MEDIA ADVISORY: PRE-OPENING MEDIA DAY FOR BEYOND GRANITE: PULLING TOGETHER ANNOUNCED FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
PRE-OPENING MEDIA DAY FOR BEYOND GRANITE: PULLING TOGETHER ANNOUNCED FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
First-of-its-kind exhibition including six temporary art installations on National Mall opens August 18; media opportunities available during exhibition run through September 18.
August 17, 2023
Media Contacts:
Julie Moore
Trust for the National Mall
202-297-6106
jmoore@nationalmall.org
Sheena Pegarido
spegarido@linksp.com
Linda Roth
lroth@linksp.com
WASHINGTON (Aug. 17, 2023) — Beyond Granite: Pulling Together, a new exhibition that will bring a series of six commemorative art installations to the National Mall, will host a media day on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023 on the Mall.
There will be limited availability for interviews between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. with exhibition artists, curators, and spokespersons from the Trust for the National Mall, the National Capital Planning Commission, National Park Service, and Monument Lab. Principals in the project can also be made available for LIVE media and one-on-one interviews as possible outside of the set time listed below.
The exhibition will bring six art exhibits sharing new voices and perspectives to the National Mall, and will run Aug. 18 – Sept. 18, 2023, at six locations around the National Mall. It represents the first curated outdoor exhibition of its kind in the history of the National Mall.
The media toolkit including renderings, videos, artist bios and headshots, and more, is available at http://bit.ly/beyondgranite. More information on the project is available at www.beyondgranite.org.
WHAT: Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Media Day
WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
WHERE: : National Mall, please check in at the Welcome Tent near the Lockkeeper’s House – Constitution Ave., NW & 17th St., NW.
WHO:
Exhibition Artists: Derrick Adams, Tiffany Chung, Ashon T. Crawley, vanessa german, Paul Ramírez Jonas, and Wendy Red Star (available by request)
Project Leaders: Teresa Durkin, Executive vice president of the Trust for the National Mall; Marcel Acosta, Executive Director of the National Capital Planning Commission, Jeffrey Reinbold, Superintendent of the National Park Service’s National Mall and Memorial Parks
Exhibition Curators: Dr. Paul Farber and Dr. Salamishah Tillet, curators from Monument Lab
DETAILS: Members of the media should RSVP at media@beyondgranite.org. If you’d like to make other arrangements for interviews or tours, please specify.
More opportunities to experience the exhibition and interview the artists are available throughout the run, including at planned public programming events listed below:
SCHEDULED PUBLIC PROGRAMMING: BEYOND GRANITE: PULLING TOGETHER
Saturday, Aug. 19
10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Base of the Lincoln Memorial
Of Thee We Sing – Blue Walk, ritual of movement and song, featuring a processional along the perimeter of the Reflecting Pool (vanessa german)
12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Constitution Gardens – East, near 17th St., NW
o America’s Playground: DC – Youth and Intergenerational Play Day (Derrick Adams)
12 p.m. – 4 p.m., Smithsonian/National Mall Metro Station – 12th Street North
Let Freedom Ring – Bell Giveaway and Song Re-Writing Workshop (Paul Ramírez Jonas)
Friday, Aug. 25
2 p.m. – 3 p.m., United States Institute of Peace Headquarters, 2301 Constitution Ave, NW
The Soil You See… – Indigenous Archives Conversation (Wendy Red Star)
Saturday, Sept. 9
10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Constitution Gardens – West, near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
For the Living – Public Conversation and Mapping Workshop (Tiffany Chung)
7:30 p.m., Sylvan Theater, on the Washington Monument Grounds
HOMEGOING – Live Musical Performance (Ashon T. Crawley)
Learn more at www.beyondgranite.org.
Curated by Monument Lab under the direction of Dr. Paul Farber and Dr. Salamishah Tillet, Beyond Granite: Pulling Together will feature installations from six leading contemporary artists that respond to a central curatorial question: “What stories remain untold on the National Mall?”
Beyond Granite, a partnership among the Trust for the National Mall, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the National Park Service, is made possible through the generous support of the Mellon Foundation.
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