Artist vs. Artist, A Vandalism Sidetrip

We’re into the third week of this project. Here are some notes and updates, touched on before our regularly-scheduled programming. This, and every week’s, feature is being written in “real time,” essentially coming together during the weekend prior to publication, as opposed to rolling out, assembly line-fashion and complete. This allows for a certain flexibility in topics. This week, for example, three, sympathetic sub-stories rolled around at once, all of them detailing that collision between art and intent and vandalism. So, we’ll hold some thoughts on efforts from the Screwed Arts Collective and other odds/ends planned.

We should also remind folks that this is a crowd-funded operation. Please visit the project’s Kickstarter page and consider making a contribution. For those curious about process and sourcing, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has been contacted, with an e-mail sent through the SLMPD’s communications department. We’ve also reached out to the Mayor’s Office, with a series of questions sent in early July. We look forward to working in material from both of those entities as we move forward with our reports.