It’s all about the Tubmans.
The Macon-based Tubman Museum has launched a fundraising campaign to raise $9,000 to buy a sculpture of Harriet Tubman.
The sculpture is by Atlanta artist Fred Ajanogha and is based on a photograph by H.B. Lindsley, “Portrait of Harriet Tubman” taken in 1880.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury made Tubman the face of the $20 bill.
The piece was created by Ajanogha in 2013 and originally shown in the Tubman Museum’s Collection Gallery in an exhibition entitled “Afrofuturism Rising: Black Art Across the Spectrum.”
“Of the three Fred Ajanogha sculptures on display at the Tubman Museum in 2015, this is the work with which most people wanted to be photographed,” Executive Director Andy Ambrose said in a statement.
Ajanogha, attended the Creative Art Academy in Nigeria, where he studied under the direction of Doran Door. He also spent time in the studios of many other well-known contemporary Nigerian artists, including Ben Osawe and the late Felix Idubor.
People are asked to donate $20 or any multiple of $20 at the museum store or by check.
Checks should be made out in the name of “Tubman Museum” and mailed to:
c/o Harriet Tubman Statue Campaign
Tubman Museum
P.O. Box 6671
Macon, Ga. 31208
Provide contact information (name and address) for the tax deductible receipt of donation letter, which will be mailed to them.
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