Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville Monument
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, September 11th, at 7PM
Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville Monument
Artist talk and documentary screening with artist Margot McMahon and filmmaker Rana Segal
Date and Time of Event: Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 7:00pm
Location of Event: Catacombs Gallery
Attend the artist talk and documentary screening with artist Margot McMahon and filmmaker Rana Segal discussing GWENDOLYN BROOKS: THE ORACLE OF BRONZEVILLE on Wednesday, September 11, at 7:00pm.
Dedicated on June 7th, 2018, the Oracle of Bronzeville is the first sculpture of an African-American woman in a Chicago public park. Artist Margot McMahon created the bronze portrait of Pulitzer Prize winner and Illinois poet laureate Gwendolyn Brooks to educate about Brooks’s life and legacy.
The artist talk also features a screening of filmmaker Rana Segal’s short documentary Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville, shedding light on McMahon’s process and her three-year effort to complete the Gwendolyn Brooks monument.
This event is presented in conjunction with Margot McMahon’s exhibit Cultural Communities: Chicago Writers and Beyond. The exhibit runs from August 2 to September 13, 2024.
Project partnerships include The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, The Poetry Foundation, and the Chicago Park District. The artist talk and screening is presented in partnership with the Chicago Women’s History Center.
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