Project Timeline
Prelude – Development (summer 2023-winter 2024)
- ACT and RIHS sign partnership agreement
- Partners hire Lab Director
- Partners advertise Call for Artists
Phase I – Research (spring 2024)
- Partners contract Artists
- Instructors develop syllabus for “Seeing Monuments” course
- Artists investigate sites and develop community engagement plans
Phase II – Engagement (summer 2024)
- Artists engage members of the public
- College Unbound offers “Seeing Monuments” course
Phase III – Design (fall 2024)
- Artists work with key stakeholders to finalize design proposals
Phase IV – Permissions (winter/spring 2025)
- Partners work with Artists to advance designs to appropriate bodies for review (eg. Special Committee for Commemorative Works and Board of Parks Commission)
Phase V – Manifestation (summer 2025)
- Artists produce and/or install new commemorative works
Phase VI – Completion (fall 2025)