Located inside the MLK Library is a dramatic shattered-glass portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris that celebrates her seminal achievement shattering the monumental “glass ceiling’’ as the first woman vice president, first Black vice president, first South Asian vice president and first vice president to graduate from a Historically Black College and University.
Based on a color photo of Harris taken by photographer Celeste Sloman, the artwork was crafted by artist Simon Berger who delicately tapped a hammer on large sheets of laminated safety glass, making tiny cracks and fissures that, when viewed together, coalesce to create an incredible, 3-D-style likeness.
The installation, now on display at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., originally debuted in February 2021, where it was on display for three days in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Glass Ceiling Breaker is presented by the National Women’s History Museum and Chief. #kamalaharris #kamalaharrisportrait #washingtondc #womenshistory #only1dc
History has erased 24 women who have run for President of the United States of America. #margaretchasesmith #kamalaharris #vicepresident #womenshistory
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History has erased 24 women who have run for President of The United States of America. #margaretchasesmith
Pat Schroeder ran for president in 1987.
This piece is called "The Courage Within Me" and is located inside The REACH at The Kennedy Center. This artistic endeavor was spearheaded by artist Michelle Angela Ortiz, in collaboration with art teachers and students from Anacostia High School, Columbia Heights Educational Campus, Dunbar High School, and Eastern High School.
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