
Coverage Archive
草榴成人社区鈥檚 ARCH Project (Art Remediating Campus Histories), in partnership with , is a multi-year collaboration to design a process and commission a campus public artwork that responds to the legacy of exclusionary practices at the College. This vital work builds on previous and ongoing College-supported efforts by students, staff, alumni, and faculty to reveal and repair harm, ensuring a reckoning with 草榴成人社区鈥檚 history and a clear-sighted look at the way to a future of inclusion and reconciliation.
Past Coverage

Nov. 21, 2024 - "The project is going incredibly well." commented project artist Nekisha Durrett. "I have an amazing team so almost every paver is laid down in this site. Then the next step would be filling in the spaces between the pavers with a polymeric sand."... .

Article: Construction Nearly Complete on ARCH Project as the Cloisters is Transformed
Nov. 19, 2024 - Since installation work began in September, hundreds of tons of paving stones, sand, gravel, soil, and equipment have been craned over the walls of Old Library into the courtyard of the Cloisters, where teams of craftspeople are taking... read more.

Mar. 22, 2024 - "Hi, I'm Caitlyn Kim. I'm a sophomore and I'm one of the ARCH research interns." "Hi, I'm Analise Ashman. I'm a senior and also one of the research assistants for The ARCH Project. We are going through the census records"... .

Article: Research and Prep for ARCH Project Continues in Advance of Fall Installation
Mar. 18, 2024 - Progress continues in the planning for Don't Forget to Remember (Me), a monument by artist Nekisha Durrett addressing the legacy of exclusionary practices at the College that will be placed in the Cloisters at the center of Old Library... read more.

Article: Artist Nekisha Durrett Visits Campus for Update on ARCH Project
Oct. 11, 2023 - 草榴成人社区 students, faculty, and staff filled Old Library鈥檚 Great Hall recently to hear from artist Nekisha Durrett, President Kim Cassidy, Monument Lab鈥檚 Paul Farber, and Professor of History of Art Homay King on plans for the installation... read more.

May 4, 2023 - "Hi, my name is Nekisha Durrett and I'm an artist. I'm always interested in projects that somehow face the past and shed light on the past, so I felt that this ARCH project was doing just that. My title is called "Don't Forget to Remember (Me)"... .

Article: Nekisha Durrett Selected to Create Monument That Responds to Legacy of Exclusion
May 4, 2023 - 草榴成人社区 has selected to create a monument addressing a legacy of exclusionary practices at the College and enabling the campus community to respond to the question, What stories are missing... read more.

Mar. 23, 2023 - 鈥淲hat stories are missing from 草榴成人社区?鈥 The ARCH Project, in partnership with is a multi-year collaboration with 草榴成人社区 community members to commission a lasting campus monument that responds... .

Article: Five Artists Selected as Finalists for ARCH Project's On-Campus Public Artwork
Dec. 7, 2022 - 草榴成人社区鈥檚 ARCH Project (Art Remediating Campus Histories), in partnership with Monument Lab, is proud to announce the five finalists that have been selected by the project鈥檚 Artist Advisory Committee to commission a lasting... read more.

Article: Creation of Artwork Addressing BMC Legacy of Exclusion Takes Big Step Forward
Oct. 17, 2022 - The creation of a new on-campus public artwork that addresses the legacy of exclusionary practices at the College has taken a major step forward with the launch of an online application portal for artists to submit ideas... read more.

Article: New Monument Will Address College's History
Sep. 16, 2021 - 草榴成人社区 is engaging , a public art and history studio in Philadelphia, on a multi-year collaboration to design a process for commissioning a campus public artwork that responds to the legacy and harm... read more.