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New Windows at
National Cathedral
W
orld-renowned artist Kerry James Marshall will create racial-
justice themed windows for the Washington National Cathedral in
Washington, DC, replacing its former stained-glass windows featuring
Confederate iconography, which were removed in 2017. These windows, which will
be unveiled in 2023, are intended to remain a permanent public exhibition—a first
for the artist. This is also Marshall’s first foray into working with stained-glass. In
addition, the project will involve poet Elizabeth Alexander, who will write a poem
to be installed in stone tablets alongside the windows.NEWS
TL Lange retrospective
A
retrospective is being held at Phil Mechanic Studios in Asheville, North Carolina’s River
Arts District for the late TL Lange, who was known for his figurative and abstract artwork.
Titled Twenty Years Gone, the show features an incredible collection of 20 paintings by
the Asheville-based artist never seen by the public. Several works will be for sale. Also included
in the exhibition are prints of Anonymous Bathers, one of his most noteworthy creations. Twenty
Years Gone is on view through December 12. TL Lange, City, acrylic on canvas, 38 x 40”Kerry James Marshall is known for his revolutionary
portraits of Black subjects. Photo by Andrew Harnik/AP.Ashley Bryan
receives Maine
in America
Award
T
he Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, has
announced artist Ashley Bryan as the winner of the 2022
Maine in America Award,
given each year to an individual
or group who has made an
outstanding contribution to Maine’s
role in American art. A painter,
printmaker, illustrator and more,
Bryan originally came to Maine
in 1946 to attend the Skowhegan
School of Painting and Sculpture.
The 98-year-old artist is known for
the outstanding breadth of diversity
in his oeuvre, from painting to
puppet making to writing. Ashley Bryan focuses on his
artwork. Photo by Rose Russo.Celebrating
Black public art
T
he community-led project Destination Crenshaw, 1.3-mile-long
open-air museum along Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles,
California, is dedicated to celebrating and preserving the art
and culture of African Americans in LA. Destination Crenshaw, which
“will be the largest Black public art project in the US and quite possibly
the world,” has recently announced seven esteemed artists who will
create sculptures for Sankofa Park, the northernmost public gathering
place being created by the project, and for other sites along the
Destination Crenshaw route. These artists, Charles Dickson, Melvin
Edwards, Maren Hassinger, Artis Lane, Alison Saar, Kehinde Wiley and
Brenna Youngblood,
make up the first cohort
of the 100 artists who
will ultimately create
works for Destination
Crenshaw.A rendering of Destination
Crenshaw at Sankofa Park.
Courtesy Perkins&Will.