Creative Catalyst Initiative: St. Louis

Artist Joan Lipkin worked with Magdalene St. Louis, a care community that offers a two-year “residential program for women who have survived lives of prostitution, trafficking, addiction, and life on the streets.” Their work together focused on using Joan’s artistic practice of constructing public narratives and increased visibility for an organization serving a population in crisis. Their story over a year of collaboration is one of reimagining outcomes, navigating profound institutional changes, and discovering new strategies for successful collaboration.