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August Wilson House Launches Legacy Brick Campaign as It Moves into Final Stages of Construction

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

PITTSBURGH, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- August Wilson House (AWH), the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's childhood home, is opening as an arts center for the Hill District later this summer—a tribute to his legacy, and offering educational, cultural and community programming aimed at strengthening youth, neighborhood residents, and nurturing artists and scholars locally and around the world. The Hill district, essentially a city within a city, came to life when recently freed Black men and women seeking a better life quickly found homes there along with jobs in steel mills. From the 1930s until the 1950s, the Hill District, known as the 'crossroads of the world', was home to a thriving Black music, art, culture, and commerce culture.

Key Points: 
  • To support the opening, AWH is launching its Legacy Brick campaign, offering August Wilson fans and AWH supporters across the country the chance to purchase commemorative and memorial bricks through this special fund-raiser.
  • The campaign allows Wilson supporters to make his house a home a home for community artists by purchasing a legacy brick that will be incorporated into the house's restoration.
  • Legacy bricks cost from $100 to $1,000 and will be strategically located along prominent walkways, entryways, and patios at the center.
  • August Wilson House aims first to celebrate the rich story of August Wilson's personal memory and community history that shaped his transforming art, and second to extend his legacy.