Art Remediating Campus Histories

Project Overview

Bryn Mawr College’s ARCH Project (Art Remediating Campus Histories), in partnership with Monument Lab, is a multi-year collaboration to design a thoughtful process for commissioning 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, alums, and faculty to reckon with Bryn Mawr College’s history and create a forward-focused path toward inclusion, reconciliation, and repair.

Project Timeline Coverage Archive Project Team

Don't Forget to Remember (Me)

This project's artwork, commissioned by Nekisha Durrett, was recently installed in the Old Library Cloisters. Entitled “Don't Forget to Remember (Me),” the artwork is a braided spiral of engraved pavers that includes the names of Black staff members whose work was critical to building and operating the College, particularly in its early decades, and whose contributions are historically underrecognized.

Of Historical Significance

The full trail of pavers is equal to the distance Enid Cook, the first Black woman to graduate from Bryn Mawr, had to walk from her off-campus residence to the center of campus. The earth used to make the pavers was drawn from the area of Perry Garden and the former Perry House. The artwork will be unveiled on campus in April, along with a suite of programs aimed to commemorate and celebrate it.