Medical District Park’s reinvention includes new permanent sculpture
Molly Gochman, artist, with her sculptures "Monuments to Motherhood." (Houston Cofield/Special To The Daily Memphian)
A once-controversial Memphis park will soon become a space that honors the community’s caregivers.
On Friday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m., Medical District Park will celebrate National Caregivers Day by unveiling Monuments to Motherhood, a new public art installation from New York-based artist Molly Gochman.
The work will be the park’s first permanent public art exhibit since the 2017 removal of a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate Civil War general and Ku Klux Klan grand wizard.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has been writing about Memphis since she moved to the city more than 20 years ago. She’s worked for print, digital and broadcast news outlets, including Memphis Daily News and Action News 5 (WMC), as well as public relations agencies. Her work has earned awards from The Associated Press, Tennessee Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Public Relations Society of America.
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