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A life-size sculpture of W.E.B. Du Bois will be unveiled in Great Barrington in the spring — with help from a $50,000 state grant

GREAT BARRINGTON — A long-awaited public sculpture of W.E.B. Du Bois set for the front of the Mason Library will be unveiled in the spring. And a $50,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of ...
Berkshire Eagle

Meet the three artists who are now finalists for a commissioned sculpture of W.E.B. Du Bois in Great Barrington, a project long in the making

GREAT BARRINGTON — A bronze sculpture of W.E.B. Du Bois in the heart of the town where he was born and raised is on its way — though it will take a while. And before the artist gets to work, the W.E.B ...
WWLP-22News

State awards funds for W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (WWLP)– A sculpture project honoring Great Barrington native and civil rights activist W.E.B Du Bois has received funding from the state. The Massachusetts Office of Economic ...
WWLP-22News

Donations made to fund Great Barrington sculpture of W.E.B. Du Bois, founder of the NAACP

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The W.E.B. Du Bois sculpture project of Great Barrington has announced a matching grant in funding for a statue to be built in front of the Mason Public Library. Anne ...
The Boston Globe

In Great Barrington, monument to W.E.B. Du Bois will mark a homecoming

‘I’ll be trying to express his personality,’ said sculptor Richard Blake, ‘from the way he sits, his hands, his face . . . making sure the monument is not just a mannequin, but has something of the ...