Béatrice Coron: Bloomingdale Medallions

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

There will be three exhibition locations:

Location 1: Booker T. Washington Playground - June 29, 2023 - October 26, 2023

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

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