Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Receives "Best Exhibition Award" From The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, D.C.
Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Receives "Best Exhibition Award" From The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, D.C.
The Trust for the National Mall and the National Capital Planning Commission were honored with the “Best Exhibition Award” in recognition of Beyond Granite: Pulling Together by The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, D.C.”
Beyond Granite: Pulling Together debuted summer 2023 with six, dynamic art installations on the National Mall that helped bring new stories and new perspectives to the nation’s most iconic commemorative space. The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, D.C.’s “Best Exhibition Award” recognized the inaugural exhibition for its “accessibility, creativity, and willingness to meet people where they were and expand their understanding of our world, history, identity, and country in a unique way.” Projec
The Trust for the National Mall is grateful to its partners at the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Park Service for helping make the inaugural exhibition a success. We are also grateful to our curators at Monument Lab, Paul Farber and Salamishah Tillet, as well as the talented artists vanessa german, Tiffany Chung, Wendy Red Star, Derrick Adams, Ashon T. Crawley and Paul Ramírez Jonas. Beyond Granite is generously supported by the Mellon Foundation.
Senior Project Manager Lauren Wilson and Trust for the National Mall Vice President Teresa Durkin accept the “Best Exhibition Award” from The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington, D.C.
Trust for the National Mall receives the “Best Exhibition Award” at a ceremony on March 5, 2024.