Great Rivers Biennial 2010 winner, Cameron Fuller, reveals the impetus for his Institute for Perpetual Imaginal Processes, a museum within a museum. Fuller elaborates on his inspiration, influences, and the material choices for his exhibition.

Associate Curator, Laura Fried, introduces and discusses the artists selected for the Great Rivers Biennial 2010, the exhibition on view April 30 through August 8, 2010 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

Great Rivers Biennial 2010 winner, Martin Brief, speaks about his search for God using Amazon.com. Brief also details his interest in the abstraction of language and its intersection with visual form.

Great Rivers Biennial 2010 winner, Sarah Frost, speaks about her interest in object history and the reflection of culture in found materials. Frost discusses the inspiration for her large scale installation using found forms discovered on the internet.

Director Paul Ha and artist Sean Landers discuss the exhibition Sean Landers: 1991-1994, Improbable History.

Stephen Prina talks about his influences and approach to his multi-faceted artwork. Stephen Prina: Modern Movie Pop, January 22 through April 11, 2010 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

Sean Landers talks about his early years as an artist, his methodology, and the importance of text in his work. Sean Landers: 1991-1994, Improbable History at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, January 22 through April 11, 2010.

Assistant Curator, Laura Fried, discusses the work of Stephen Prina on the occasion of the exhibition Stephen Prina: Modern Movie Pop, January 22 through April 11, 2010 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Assistant Curator Laura Fried speaks about the work of Sean Landers, on the occasion of the Sean Landers: 1991-1994, Improbable History exhibition at the Contemporary, January 22 through April 11, 2010.

Mariana Castillo Deball talks about her ideas behind the Klein bottle piñata sculpture created for the exhibition For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there. The public was invited to celebrate the end of the exhibition by breaking open the piñata sculpture.

Facilitated by The St. Michael School of Clayton, a Reggio-inspired school for preprimary and elementary age children, this forum explored the topic of curiosity and how it relates to a child’s desire for learning. There was interactive educational activities for children, adults, and educators.

Jimmy Raskin, Dave Hullfish Bailey, and Frances Stark explore notions of curiosity, non-knowledge, and unlearning in a round table conversation with Curator Anthony Huberman. They discuss their artistic processes and the new works created specifically for the exhibition For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isnt there.

Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Anthony Huberman, talks about arts purpose to undue knowledge and how that challenges the individual to reconsider what knowledge is. In curating an exhibition, he explains his process and how his vision expands as the museum develops events, programs, and educational activities in response to the exhibition.

Ryan Good, Studio Manager for the Artist, Matt Mullican speaks about his role in relation to the artist, Matt Mullican and the artwork created specifically for the exhibition, For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there. He explores his interpretations of the artworks while providing detailed aspects about the creation process.

Dave Hullfish Bailey, an artist exhibiting in the exhibition For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there explores the themes and inspirations for his newly created work while explaining the relationship between the importance of not knowing and the ideas of curiosity.

Chief Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Anthony Huberman, talks about a few artists in the exhibition, For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there.

Assistant Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Laura Fried, speaks about the exhibition, For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there. Laura explores the concepts of curiosity, the speculative spirit, and the process of unlearning within the exhibition while citing some example artworks.

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Exhibitions Manager Cole Root, speaks about the exhibition, For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isn’t there. Cole explains his role at the non-collecting museum and comments on the process of working with artists, fabricators, and a crew of installers to create new, site-specific artworks for the exhibition.

Anthony Huberman, Chief Curator of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis introduces the new exhibition, For the blind man in the dark room looking for the black cat that isnt there.

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis partnered with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Art Class at Metro High School in St. Louis to construct a collaborative art project. Inspired by the exhibition: Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes, the students in the program decided to create a site-specific sculpture on their school grounds. This video shares the experience of the students and the teachers through the project, culminating with a beautifully constructed space called Untitled (Gathering Place) which was dedicated in May 2009. Contemporary ArtReach is generously supported by Monsanto Fund; Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; William T. Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee; and National Endowment for the Arts. The Contemporarys Podcast program is generously supported by Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. General support for the Contemporarys education programs is provided by Bank of America Charitable Foundation; Regional Arts Commission; Missouri Arts Council, a state agency ; Arts and Education Council; Macys Foundation; and members of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.