Event name
PCV Speaker Series: Scaling the Wall: Public Art as Antidote to Indifference, with Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, social practice artist
When
Thu 09 / 18 / 2025
6:30 PM to 8:45 PM
6:30 PM to 8:45 PM
Where
Potomac Library
Glenolden Drive
Potomac MD 20854
Glenolden Drive
Potomac MD 20854
Who can attend
Open to all
Limited Capacity: 56 spots available
Price
FREE
PCV Speaker Series: Scaling the Wall: Public Art as Antidote to IndifferencePotomac Community Village (PCV) and the Potomac Community Library (PCL) are proud to jointly present Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, a social practice artist who focuses primarily on large-scale, public art installations that explore current issues with the goal of raising awareness, decreasing stigma, and fostering compassion. Her public art exhibitions, including The Empty Fix Project, In America: Remember, and alienable right to life, explore how topics such as addiction, COVID-19, and gun violence affect Americans and their daily experiences.
In America: Remember
Firstenberg designed the In America: Remember art installation, which initially placed over 660,000 miniature white flags on the National Mall to represent every American life lost to COVID-19 up to that point in the fall of 2021. During the 17 day exhibition, another 41,000 flags were added due to an increase in COVID deaths, bringing the total flags to more than 701,000.
Here are some images from In America: Remember
Registration is required, space is limited. All are welcome to attend.
PCV members who need transportation should indicate that they need a ride when they register by setting the ride field to "need a ride". If you are able to offer a ride, please let us know that as well.
PCV members who need transportation should indicate that they need a ride when they register by setting the ride field to "need a ride". If you are able to offer a ride, please let us know that as well.