Transart Alumnus Eto Otitigbe Featured in New York Times

Visitors at the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers. Photo: Alan Karchmer. Courtesy: Höweler + Yoon Architecture.

Transart Alumnus Eto Otitigbe was recently featured in an article in the New York Times for his work on the new Memorial to Enslaved Laborers - a tribute to the 4,000 enslaved men, women, and children who built and maintained the grounds of the University of Virginia originally designed by Thomas Jefferson.

The eyes of Isabella Gibbons, a woman who was enslaved along with her family at the University of Virginia, were engraved by Eto on the outer wall of the memorial in such a delicate manner that it is only clearly visible in early and late daylight referencing the fact that the grounds were designed in such a way as to keep the enslaved out of view of the residents.

Höweler + Yoon Architecture with Mabel O. Wilson, Gregg Bleam Landscape Architect; Frank Dukes, and Eto Otitigbe all took part in the production of the memorial.

Read more about this project in the New York Times: Turning Grief for a Hidden Past Into a Healing Space