Fort Gondo

Jessica Baran was recently awarded an Andy Warhol arts writers grant. She joined St. Louis on the Air to discuss her work and how the local scene has changed in the decade-plus she’s covered it.

During a two-month long residency in Iceland, artist Addoley Dzegede scoured the country’s beaches, fields and turf homes for natural detritus. Dzegede…

Last year Galen Gondolfi bought an entire city block in Granite City for roughly $75,000. The Fort Gondo Arts Compound founder bought the abandoned block…

In Granite City, $75,000 can buy you almost an entire city block. At least if you’re an arts organization.“This is the promised land is what it is, it’s…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 24, 2013 - Galen Gondolfi’s Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts -- Cherokee Gallery Ground Zero --…