Meredith Bergmann, is a U.S. sculptor and poet whose work is said to "forge enriching links between the past and the concerns of the present." She studied at Wesleyan University and graduated from The Cooper Union with a BFA. While at Cooper Union she discovered sculpture and spent several years traveling around Europe and studying in Pietrasanta, Italy. Her memorial to Countee Cullen is in the collection of the New York Public Library. In 2003 she unveiled the Boston Women's Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston which includes statues of Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, and Lucy Stone. In 2006 Bergmann's statue of the famous contraltoMarian Anderson was unveiled on the campus of Converse College in Spartanburg, SC. In 2010, Bergmann created a sculpture of a slave girl named Sally Maria Diggs, or "Pinky," whose freedom was purchased for $900 in 1860.
Interview with Meredith Bergmann - sculptor of the Suffragist Monument installed in Central Park
After years of delays, the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument was finally placed in its prime location on the Central Park Mall on Women's Rights Day, August 26, 2020. 2020 is also the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.
I spoke with the sculptor, Meredith Bergmann, about her work to design and sculpt the Monument. She discussed her efforts, her family's support over the years, and an FDR monument she sculpted honoring American citizens with disabilities, which is awaiting placement on Roosevelt Island.
Take a tour with me in Central Park to see this sculpture and many other beautiful sights!
www.selecttoursnyc.com
Thanks to @untappednewyork for allowing me to tag along.
published: 04 Sep 2020
Meredith Bergmann reads her poem, "For Melancholy"
For Melancholy
by Meredith Bergmann
Melencolia I, Albrecht Durer, 1514
It stole upon me, a heavenly cologne,
at the Morgan at a show of Durer's prints.
Through crowds, I dogged the man along the wall.
I tried not to distract him. I’d gone alone
to see her ominous celestial hints,
admire her tools in their untidy sprawl.
I would have begged him, stranger, nondescript,
for the name of his elixir and its source,
but that I couldn’t bear to make him scared
or worse, aroused. I wanted that scent stripped,
not for my husband, who would then of course
be hounded by women with their nostrils flared,
but that I might imbue her black and white
with peony and seaweed, mushroom, moss,
wet iron, bacon, linseed, candle snuff--
aromas to uncurl her fists, ignite
some color in a face that, drawn ...
published: 30 Apr 2020
Monumental Women: Ariel Deutsch's Introduction and Meredith Bergmann's Speech.
published: 28 Feb 2021
Highlights From The Reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers" Monument by Artist Meredith Bergmann
Elected powerhouses like Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Hillary Clinton celebrated the 100th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote by attending the reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers Monument" by artist Meredith Bergmann.
Learn more about the reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers" Monument by reading our blog: https://www.mnn.org/blog/womens-equality-day
For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network: http://www.mnn.org
https://www.facebook.com/mnn537
https://twitter.com/MNN59
https://www.instagram.com/mnnnyc/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/manhattan-neighborhood-network/
published: 28 Aug 2020
LIFE LONG EDUCATION - Meredith Bergmann
Life long education
published: 08 Oct 2018
Sculptor of first women s statue in Central Park
(21 Nov 2019) SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"I think about what it would have meant to me as a child to see this monument, to know these histories. I think about the size of it, the scale of it, where it will be and who it will affect. And I am incredibly moved to have been chosen to add this to New York City."
SCULPTOR MEREDITH BERGMANN RECOGNIZES THE HONOR OF CREATING THE FIRST STATUE OF WOMEN IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK.
BERGMANN'S MONUMENT TO THREE LEADERS IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS - SUSAN B. ANTHONY, ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SOJOURNER TRUTH - WILL TAKE ITS PLACE AMONG THE 23 STATUES OF MEN AND TWO FICTIONAL WOMEN - MOTHER GOOSE AND ALICE IN WONDERLAND - CURRENTLY IN THE PARK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"This monument is a contempor...
published: 26 Nov 2019
Monumental Women: A Conversation about Women, Statuary, History and Public Art
This summer Meredith Bergmann’s Monumental Women sculpture will take its place on Literary Walk as the first sculpture in Central Park honoring historical women. Depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth, and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, the sculpture arrives at a time when the city is actively trying to increase the number of women honored in its public art, and when the nation is grappling with the meaning of its monuments. In this virtual discussion, hosted in partnership with our friends at Landmark West, Monumental Women sculptor Meredith Bergmann joins Preservationist Lisa Ackerman for a dialogue around her work as an artist, the evolving role of women in public art, and why this sculpture is particularly me...
After years of delays, the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument was finally placed in its prime location on the Central Park Mall on Women's Rights Day, August 26, ...
