Programs

BMonumental challenges the exclusive historical dialogue around monuments and their traditional mode of aesthetics through public engagement and commissioned interventions, offering a model for public commemorations that can evolve with the societies in which they exist. In addition to artistic provocations, public conversations, and a newly recorded video interview with artist James Earl Reid, the project features a hands-on art making activity that can be done from home: Physical art kits, each including clay, modeling tools, and a 3-D printed model of a former Baltimore monument pedestal, will be delivered to our partners at Jubilee Arts for a live online workshop. Participants will imagine and create clay models for new monuments and place them on empty pedestal replicas—and use the #BMonumental hashtag to share their work on social media.