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BEYOND GRANITE: PULLING TOGETHER OPENS ON THE NATIONAL MALL

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Friday, August 18, 2023

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together, a historic new exhibition bringing a series of six temporary art installations to the National Mall is now open.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyond Granite: Pulling Together , a historic new exhibition bringing a series of six temporary art installations to the National Mall is now open.
  • The first curated outdoor exhibition of its kind in the history of the National Mall runs from Aug. 18 – Sept. 18, 2023, at six locations around 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.
  • Curated by Monument Lab under the direction of Paul Farber and Salamishah Tillet, Beyond Granite: Pulling Together features installations from six leading contemporary artists that respond to a central curatorial question: "What stories remain untold on the National Mall?"

TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL REVEALS EXHIBITION, SIX PARTICIPATING ARTISTS FOR BEYOND GRANITE INITIATIVE ON THE NATIONAL MALL

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Trust for the National Mall, joined by Monument Lab, announces the six contemporary artists invited to create monumental scale artworks for the inaugural exhibition of Beyond Granite, a new commemorative program launching on the National Mall and around Washington, D.C. in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Beyond Granite is generously supported by the Mellon Foundation and is presented by the Trust for the National Mall in partnership with the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Park Service.
  • The Beyond Granite pilot initiative will create space to commemorate history, experiences, and stories not currently represented in the commemorative landscape in the Nation's Capital.
  • "The National Mall is a commemorative canvas that offers a constant, but evolving, landscape upon which we tell the American story," said Catherine Townsend President & CEO of the Trust for the National Mall.
  • "The Trust is honored to announce the artists who will help bring Beyond Granite and these important stories to life on the National Mall," she added.