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Dr. Sarah Beetham, University of Delaware alumna and professor of art history at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, recently spoke to several media outlets about public statues and many of their removals. Beetham began researching public statues for her doctoral dissertation, defended in 2014, and continues to work on the topic today. She recently published an article in the spring 2020 issue of Panorama, the journal of the Association of
Historians of American Art. In "Confederate Monuments: Southern Heritage or Southern Art?" Beetham addresses the role of monuments in Southern art, their contribution to regional artistic identity and their future fate.
Her recent media engagements include the following:
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Alumna Sarah Beetham spoke to numerous media outlets, such as NBC News, about the history of public statues and their future fate.
6/29/2020