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Toggle Sidebar Artist shortlist for national Windrush Monument revealed The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain. Shortlist of four influential artists to design national monument at London Waterloo station unveiled Designs will be showcased around the country this summer Winning design expected to be unveiled on Windrush Day 2022 The four artists in the running to design the national Windrush Monument at Waterloo station have been revealed today (30 April 2021). The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generatio...

Caribbean News Global April 30, 2021 Image credit: Howard Grey LONDON, ENGLAND – The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain – from the arrival of MV Empire Windrush in 1948 and in the decades that followed. It will recognise how the Windrush Generation have enriched our nation’s history and made invaluable contributions to all aspects of British life, from our health and transport services to our politics, businesses, literature and culture. The four artists shortlisted to design the monument are all of Car...

Artist shortlist for national Windrush Monument revealed The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain. From: Designs will be showcased around the country this summer Winning design expected to be unveiled on Windrush Day 2022 The four artists in the running to design the national Windrush Monument at Waterloo station have been revealed today (30 April 2021). The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain – from the arrival of MV Empire Windrush in 1948 and in the d...

[Many thanks to Veerle Poupeye for bringing this item to our attention via Critical.Caribbean.Art.] Gail O’Neill features Basil Watson in . For sculptor Basil Barrington Watson, the opportunity to create a 12-foot-tall bronze monument to mark the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s long fight for civil rights was more than a simple commission. It also was about family legacy. His father, painter Barrington Watson, was a visiting professor at Spelman College in 1970 when the school asked that he paint a portrait of King. “When I submitted my proposal and it was accepted, it ...

The city allocates 1.5 percent of its construction budget to public artwork. Author: Joe Ripley Updated: 7:46 PM EST February 26, 2021 ATLANTA — Artist Basil Watson stared long and hard at his creation, sculpted during a time of pandemic, social tension, and turmoil in Atlanta.  His statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., entitled Hope Moving Forward, was commissioned by the city of Atlanta to be one of several works of art placed along Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in the city. “In terms of my work, it is the most challenging, I think the most signif...