Art Remediating Campus Histories

Project Overview

Nekisha Durrett's “Don’t Forget to Remember (Me)” is a commissioned monument at Bryn Mawr College that responds to the legacy of exclusionary practices on the campus. Durrett’s artwork is the culmination of Bryn Mawr College’s ARCH Project (Art Remediating Campus Histories), a five-year collaboration with students, staff, faculty, and alums, and was produced in partnership with Monument Lab. The monument will be unveiled and dedicated in April 2025

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Don't Forget to Remember (Me)

This project's artwork was recently installed in the Old Library Cloisters. Entitled “Don't Forget to Remember (Me),” the artwork embeds monumental braided pathways throughout the courtyard of the Cloisters behind the Old Library, comprising thousands of custom clay brick pavers in a square knot formation. Throughout the paths, Durrett included nearly 250 engraved pavers with the names of former Black staff members who were critical to building and operating the College, particularly in its early decades, but their contributions have been historically unrecognized.

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.