Nigerian-born, Philadelphia-based artist Odili Donald Odita is best known for his use of color in hard-edged, abstract paintings and public mural projects. Odita’s interwoven blocks of color are derived from a variety of influences; from the vibrant wallpapers he grew up with in his Columbus, Ohio household, to the old-school methods of Jazz and Nigerian Highlife music composition, alongside traditional African artifacts. For Laumeier, Odita’s findings will inform the design of commissioned flags to be exhibited outdoors in the Park and off site at Jeske Sculpture Park in Ferguson, Missouri. The designs are extractions of his research on the ideas around the periphery and the center, most specifically looking at the geographic and social relationship between Ferguson, Missouri in North County and Laumeier Sculpture Park, located in Sunset Hills in South County.