(June 30 – August 20, 2006)

Centering on the Grand featured artists Bill Kohn, Peter Marcus, and Robert Pettus, who through their works explore the vibrant Creative and Cultural District of St. Louis known as Grand Center. The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presented a series of large-scale paintings, prints, and photographs that were inspired by the significant buildings and sights located in Grand Center, including The Fox Theatre, Continental Life Building, Masonic Temple, and the renowned Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.

Exhibition organizer Bill Kohn said,“Grand Center as a landscape embodies forces of creativity, decay, restoration, preservation, learning and innovation, interacting over time in the heart of a metropolitan region, whose rich character is often overlooked by its own residents.” Programming concerning urban renewal and the architectural history of Grand Center coincided with the exhibition.