The Speaker’s Stand
Worcester, MA, 2022
A+J Art+Design
Description:
An intricately designed lectern that invites interaction stands on Main Street in Worcester, MA. It honors the rights advocate Abby Kelley Foster who was known for bravely speaking out for the rights of the disenfranchised. The side panels of the lectern are perforated and inscribed with text from Foster’s handwritten letters as well as related images and quotes. The top of the lectern includes a page inscribed with a quotation from a speech Foster delivered on October 16, 1851, to the Second National Woman’s Rights Convention held in Worcester’s Brinley Hall, near where the sculpture is installed:
I did not rise to make a speech — my life has been my speech. For fourteen years I have advocated this cause by my daily life. Bloody feet, sisters, have worn smooth the path by which you have come hither.
Media and dimensions: Cast and fabricated stainless steel, granite base, internal light fixture. 48″ x 30″ x 28″
Collection/Commission: City Of Worcester
Photo Credits: Troy Thompson
News:
Mass Live, 6.15.21
Worcester Magazine, 1.9.23
