Monument Lab
@Monument_Lab
Nonprofit public art + history studio. We cultivate and facilitate critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments.
As we move into reflection & learning from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together, we want your voice to continue shaping the future of how we reimagine monuments together. We invite you to take a short survey about your experience of the exhibition. shorturl.at/lnF15
Join us on 9/9, for a public dialogue on @TheNationalMall with leaders/organizers focusing on the interconnected stories of diverse diasporic refugee & immigrant communities + a mapping workshop to trace participants’ own roots & routes. Register ⬇️ monumentlab.com/events/public-…
Monument Lab is thrilled to welcome Kerry Bickford, as our new Senior Project Manager. Kerry is a curator and artistic producer whose work focuses on the intersections between art and local urban ecologies.
On October 26, at 5:30pm, join us at Michigan Theater for the Penny Stamps Speaker Series featuring artist Cannupa Hanska Luger in conversation with Monument Lab director @paul_farber. monumentlab.com/events/penny-s…
On 10/6 & 10/7, join us for “Monumental Concerns,” a daylong symposium hosted by Syracuse University artist-in-residence Carrie Mae Weems. The symposium will consider the role of monuments & their contested histories in contemporary society. Register: museum.syr.edu/event/monument…
We love the incredible proposals coming in for Monument Lab Re:Generation 2024! We want more! Get your team’s application in before midnight on October 2nd so we can read it too. Learn more and apply: monumentlab.com/projects/regen…
Thinking about applying for Re:Generation 2024? Monument Lab is seeking ten teams of two or more individuals working together to create a new or expand an existing public art, public history, or public humanities project.
Denied a venue elsewhere by racist policies in 1939, Marian Anderson sang to the nation at the Lincoln Memorial—and stood up for equality. "Of Thee We Sing" by Vanessa German references that historic concert. It was part of @TheNationalMall's "Beyond Granite: Pulling Together."
Today is your last chance to view the Beyond Granite: Pulling Together exhibition on @TheNationalMall! Thank you to the artists, curators, the Monument Lab staff, exhibition team, & our partners at @TheNationalMall, @NCPCgov , @NationalMallNPS, & @MellonFdn.
Artist Paul Ramírez Jonas (@prjnyc) focuses on ways to inspire civic participation and exchange. Let Freedom Ring is interactive belltower where passersby can ring a giant bell to complete an unfinished version “My Country Tis of Thee” & declare their own visions for freedom.
Don’t miss your chance to view the first-ever curated art exhibition on @TheNationalMall! Beyond Granite: Pulling Together closes September 18.
Interested in applying for Monument Lab Re:Generation 2024? Join us for a informational webinar on September 15th at 5pm EST to learn more. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
The first-ever curated exhibition on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., presents works from a diverse range of artists telling stories previously untold amid our nation's historic monuments, correspondent Faith Salie reports this week on CBS Sunday Morning.
The first-ever curated exhibition on the National Mall, in Washington, D.C., presents works from a diverse range of artists telling stories previously untold amid our nation's historic monuments, correspondent Faith Salie reports this week on CBS Sunday Morning.
Join us this Saturday, for a live evening performance of @ashoncrawley’s HOMEGOING, led by the artist & Clifton Ross III (Musical Director), James Johnson (Assistant Musical Director), and Abdul Hamid Robinson-Royal (Lead Musician). Register: monumentlab.com/events/live-mu…
