Bob Hansman
St. Louis, Missouri
Bob Hansman is an artist-in-residence who leads the School’s undergraduate community studies course, “Community Building, Building Community;” he also teaches in the basic design sequence of the undergraduate program, as well as introductory and advanced drawing and painting classes at all levels of the curriculum. An accomplished artist, he has held several solo exhibitions of his work in and around the St. Louis area. Hansman is also highly involved in community programs. His work as director of City Faces and the Jermaine Lamond Roberts Memorial Art Studio in the Clinton-Peabody Housing Project has garnered national attention and awards, and for years he has had his students working with residents of the 22nd Ward in St. Louis City.
In 1997, Hansman was inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society. He was a recipient of the Missouri Arts Award in 1997, the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award for Washington University in 2000, a Founder’s Day Distinguished Faculty Award in 2001, the Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award in 2005, a FOCUS St. Louis “What’s Right With the Region” Award in 2008, and the Rosa L. Parks Award for Meritorious Service to the Community in 2010.
Presentation(s):
Art & Architecture as Catalyst – Livability and Sustainability
Day 2 / Apr, 13 @ 4:15 pm
Lower Level : Room D
This panel discusses art and architecture as catalysts not only to economic development, but to quality of life, sustainability, and livability.
