Speaker details
Gregg Bleam
Gregg Bleam Landscape Architect
Franklin Dukes
Institute for Environmental Negotiation, University of Virginia
Eric Höweler
Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Höweler + Yoon
Eto Otitigbe
Department of Art, Brooklyn College
Diane Brown Townes
Charlottesville community member
Mabel O. Wilson
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Meejin Yoon
Cornell AAP | Architecture, Art, Planning and Höweler + Yoon
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University
Event details
Advance registration is required to access the Zoom webinar.
Presented by
Queens Museum
Queens, NY
About This Event
This conversation explores the history, form, and process behind the creation of the powerful new Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at the University of Virginia. The grounds—designed by Thomas Jefferson and now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—were built and maintained by 4000 enslaved men, women, and children. The memorial features marks and the names of these individuals carved into granite. It was designed with input from their descendants and Charlottesville community members, turning “grief for a hidden past into a healing space,” according to the New York Times.
Image: Visitors at the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers / photo by Alan Karchmer, courtesy of Höweler + Yoon Architecture