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June 25, 2023 NEWSLETTER

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CITY OF CHICAGO TO RECEIVE $6.8 MILLION FROM MELLON FOUNDATION TO FUND CREATION OF NEW CHICAGO MONUMENTS

George Washington Monument Intervention by Amanda Williams

The Mellon Foundation announced a grant of $6.8 million to The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) to support the Chicago Monuments Project (CMP) and citywide community-generated commemorative initiatives and installations. Funding from the Mellon Foundation will allow for the implementation of new Chicago monuments, including the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial. These projects will add—permanently and temporarily—to the City of Chicago’s collection and memorialize events, people, and groups that historically have been excluded or underrepresented. Additional funding from Mellon will also support ongoing programs that facilitate the continued engagement of artists and communities around monuments, public art, and cultural history.

Chicago 1919 Race Riots

Chicago Torture Justice Memorial

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DISCOURSE ON HISTORY, MONUMENTS, AND THE BLACK ARTIST

In the 2022 issue of the award winning Pigment Magazine we tackled the question of what the public square of the future might look like. In the article we cited the many sculptures that were being done by Black artists across the world including the Windrush Monument by Basel Watson, Kehinde Wiley’s Rumors of War at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art and the Ida B. Wells Monument by Richard Hunt in Chicago’s Bronzeville. Click 'read more' for the full article.

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