Baltimore native selected to sculpt unique depiction of Harriet Tubman
A Baltimore native has found brotherly love in Philadelphia. In return, he's leaving a gift at the city's front door. Alvin Pettit was chosen to sculpt famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Artist creating Harriet Tubman statue for Philadelphia talks about creative process
Alvin Pettit, the artist who won the competition to create Philadelphia's permanent statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, talks about his work and his journey to success in his field.
Philadelphia City Hall's Harriet Tubman statue receives final approval to start contracting with artist
Philadelphia's permanent Harriet Tubman statue received the final approval needed for the city to begin the contracting process with the artist Alvin Pettit, who constructed the statue. Pettit's creation, "A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter" will be the city's first-ever public work that honors a Black woman.
Comics, controversy and a bold choice: How Jersey City artist won competition to create Philadelphia’s Harriet Tubman statue
When Alvin Pettit’s phone rang Oct. 24, he saw a Philadelphia number and assumed it was someone from his family reaching out.
But when the Jersey City artist answered, it was the city of Philadelphia delivering big news: Pettit was chosen as the winning sculptor for the city’s new Harriet Tubman statue to be placed outside City Hall.
New Harriet Tubman Statue Design Chosen For Philadelphia City Hall After Controversy
CITY OFFICIALS CAME UNDER FIRE LAST YEAR FOR COMMISSIONING A WHITE ARTIST TO COMPLETE THE STATUE WITHOUT HOLDING AN OPEN COMPETITION, ALLOWING BLACK ARTISTS A CHANCE TO CREATE A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART.
New Harriet Tubman Statue Design Selected for Philadelphia’s City Hall After Controversy
A new design for a Harriet Tubman statue outside of Philadelphia’s city hall has been selected, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. It will be the first portrayal of an historical Black woman in the city’s public art collection. The city previously faced criticism for initially selecting a white male artist.
Philadelphia picks winning design for Harriet Tubman statue after controversy over original choice
Alvin Pettit beat out four other semifinalists with a design called “A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter.”
Sculptor Alvin Pettit will design the new Harriet Tubman statue in Philadelphia
After a year of controversy, Mayor Kenney and Creative Philly announced the winning design and artist for a new Harriet Tubman statue to be erected outside City Hall.
Design for Philly’s new Harriet Tubman statue unveiled
The statue shows the fierce abolitionist and former slave as a reverent warrior for liberation.
Artist unveils vision for Harriet Tubman statue outside City Hall
Leaders in Philadelphia on Monday introduced an artist whose design of a forthcoming Harriet Tubman statue was selected to be erected outside City Hall.
Who is Alvin Pettit, the artist chosen for Philly’s Harriet Tubman statue?
The decision comes after the city office faced criticism last year for offering a direct $500,000 commission to artist Wesley Wofford without seeking input from the community or proposals from other artists.
Harriet Tubman as ‘freedom fighter' statue chosen for City Hall
After a public input campaign, artist Alvin Pettit's 'A Higher Power: The Call of the Freedom Fighter' design for a statue of Harriet Tubman has been selected for permanent placement outside Philadelphia's City Hall
Philadelphia Asks if Race of Tubman Sculptor Matters
Philadelphia received 50 proposals, including this one from the artist Alvin Pettit, after announcing plans for a Harriet Tubman statue in front of City Hall.
Philadelphia Has Unveiled Five New Proposals for a Harriet Tubman Memorial, Following Backlash Over Its Planned Monument
Five Black artists, including Vinnie Bagwell and Tanda Francis, were selected as semi-finalists through an open call.
Five Ways of Looking at Harriet Tubman
The road to the new Harriet Tubman statue in Philadelphia, the city she fled to upon her escape from slavery in 1849, has been a long one.
In early 2022, in honor of Tubman’s 200th birthday, Philadelphia unveiled a temporary statue at City Hall: Harriet Tubman: The Journey to Freedom by artist Wesley Wofford. Soon after, the city announced it would commission Wofford to create a new permanent statue.
VOTE FOR HARRIET TUBMAN STATUE DESIGN
The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) has unveiled the proposed designs for the statue honoring Harriet Tubman. As I told the Philadelphia Inquirer, it was a needlessly bumpy process to get to this point, but I think Philadelphia can be proud of the visions presented by the five semi-finalists, Vinnie Bagwell, Richard Blake, Tanda Francis, Alvin Pettit and Basil Watson. Their designs reflect the lived experience of being Black in America and the continuing struggle for racial justice.
Creative Philly reveals five designs for the new Harriet Tubman statue and asks you to rank them in a public survey
The city shared the designs from five artists competing to create a new Harriet Tubman statue after a year of controversy about the initial no-bid commissioning process.
These are the five possible designs for Philly’s permanent Harriet Tubman statue
Five possible designs for Philly’s new statue honoring Harriet Tubman were revealed Thursday night, and Philadelphians can now share thoughts on the options and vote for their favorite.
Five artists selected as semifinalists to propose and design a new Harriet Tubman statue for the city
After a year of controversy surrounding the no-bid commission process, five Black artists with a history of creating monumental, figurative works will be in the running to create the final sculpture.
