St. Louis, MO – The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts announces The Light Project, a series of outdoor light installations presented in conjunction with the current exhibition, Dan Flavin: Constructed Light. It opens with a public reception Thursday, September 4 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

This project is headed by the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, in collaboration with contemporary art curators from the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, the Saint Louis Art Museum, and White Flag Projects. The initiative is motivated by the Pulitzer’s commitment to the arts and interest in social and urban revitalization, beginning with its own Grand Center neighborhood in midtown St. Louis. The Light Project will illuminate the block on Washington Boulevard where the Pulitzer is located.

International in scope, the project will include installations by Ann Lislegaard (Copenhagen, Denmark), Sebastian Hungerer & Rainer Kehres (Karlsruhe, Germany), Spencer Finch (New York) and Jason Peters (New York). The artists will present site-responsive outdoor installations which employ and/or reference projected, emanating, or natural light. The works will be on view September 4 – October 17, 2008. The Light Project will have a strong presence on the Pulitzer’s website (www.pulitzerarts.org) and will include interviews with the artists and curators, photos from the installation, video and much more. A printed exhibition brochure will also be available. The Light Project will tie in with a larger community initative involving schools in close proximity to the Grand Center neighborhood. More information on The Community Light Project is available in a separate release.

All of these activities are built around the Pulitzer’s current exhibition, Dan Flavin: Constructed Light, which focuses on the experience of Flavin’s work - sculptural installations composed of mass-produced light fixtures and fluorescent tubes - within the architecture and shifting natural light of the Pulitzer building. Explore the exhibition online at www.flavin.pulitzerarts.org.

Throughout the exhibition, the Pulitzer will be open late on the first Thursday of every month, from 6-9pm. The Pulitzer is open and free to the public Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts visit www.pulitzerarts.org or call 314-754-1850.
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