Published by White Hot Magazine
July 15, 2026
Featuring Allison Lacher
June 2025 Cohort
Noah Becker: How did Phantom Frame begin, and what drew you to the National Building Arts Center as its setting?
Allison Lacher: Phantom Frame began through opening to curate an exhibition at NON STNDRD, one of the exhibition platforms of STNDRD Exhibitions, where I serve as co-director alongside Sage Dawson and Bruce Burton. It also gave me the opportunity to invite my longtime collaborator, Jeff Robinson, to co-curate a project at the site. NON STNDRD is a contemporary art program located on the campus of the National Building Arts Center in Sauget, Illinois. Exhibitions are presented in two adjacent open-air concrete bunkers that were originally built for industrial use. They’re raw architectural spaces where the artwork has to contend with weather and the physical realities of the site.