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Special Projects
Another world is blooming
we hope you enjoy our view of the petals
As individual artists and as a creative team, the artist-owners of Swan Meadow have undertaken a number of creative pursuits that require longer form explanation, discussion and appreciation.
Here you’ll find grant projects, collaborative efforts, and works in progress we’d like to show off.
Reoccurring Themes
❋ empathy & curiosity
❋ analog perspectives
❋ technology with tact
❋ honoring queer life & history
RAC ARTIST SUPPORT GRANT 2025/2026“Who all was there?” is a collaborative project led by Mell Meadow to archive, document, and celebrate the legacy of Black & Queer history in St Louis.
BLACK & LGBTQ+ HISTORY, St. Louis History,
Key Themesfilm photography, archival drum scanning, Risograph printing, and zine-making
Mediumscollaborative zine; open studio series; gallery show
DeliverablescollaboratorsFern Meadow (Design & Risograph Printing) ; more TBA
ONGOINGSonny Honey Press Midwest is a micro press (currently hibernating) with the focus of publishing QUEER and Midwest created/aligned/focused work that might not otherwise be published, traditionally or independently.
mcad graduate experimental interaction projectPEOPLE NEED PARKS
“People Need Parks” is a Graduate Program project by Fern Meadow exploring what role parks play in our communities, how they shape our future relationships with nature, and who has access to these spaces.