Us: A Celebration of Community was originally envisioned as a live performance featuring a fluid set of artistic collaborations between STL GLD, members of the BSO, hip-hop and spoken word artists, DJs, video artists, beat-makers and dancers. The goal of the project was to explore the synergy between artists of different genres, in pursuit of a new and inclusive artistic vocabulary. It has since developed and grown into a continued partnership to build in the direction of those goals.