NEH Grant coverage: Contemporary Monuments to the History of Slavery: Race, Memorialization, Public Space, and Civic Engagement

[Return to Query]

Coverage for grant FEL-257329-18

FEL-257329-18
Contemporary Monuments to the History of Slavery: Race, Memorialization, Public Space, and Civic Engagement
Renee Ater, University of Maryland, College Park
Grant details: https://apps.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx?f=1&gn=FEL-257329-18

Monumental Change (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Sala Levin
Publication: Terp Magazine, University of Maryland
Date: 1/18/2019
Abstract: America’s memorials to slavery and its victims have lived quiet lives in public places. A Maryland professor is traveling the country to learn their stories.
URL: http://terp.umd.edu/monumental-change/#.XM741KZ7m9s

The Art and Politics of Monumentality (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Chelika Yapa
Publication: The Getty
Date: 10/1/2018
Abstract: Focus on the Getty Research Institute's theme of "monumentality" for 2018/2019 with attention to Contemporary Monuments to the Slave Past.
URL: https://www.getty.edu/about/whatwedo/getty_magazine/index.html

Creating a Digital Museum to Memorialize America's Slave Past (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Chelika Yapa
Publication: The Iris: Behind the Scenes at the Getty
Date: 4/25/2019
Abstract: Art historian Renée Ater reflects on how pain and reconciliation coexist at the Contraband and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial in Virginia and other monuments to slavery
URL: http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/creating-a-digital-museum-to-memorialize-americas-slave-past/

Permalink: https://apps.neh.gov/publicquery/coverage.aspx?gn=FEL-257329-18