Forging Frank: Meet Zenos Frudakis, the sculptor behind the Rizzo statue
Local sculptor talks public art – from RBG and MLK to Rizzo
In a city where statues go up (Octavius V. Catto) and statues come down (Christopher Columbus, his own Frank Rizzo), Glenside-based sculptor Zenos Frudakis is ahead of the game at a time when all of America is re-considering whom it pays tribute in terms of its public monuments, and whom it topples.
Whether you realize it or not, you see the work of the 69-year-old sculptor on a daily basis, and sense, perhaps, the meaning and vibration he’s lent to molding Giudicci clay and forging bronze into shape and form. You become part of (or rail against, if you so choose) his message or spirit; you commune with each piece’s physical heft, its socio-cultural weight or its politicized torpor.
Black History Month: Family Affair Jan 30, 2021 at 03:15 pm by WGNS
(MURFREESBORO) “The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity” is the theme of MTSU’s 2021 celebration of Black History Month.
“The Black family is and has always been the cornerstone of the Black community,” said Daniel Green, assistant vice president of student life, manager of Intercultural and Diversity Affairs and chair of the Black History Month Committee. “The rich tapestry of history, culture, support, love and respect within the Black family is the foundation upon which we as African Americans all stand.”
In accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols, a virtual kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at https://bit.ly/3oHvgnG. Free games, door prizes and a discussion of the theme are on the agenda.
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EASTVILLE, Va. (Tribune News Service) That
Arthur T. Carter is spearheading an effort to build this Civil War monument sounds about right. Especially when folks consider his lineage. His grandfather was born enslaved in
Eastville, the seat of
African American and white Union soldiers in its historic square. So many remembrances, particularly in
Virginia, are typically one or the other. His grandfather fought for the Union’s Colored Troops, survived one of the war’s most notorious battles, and later befriended the Confederate general who tried to slaughter his unit.
Peter Jacob Carter worked as if it were never too late, nor chasms too wide to breach, to try to do the right thing.
The work of Melverue Abraham is vibrant, thickly textured, and often nostalgic. The subject of these paintings, however, harken to darker memories.
Midnight Terrors shows the brutal lynching of two African-American men at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK is illuminated in white robes and hoods that stand out against the night sky. One clan member carries a Confederate flag, while an American flag stands off the side. The hands of the clansmen are covered and dripping with the blood of the two victims- one lying on the ground, the other still hanging from the tree. The flaming torches shed light on the scene and the rage. The ghost of an African American Union soldier looks upon the scene from the right corner.