Art Gallery with Scott Evers & Benjamin Lowder

BENJAMIN LOWDER is an artist who transforms fragments of vintage metal signs and reclaimed wood found along Route 66 into geometric assemblages that take on new life as art objects. The geometry guiding Benjamin’s artwork is inspired in part by the triangulated patterns of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic domes. Benjamin works as the Center Director of the Fuller Dome, Center for Spirituality and Sustainability, on the Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville campus. Benjamin also serves on the Board of Directors for Buckminster Fuller’s historic Dome Home in Carbondale, Illinois. Buckminster Fuller was a world-renowned inventor, author and futurist who lived and worked in Southern Illinois during one of the most important decades of his life. Fuller is most famous for his iconic geodesic dome patent. The region crossing route 66 from St. Louis to Carbondale is the most important region in the world for domes designed and built by Buckminster Fuller and companies he founded. To introduce more visitors to Fuller’s legacy, Benjamin hosts an architectural tour of this region featuring stops at the Climatron dome in St. Louis, the 400-foot-diameter Wood River dome, the miniature-earth dome on the SIUE campus, the Mary Brown Center dome in East St. Louis, and Fuller’s dome home in Carbondale. Mid-century modern architecture and architectural tourism hold world-wide fascination and Buckminster Fuller’s domes across the region are poised to be global attractors as the world discovers these architectural treasures. 

SCOTT EVERS is a professional freelance photographer. As a freelance photographer Scott has done commercial photography work for Interior Designers, Architects, Contractors, and Artists. Besides doing freelance contract work, Scott does photographic restorations for clients. His nature-oriented prints grace the main lobby of Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Illinois, and the Ronald McDonald Houses, at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital, and St. Johns Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and various periodicals. Scott has won honorable mention awards from photography contests for the National Parks Foundation, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and The Nature Conservancy.

Scott uses his photography skills to donate many of his photographs to worthy charitable causes. His passion for photography, travel, and the preservation and restoration of our natural environment keep him constantly on the go. His work can be viewed on the following sites.