Rose River Memorial is a grassroots, community art movement led by artist Marcos Lutyens that uses hand-crafted red roses to honor and grieve the many lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. The installation at Laumeier will reflect on the tens of thousands of lives lost specifically in Missouri.

Marcos Lutyens is one of eight artists featured in Laumeier’s spring exhibition, Salutary Sculpture, which explores art’s capacity as a therapeutic tool for adaptation, recovery, and rehabilitation. In addition to the Rose River Memorial, which will be on view outside of the Aronson Fine Arts Center, Lutyens has work on view in the indoor gallery.

DETAILS:

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. / Opening Reception for Rose River Memorial
View the newly installed Rose River Memorial, as well as the other artworks that are part of Salutary Sculpture.

11:30 a.m. / Dedication
The dedication will include a virtual message from artist Marcos Lutyens, comments from Salutary Sculpture co-curator Dana Turkovic and representatives from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri – who helped make roses for the installation – and an interfaith prayer led by Rev. Jim Poinsett, Executive Director at Interfaith Partnership STL. This will take place outside in view of the Rose River Memorial, weather permitting.

Visitors are also invited to make roses throughout the day. A rose-making station will be located inside the Aronson Fine Arts Center from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. as well as in the Kranzberg Education Lab from 11 a.m. - 1 p,.m.

Free to attend