After years of delays, the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument was finally placed in its prime location on the Central Park Mall on Women's Rights Day, August 26, 2020. 2020 is also the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.
I spoke with the sculptor, Meredith Bergmann, about her work to design and sculpt the Monument. She discussed her efforts, her family's support over the years, and an FDR monument she sculpted honoring American citizens with disabilities, which is awaiting placement on Roosevelt Island.
Take a tour with me in Central Park to see this sculpture and many other beautiful sights!
www.selecttoursnyc.com
Thanks to @untappednewyork for allowing me to tag along.
After years of delays, the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument was finally placed in its prime location on the Central Park Mall on Women's Rights Day, August 26, 2020. 2020 is also the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.
I spoke with the sculptor, Meredith Bergmann, about her work to design and sculpt the Monument. She discussed her efforts, her family's support over the years, and an FDR monument she sculpted honoring American citizens with disabilities, which is awaiting placement on Roosevelt Island.
Take a tour with me in Central Park to see this sculpture and many other beautiful sights!
www.selecttoursnyc.com
Thanks to @untappednewyork for allowing me to tag along.
For Melancholy
by Meredith Bergmann
Melencolia I, Albrecht Durer, 1514
It stole upon me, a heavenly cologne,
at the Morgan at a show of Durer's prints.
Thro...
For Melancholy
by Meredith Bergmann
Melencolia I, Albrecht Durer, 1514
It stole upon me, a heavenly cologne,
at the Morgan at a show of Durer's prints.
Through crowds, I dogged the man along the wall.
I tried not to distract him. I’d gone alone
to see her ominous celestial hints,
admire her tools in their untidy sprawl.
I would have begged him, stranger, nondescript,
for the name of his elixir and its source,
but that I couldn’t bear to make him scared
or worse, aroused. I wanted that scent stripped,
not for my husband, who would then of course
be hounded by women with their nostrils flared,
but that I might imbue her black and white
with peony and seaweed, mushroom, moss,
wet iron, bacon, linseed, candle snuff--
aromas to uncurl her fists, ignite
some color in a face that, drawn with loss,
might once again delight in all her stuff.
For Melancholy
by Meredith Bergmann
Melencolia I, Albrecht Durer, 1514
It stole upon me, a heavenly cologne,
at the Morgan at a show of Durer's prints.
Through crowds, I dogged the man along the wall.
I tried not to distract him. I’d gone alone
to see her ominous celestial hints,
admire her tools in their untidy sprawl.
I would have begged him, stranger, nondescript,
for the name of his elixir and its source,
but that I couldn’t bear to make him scared
or worse, aroused. I wanted that scent stripped,
not for my husband, who would then of course
be hounded by women with their nostrils flared,
but that I might imbue her black and white
with peony and seaweed, mushroom, moss,
wet iron, bacon, linseed, candle snuff--
aromas to uncurl her fists, ignite
some color in a face that, drawn with loss,
might once again delight in all her stuff.
Elected powerhouses like Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Hillary Clinton celebrated the 100th anniversary of American women winning the right to vot...
Elected powerhouses like Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Hillary Clinton celebrated the 100th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote by attending the reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers Monument" by artist Meredith Bergmann.
Learn more about the reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers" Monument by reading our blog: https://www.mnn.org/blog/womens-equality-day
For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network: http://www.mnn.org
https://www.facebook.com/mnn537
https://twitter.com/MNN59
https://www.instagram.com/mnnnyc/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/manhattan-neighborhood-network/
Elected powerhouses like Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Hillary Clinton celebrated the 100th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote by attending the reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers Monument" by artist Meredith Bergmann.
Learn more about the reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers" Monument by reading our blog: https://www.mnn.org/blog/womens-equality-day
For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network: http://www.mnn.org
https://www.facebook.com/mnn537
https://twitter.com/MNN59
https://www.instagram.com/mnnnyc/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/manhattan-neighborhood-network/
(21 Nov 2019) SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"I think about what it would have meant to me as a child to see this monument, to know these his...
(21 Nov 2019) SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"I think about what it would have meant to me as a child to see this monument, to know these histories. I think about the size of it, the scale of it, where it will be and who it will affect. And I am incredibly moved to have been chosen to add this to New York City."
SCULPTOR MEREDITH BERGMANN RECOGNIZES THE HONOR OF CREATING THE FIRST STATUE OF WOMEN IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK.
