public art
In her site-specific public art commissions (the President’s House [2010], Free Library of Philadelphia- Logan Branch [2016]) and community engagement projects (Elephants on the Avenue: Race, Class, and Community in Historic Germantown [2015-2017]) Ife Nii Owoo has created work that comes from, and inspires, dialogue about suppressed histories, freedom, and African American community visions of, and struggles for, justice.
2010
The President’s House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation,
Commemorative Site, Independence National Historical Park, Phila. PA
2015 - 2017
2014 - 2017
Read: A Pathway to Hope, Free Library of Philadelphia, Commission for Logan Branch, Library Foundation and Percent for Art
2018-19
Ogun & the People.
Site Specific Commission for Kulu Mele's premiere performance on November 30, 2019, installed at Annenberg Theatre.
Read: A Pathway to HOPE | Elephants on the Avenue |
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Elephants on the Avenue | Elephants on the Avenue |
President's House Memorial | President's House Memorial |
President's House Memorial |