Paper Monuments

Paper Monuments is a People’s Process to amplify the voices of New Orleanians as we create new symbols for our city which represent all of our people.

[Justin Garrett Moore @jgmoore]

Richmond's Robert E. Lee monument protests scanned
https://t.co/NCCNzop3G9
@Monument_Lab @PaperMonuments @jelani9 @SavingPlaces @WorldMonuments @NegroBuilding

[Monument Lab @Monument_Lab]

The Robert E. Lee Monument located on Monument Drive in Richmond, VA, has transformed into a site of protest, subversion, and public engagement by protesters and activists marching for Black Lives. Check out this 3D, aerial model by @terrykilby. What’s been your fave engagement?

[Alisha Bhagat @AlishaBhagat]

I’m 💯 behind this idea

[Chris Daemmrich @SoDaemmGood]

One reason why we need new monuments and memorials.

spaces to mourn, spaces to process, spaces to center ourselves for the work we need to do.

@Monument_Lab @PaperMonuments
#newmonumentsfornewcities

[Paper Monuments @PaperMonuments]

@bbwilson3 @UVaSARC @theresahyuna @BCLeeJr @wingedisis Happy Mardi Gras to y’all!

Today we’re celebrating the 74th anniversary of the Flambeaux Strike of 1946.

read more: https://t.co/Hmrfwqdrp2

[Barbara Brown Wilson @bbwilson3]

Today's @UVaSARC Methods of Community Engagement and Research class I get to talk about the work of some of my favorite friends: @theresahyuna Our Skid Row: https://t.co/4MIqnjI6RH and @BCLeeJr & @wingedisis @PaperMonuments: https://t.co/OPcFI6bH2v

[Alabama AA Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium @AAACRHSC]

The power of place. The legacy of people. The impact of collective leadership.

Tabernacle Baptist Church-Selma, AL.

Designed by David T. West, African American architect & member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in 1922.

#BHM #BHM2020 #civilrightsmovement #thecradleofthemovement

[fofalex ⚾️🚘⚙🛠🔭🚜🌻🕸 @fofalex]

The proper thing to do with the #KailasCollapse / former Woolworth's site is to clear it and make it a public park / monument to civil rights and workers rights.

[UALR Department of History @ualrhistory]

Check out this short essay by @DrMitchell16! @PaperMonuments pairs historians with artists to tell stories that deserve public commemoration in New Orleans. #ualr #history #publichistory #NewOrleans

[Kresge Arts & Culture @kresgeart]

#ICYMI Kudos to @PaperMonuments on your efforts to both write and “right” history in New Orleans.
@NextCityOrg #NOLA

https://t.co/WI1zuIVaVb

[Paper Monuments @PaperMonuments]

Oh, so we're in @NextCityOrg that's just a little exciting (we're very, very excited y'all!)
https://t.co/STqfkNRHFH

[Paper Monuments @PaperMonuments]

Thank you for the opportunity to tell some of your stories, and for the honor of hearing the stories that you wanted to tell.

[Paper Monuments @PaperMonuments]

Paper Monuments was a public art and public history project sharing undertold narratives of the city. While the most visible elements of the Paper Monuments project were the public art installations, public proposals for prospective new monuments were at the heart of the process.

[Paper Monuments @PaperMonuments]

We are eternally grateful to everyone who took part in the Paper Monuments project directly, to the network of peer projects in our city and across the country who provided a community of practice, and most of all to the incredible people of New Orleans.

[The CAHP @TheCAHP]

4) When it's all done, we'll have an immersive digital experience with music, film, and a celebration of Black history in New Orleans. For now, here's our friend, Al Johnson, reminding you that "Claiborne Street is rockin' from one side to the other!"
https://t.co/tZhkpG6ujV

[The CAHP @TheCAHP]

3) Digital reconstructions of 22 blocks of N. Claiborne from Canal to Elysian Fields. We'll use photographs, Sanborn maps, and surveys to get a glimpse of Claiborne Avenue before the construction of the I-10. (photo: 1937 Sanborn, lakeside of Claiborne from Esplanade to Columbus)