Nekisha Durrett’s “Don’t Forget to Remember (Me)”, a commissioned monument at Bryn Mawr College arising from an exploration of exclusionary histories on campus, will be unveiled to the public on April 24th. Durrett’s artwork is the culmination of Bryn Mawr College’s ARCH Project (Art Remediating Campus Histories), a five-year collaboration with students, staff, faculty, and alums, and was produced in partnership with Monument Lab.
The culmination of a year-long engagement between Monument Lab and Philadelphia-based artists Miguel Horn and Symone Salib, Held: A Monument Lab Residency Exhibition explores belonging and engagement across two distinctive practices.
Monument Lab is re-launching our Student Internship Program with paid opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. The 10-week program works to connect, accompany, and strengthen professional pathways for students in public art, public history, design, and nonprofit leadership.
Monument Lab launches Bulletin, our first printed public art and history print journal. In our inaugural issue edited by Patricia Eunji Kim, we explore the theme of “Ghosts.” Contributors Charles Athanasopoulos, Jeanne Dreskin, Paul Farber, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Naomieh Jovin, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Shannon Mattern, Nicholas Mirzoeff, TK Smith, and Marisa Williamson consider the specters, haunting sensations, and eerie remnants of the past as they relate to memory cultures.
Confirmed presenters include :Paul Ramirez Jonas (Artist, Professor, Art Department Chair at Cornell University), Michelle Browder (Founder and Director, I AM MORE THAN…Youth Empowerment Initiative), Laura Huerta Migas (Deputy Director, Office of Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services), Joy and Jo Banner (Co-Founders and Co-Directors, The Descendants Project), and more