BERGMANN'S MONUMENT TO THREE LEADERS IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS - SUSAN B. ANTHONY, ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SOJOURNER TRUTH - WILL TAKE ITS PLACE AMONG THE 23 STATUES OF MEN AND TWO FICTIONAL WOMEN - MOTHER GOOSE AND ALICE IN WONDERLAND - CURRENTLY IN THE PARK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"This monument is a contemporary evocation of the 19th century monument that should have been built for these women and wasn't. That is part of why it is being allowed to be erected in Central Park. Which is full of 19th century monuments to great men but none to great women."
IT HAS TAKEN SIX YEARS FOR THE STATUE TO BECOME A REALITY.
THE EFFORT WAS SPEAR HEADED BY THE NONPROFIT MONUMENTAL WOMEN WHICH HAS RAISED $1.5 MILLION TO FUND THE STATUE.
THE IDEA INITIALLY MET OPPOSITION FROM PARK OFFICIALS WHO BALKED AT PUTTING ANY MORE STATUES IN THE 166-YEAR-OLD PARK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Pam Elam, President, Monumental Women:
"So we said, could you show me where that is written. Is it a law or a regulation or some sort of codification of 'THERE SHAL BE NO OTHER STATUES' ? And of course they couldn't because they made it up as they went along. "
FINAL APPROVAL WAS GRANTED IN OCTOBER AFTER SEVERAL REDESIGNS AND THE ADDITION OF SOJOURNER TRUTH, AN ESCAPED SLAVE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
SOUNDBITE (English) Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President:
"There were different changes and I think there was a concern that there'd be a woman of color who was part she was part of the decision making for all of us to vote. And Sojourner Truth also was a New Yorker."
THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS CHOSEN FROM 91 ENTRIES.
BERGMANN SAYS THE CURRENT DESIGN SHOWS A SLICE IN TIME OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"It's a group of three women in conversation, the exact moment in the conversation is up to you to decide who is who is listening to whom, who is speaking to whom."
THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF CREATING THE NINE FOOT TALL STATUE HAS PUT BERGMANN ON A TIGHT TIMELINE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"Because of the time urgency of this project, which working backward from August 2020, when they are to be unveiled, we need a number of weeks for installation, four to six months for bronze casting, which means six months for bronze casting and then a month for mold making. I have to finish these by the end of this month."
THE MONUMENT WILL BE DEDICATED ON AUGUST 26TH 2020 MARKING THE 100 ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN WOMEN WINNING THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
JOSEPH FREDERICK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK
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(21 Nov 2019) SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"I think about what it would have meant to me as a child to see this monument, to know these histories. I think about the size of it, the scale of it, where it will be and who it will affect. And I am incredibly moved to have been chosen to add this to New York City."
SCULPTOR MEREDITH BERGMANN RECOGNIZES THE HONOR OF CREATING THE FIRST STATUE OF WOMEN IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK.
BERGMANN'S MONUMENT TO THREE LEADERS IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS - SUSAN B. ANTHONY, ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SOJOURNER TRUTH - WILL TAKE ITS PLACE AMONG THE 23 STATUES OF MEN AND TWO FICTIONAL WOMEN - MOTHER GOOSE AND ALICE IN WONDERLAND - CURRENTLY IN THE PARK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"This monument is a contemporary evocation of the 19th century monument that should have been built for these women and wasn't. That is part of why it is being allowed to be erected in Central Park. Which is full of 19th century monuments to great men but none to great women."
IT HAS TAKEN SIX YEARS FOR THE STATUE TO BECOME A REALITY.
THE EFFORT WAS SPEAR HEADED BY THE NONPROFIT MONUMENTAL WOMEN WHICH HAS RAISED $1.5 MILLION TO FUND THE STATUE.
THE IDEA INITIALLY MET OPPOSITION FROM PARK OFFICIALS WHO BALKED AT PUTTING ANY MORE STATUES IN THE 166-YEAR-OLD PARK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Pam Elam, President, Monumental Women:
"So we said, could you show me where that is written. Is it a law or a regulation or some sort of codification of 'THERE SHAL BE NO OTHER STATUES' ? And of course they couldn't because they made it up as they went along. "
FINAL APPROVAL WAS GRANTED IN OCTOBER AFTER SEVERAL REDESIGNS AND THE ADDITION OF SOJOURNER TRUTH, AN ESCAPED SLAVE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
SOUNDBITE (English) Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President:
"There were different changes and I think there was a concern that there'd be a woman of color who was part she was part of the decision making for all of us to vote. And Sojourner Truth also was a New Yorker."
THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS CHOSEN FROM 91 ENTRIES.
BERGMANN SAYS THE CURRENT DESIGN SHOWS A SLICE IN TIME OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"It's a group of three women in conversation, the exact moment in the conversation is up to you to decide who is who is listening to whom, who is speaking to whom."
THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF CREATING THE NINE FOOT TALL STATUE HAS PUT BERGMANN ON A TIGHT TIMELINE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"Because of the time urgency of this project, which working backward from August 2020, when they are to be unveiled, we need a number of weeks for installation, four to six months for bronze casting, which means six months for bronze casting and then a month for mold making. I have to finish these by the end of this month."
THE MONUMENT WILL BE DEDICATED ON AUGUST 26TH 2020 MARKING THE 100 ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN WOMEN WINNING THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
JOSEPH FREDERICK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK
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This summer Meredith Bergmann’s Monumental Women sculpture will take its place on Literary Walk as the first sculpture in Central Park honoring historical women...
This summer Meredith Bergmann’s Monumental Women sculpture will take its place on Literary Walk as the first sculpture in Central Park honoring historical women. Depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth, and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, the sculpture arrives at a time when the city is actively trying to increase the number of women honored in its public art, and when the nation is grappling with the meaning of its monuments. In this virtual discussion, hosted in partnership with our friends at Landmark West, Monumental Women sculptor Meredith Bergmann joins Preservationist Lisa Ackerman for a dialogue around her work as an artist, the evolving role of women in public art, and why this sculpture is particularly meaningful at this moment.
This summer Meredith Bergmann’s Monumental Women sculpture will take its place on Literary Walk as the first sculpture in Central Park honoring historical women. Depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth, and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, the sculpture arrives at a time when the city is actively trying to increase the number of women honored in its public art, and when the nation is grappling with the meaning of its monuments. In this virtual discussion, hosted in partnership with our friends at Landmark West, Monumental Women sculptor Meredith Bergmann joins Preservationist Lisa Ackerman for a dialogue around her work as an artist, the evolving role of women in public art, and why this sculpture is particularly meaningful at this moment.
After years of delays, the Women's Rights Pioneers Monument was finally placed in its prime location on the Central Park Mall on Women's Rights Day, August 26, 2020. 2020 is also the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.
I spoke with the sculptor, Meredith Bergmann, about her work to design and sculpt the Monument. She discussed her efforts, her family's support over the years, and an FDR monument she sculpted honoring American citizens with disabilities, which is awaiting placement on Roosevelt Island.
Take a tour with me in Central Park to see this sculpture and many other beautiful sights!
www.selecttoursnyc.com
Thanks to @untappednewyork for allowing me to tag along.
For Melancholy
by Meredith Bergmann
Melencolia I, Albrecht Durer, 1514
It stole upon me, a heavenly cologne,
at the Morgan at a show of Durer's prints.
Through crowds, I dogged the man along the wall.
I tried not to distract him. I’d gone alone
to see her ominous celestial hints,
admire her tools in their untidy sprawl.
I would have begged him, stranger, nondescript,
for the name of his elixir and its source,
but that I couldn’t bear to make him scared
or worse, aroused. I wanted that scent stripped,
not for my husband, who would then of course
be hounded by women with their nostrils flared,
but that I might imbue her black and white
with peony and seaweed, mushroom, moss,
wet iron, bacon, linseed, candle snuff--
aromas to uncurl her fists, ignite
some color in a face that, drawn with loss,
might once again delight in all her stuff.
Elected powerhouses like Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Hillary Clinton celebrated the 100th anniversary of American women winning the right to vote by attending the reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers Monument" by artist Meredith Bergmann.
Learn more about the reveal of "The Women's Rights Pioneers" Monument by reading our blog: https://www.mnn.org/blog/womens-equality-day
For more information on Manhattan Neighborhood Network: http://www.mnn.org
https://www.facebook.com/mnn537
https://twitter.com/MNN59
https://www.instagram.com/mnnnyc/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/manhattan-neighborhood-network/
(21 Nov 2019) SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"I think about what it would have meant to me as a child to see this monument, to know these histories. I think about the size of it, the scale of it, where it will be and who it will affect. And I am incredibly moved to have been chosen to add this to New York City."
SCULPTOR MEREDITH BERGMANN RECOGNIZES THE HONOR OF CREATING THE FIRST STATUE OF WOMEN IN NEW YORK'S CENTRAL PARK.
BERGMANN'S MONUMENT TO THREE LEADERS IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS - SUSAN B. ANTHONY, ELIZABETH CADY STANTON AND SOJOURNER TRUTH - WILL TAKE ITS PLACE AMONG THE 23 STATUES OF MEN AND TWO FICTIONAL WOMEN - MOTHER GOOSE AND ALICE IN WONDERLAND - CURRENTLY IN THE PARK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"This monument is a contemporary evocation of the 19th century monument that should have been built for these women and wasn't. That is part of why it is being allowed to be erected in Central Park. Which is full of 19th century monuments to great men but none to great women."
