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To Create the Beloved Community, (sculpture). Artist:  Meadows, Jerome, 1951- , sculptor. Crane, Jim, contractor. Adobe Forge and Foundry, founder. Title:  To Create the Beloved Community, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned ca. 1992. 1994. Dedicated April 24, 1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Trees: welded bronze plate; Reliefs: bronze; Walls and walkways: cast and reinforced concrete. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 14 ft. 5 in. x 18 in. x 18 in. Inscription:  (On plaque:) MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR/MEMORIAL/1994/JEROME B. MEADOWS/ARTWORK PLANNING COMMITTEE/NICK ABDALLA/JUDITH K. HARRIS/M. JEAN WILLIAMS HERNDON/ELLSWORTH HULING/PAMELA K. JOHNSON/I. GENE JONES/SHIAME OKUNOR/Art in Public Places Program/Albuquerque, New Mexico unsigned Description:  Landscaped area consists of circular plaza, four stylized trees, low reliefs on a circular wall depicting scenes from the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the Civil Rights movement and a high relief head of Dr. King. The low reliefs also include images of African Americans and American Indians. There is a fountain opposite the trees. Subject:  Portrait male -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. -- Head History -- United States -- Black History History -- United States -- Civil Rights Movement Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Ethnic -- African American Ethnic -- Indian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque Relief Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Albuquerque, Public Art Program, P. O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 Located Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive & 1st Street, Albuquerque, New Mexico Remarks:  Commissioned for the City's Percent for Art Program for approximately $100,000. The idea for the monument was first proposed by City Councilor Steve Gallegos in 1988. The low reliefs were designed so that visitors could easily take rubbings of the images. Each "tree" is illuminated with an in-ground footlight. IAS files contain a invitation to the dedication, a related article from the Albuquerque Journal, April 25, 1994 and a detailed artist's proposal, dated July 31, 1992. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NM000524   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NM000524 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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