary
July 26th, 2011 by Francesca Wilmott
click to veiw

In addition to USA Fellows, USA invites national award-winning artists
from all artistic disciplines to participate in USA Projects, selected
through our partner organizations. They represent the broad skills
and deep diversity at the heart of the arts in America today.
USA Projects and Profile

support international travel to develop the
Pruitt-Igoe Bee Sanctuary

Graduate Thesis Exhibition
guest curators : Juan William Chávez, Jessica Cochran, Bryce Dwyer,
and Gregory J. Harris
http://blogs.saic.edu/gradexhi MFA BLOG|

Presented by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
feature panel: Juan William Chavez artist and cultural activist
Meg Duguid artist and director of Clutch Gallery
Michelle Grabner Professor and Chair of the Painting and
Drawing Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
artist and writer based in Oak Park, IL.
panel moderated by Laura Caroline Johnson

Established in 1983, the Missouri Arts Award honors individuals, organizations and communities that have made profound and lasting contributions to the cultural and artistic climate of the state of Missouri.

Juan William Chavez, artist and cultural activist
Hamza Walker, Associate Curator and Director of Education The Renaissance Society,
Margo Crutchfield Senior Curator MOCA Cleveland,
Jacob Proctor, Associate Curator for Modern and Contemporary UMMA Kirsten Lloyd, Associate Curator Stills Scotland's Center for Photography

community based project by 2010 Whitney Biennial participant Theaster Gates at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Art in conjunction with the exhibition Urban Alchemy: Gordon Matta-Clark.
view website

Art-based interventions in the community take many forms and can have a powerful impact. How alternative art spaces and creative interventions can empower both individuals and communities will be a focus of the discussion. The panel will highlight some of the initiatives that are taking place in St. Louis and other similar cities.
panelist: Juan William Chávez - artist and cultural activist
Mary Jane Jacob - Executive Director of Exhibitions,Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Luis Croquer - Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Theaster Gates - Artist, Chicago, IL
click here to listen to the full panel discussion

Interveiwed and curated by Allison Kave
click here to read interview http://thehighlights.org/wp/?p
The video screening segment of this project will take place on Friday, December 12, 2008, at Harris Lieberman Gallery, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Guest Blog: Rachel Gagnon, from the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
asked questions to Boots Contemporary Art Space about the arts scene in St. Louis.
Click on link to view my interview.
http://blog.art21.org/index.ph
or
view videos on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Heartland is a group exhibition at Van Abbemuseum that reflects on the culture of the heart of the UnitedState. http://www.heartlandeindhoven.
This exhibition presents new and existing work by artists from America and Europe, among them Jeremiah Day, Kerry James Marshall, Dan Peterman, Julika Rudelius and Wilhelm Sasnal.
The curators of the exhibition are:
– Charles Esche, director of the Van Abbemuseum
– Kerstin Niemann, research curator, Van Abbemuseum
– Stephanie Smith, director of collections and exhibitions, and curator of contemporary art, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
Click here to view me on the Heartland blog
03/10/08 - 25/01/09
http://heartland.vanabbe.nl/?s

Distinguished jurors -- Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Lilian Tone, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and, Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Director and Chief Curator, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
February 1st - April 20th 2007.
view CAM's web site