IT HAS TAKEN SIX YEARS FOR THE STATUE TO BECOME A REALITY.
THE EFFORT WAS SPEAR HEADED BY THE NONPROFIT MONUMENTAL WOMEN WHICH HAS RAISED $1.5 MILLION TO FUND THE STATUE.
THE IDEA INITIALLY MET OPPOSITION FROM PARK OFFICIALS WHO BALKED AT PUTTING ANY MORE STATUES IN THE 166-YEAR-OLD PARK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Pam Elam, President, Monumental Women:
"So we said, could you show me where that is written. Is it a law or a regulation or some sort of codification of 'THERE SHAL BE NO OTHER STATUES' ? And of course they couldn't because they made it up as they went along. "
FINAL APPROVAL WAS GRANTED IN OCTOBER AFTER SEVERAL REDESIGNS AND THE ADDITION OF SOJOURNER TRUTH, AN ESCAPED SLAVE AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
SOUNDBITE (English) Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President:
"There were different changes and I think there was a concern that there'd be a woman of color who was part she was part of the decision making for all of us to vote. And Sojourner Truth also was a New Yorker."
THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS CHOSEN FROM 91 ENTRIES.
BERGMANN SAYS THE CURRENT DESIGN SHOWS A SLICE IN TIME OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"It's a group of three women in conversation, the exact moment in the conversation is up to you to decide who is who is listening to whom, who is speaking to whom."
THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF CREATING THE NINE FOOT TALL STATUE HAS PUT BERGMANN ON A TIGHT TIMELINE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Meredith Bergmann, sculptor:
"Because of the time urgency of this project, which working backward from August 2020, when they are to be unveiled, we need a number of weeks for installation, four to six months for bronze casting, which means six months for bronze casting and then a month for mold making. I have to finish these by the end of this month."
THE MONUMENT WILL BE DEDICATED ON AUGUST 26TH 2020 MARKING THE 100 ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN WOMEN WINNING THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
JOSEPH FREDERICK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK
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This summer Meredith Bergmann’s Monumental Women sculpture will take its place on Literary Walk as the first sculpture in Central Park honoring historical women. Depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth, and celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, the sculpture arrives at a time when the city is actively trying to increase the number of women honored in its public art, and when the nation is grappling with the meaning of its monuments. In this virtual discussion, hosted in partnership with our friends at Landmark West, Monumental Women sculptor Meredith Bergmann joins Preservationist Lisa Ackerman for a dialogue around her work as an artist, the evolving role of women in public art, and why this sculpture is particularly meaningful at this moment.
Meredith Bergmann, is a U.S. sculptor and poet whose work is said to "forge enriching links between the past and the concerns of the present." She studied at Wesleyan University and graduated from The Cooper Union with a BFA. While at Cooper Union she discovered sculpture and spent several years traveling around Europe and studying in Pietrasanta, Italy. Her memorial to Countee Cullen is in the collection of the New York Public Library. In 2003 she unveiled the Boston Women's Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston which includes statues of Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, and Lucy Stone. In 2006 Bergmann's statue of the famous contraltoMarian Anderson was unveiled on the campus of Converse College in Spartanburg, SC. In 2010, Bergmann created a sculpture of a slave girl named Sally Maria Diggs, or "Pinky," whose freedom was purchased for $900 in 1860.
Meredith Bergmann, Jay Hall Carpenter, Susan Luery, Stefanie Rocknak, with examples of their work ... The four finalists selected by the advisory committee are.Meredith Bergmann ... Her website is meredithbergmann.com. Jay Hall Carpenter ...
The statues – depicting INHS co-founder Lucy Brown and the first female presidential cabinet secretary, Frances Perkins – are hand-made by renowned sculptor Meredith Bergmann ... Bergmann found sometime ...
on Saturday, Aug 17, the Ithaca Historic Statues Steering Committee is inviting Ithacans to the unveiling of a statue honoring two Ithaca natives - Lucy Brown and Frances Perkins - hand-made by renowned sculptor Meredith Bergmann.
The carving was designed by artist Meredith Bergmann and is located directly above the carving of New York native, Founding Father and first chief justice of the U.S.
The portrait was carved by sculptor Meredith Bergmann, famous for various sculptures of women from American history, and the design was approved by Ginsburg’s two children, Jim and Jane... ....
On Aug ... As authors Meredith and Verity Bergmann show, Brisbane’s building workers used their power to preserve green spaces (refusing to work on buildings that destroyed them), and defended the rights of women, LGBTQ, and Indigenous people ... .