Béatrice Coron - Bloomingdale Medallions

"Bloomingdale neighborhood residents who have shaped our world."

Bloomgindale Medallions depicts local luminaries from the Manhattan Valley neighborhood.

Designed by artists Béatrice Coron, in collaboration with the Columbus-Amsterdam Business Improvement District, the first set of medallions includes:

John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer

Elizabeth Acevedo Dominican-American poet and author

Mario Bauzá (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993), Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin and jazz musician

Constance Baker Motley ( née Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005), American jurist and politician

José Feliciano (born September 10, 1945), Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer

Abbey Lincoln (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), American jazz vocalist , songwriter civil rights activist

Isamu Noguchi (November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988), American artist and landscape architect

Billy Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967), American jazz composer, pianist and arranger

Béatrice Coron studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Lyon, and Mandarin Chinese at the Université of Lyon III, and her oeuvre includes illustration, book arts, fine art and public art. She cuts her characteristic silhouette designs in paper and Tyvek. She also creates works in stone, glass, metal, rubber, stained glass and digital media. Coron is a visual storyteller. She sees her work as stories that are about “identities and trans-formations or how our changes are inherent to a learning process: physically, spiritually or metaphorically”. Coron’s work has been purchased by major museum collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum, The Walker Art center and The Getty. Her public art can be seen in subways, airport and sports facilities among others.  
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Exhibited in three locations on the Upper West Side, NYC
July 13, 2023 through June 28, 2024:

PAST Locations

Location 3: Fredrick Douglas Playground - February 28, 2024 - June 27, 2024

Location 2: Happy Warrior Playground (PS 163) - October 26, 2023 - February 28, 2024