Join us for an informal dialogue between N+T Assistant Curator, Leah Triplett Harrington and artist and journalist Arielle Gray about what's next for monuments and memorials in Boston and beyond.

In this conversation they'll touch on their personal experiences with confederate monuments growing up in the south, dig-in to the recent vandalism of the North End's Christopher Columbus statue and Ari's recent article for WBUR's The Artery about the #TakeDown movement, and build on Leah’s blog post for N+T to think out loud about what "teachable" moments can come from public intervention into monuments. Register now and be part of the conversation about what more community-focused, iterative monuments might look like and how we can call for more representative memorials in our city. 

About Arielle: Arielle Gray is a Boston based writer and multi-media artist. She is the current Arts Engagement Producer for The ARTery, WBUR's Arts and Culture team. Her freelance writing has appeared in VICE, Bustle, Huffington Post, Afropunk and The Black Youth Project.

Most of her work focuses on the intersection of being queer and Afro-Caribbean, while living with a mental illness. Her 2019 exhibition "Dreams and Tings" at the Open Door Gallery explored these intersections in nuanced depth. She is the co-founder of the literary organization, PRINT AINT DEAD and is on the board of What's On Your Mind Inc., a mental health organization centering the experiences of POC. She is currently writing her first novel, "It All Falls Down."