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February
07 Event
CREATING
LASTING MEMORIALS
A lecture by Jennifer McGregor
| Date: |
Thursday,
February 1, 2007 |
| Time: |
11am-1pm |
| Place: |
The
Civic Building
200 Ross Street, 13th Floor |
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Flight 587 Memorial |
| Transcription
link available in June |
Photograph:
Jennifer McGregor |
Site,
materials, subject, collaboration, artistic vision, maintenance,
lasting cultural importance: memorials encompass all of these topics.
Members of community organizations, local foundations, city government,
architecture firms, and artists filled the room to capacity, as
Public Art Consultant Jennifer McGregor guided them through these
topics with a tour of memorials from the 19th century through today.
She presented a diverse range of memorials, from Daniel Chester
French's Minuteman in Concord, MA, to Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans
Memorial in Washington, DC, to the recently completed Flight 587
Memorial in Queens, NY. With each memorial, Ms. McGregor provided
an overview of the site context, material, subject matter and public
interaction.
Presenters:
- Ms.
McGregor emphasized the power of memorial location, stating
that memorials that have a strong connection to the place where
they are sited often remain more meaningful over time. She started
the lecture by speaking of the local and personal relationship
to memorials, "I know from the fabulous walking tours in
Pittsburgh that there are so many memorials, and I think, like
every city there are more memorials than you realize. You see
so many different things that have been commemorated."
She discussed
the need for any community to have strong gift and memorial policies
that clearly outline the goals for memorial placement and content.
She also strongly encouraged that maintenance and conservation
of memorials and clearly identifying who will care for memorials
over time, be developed in initial planning stages
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