Rosa Parks (sculpture)

Rosa Parks

The statue in 2015
Rosa Parks
Location in Eugene, Oregon
Artist Pete Helzer
Year 2009 (2009)
Type Sculpture
Medium Bronze
Subject Rosa Parks
Location Eugene, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 44°02′55″N 123°05′39″W / 44.04871°N 123.09414°W / 44.04871; -123.09414Coordinates: 44°02′55″N 123°05′39″W / 44.04871°N 123.09414°W / 44.04871; -123.09414

Rosa Parks is an outdoor 2009 bronze sculpture depicting the African-American Civil Rights activist of the same name by Pete Helzer, installed outside the bus station in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States.

Description and history

Plaque for the sculpture

Pete Helzer's statue depicting Rosa Parks sitting in a bus seat was unveiled on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2009, the same day Lane Transit District's Eugene Station Plaza was renamed Rosa Parks Plaza, making Eugene the first U.S. city to dedicate a bus station in Parks' honor.[1][2] The sculpture cost $44,000; the first $10,000 was contributed by Lane Transit District and the remainder was raised from local businesses, civic organizations, community members, and government agencies.[1][2] Helzer said of the project, "This one had so much attached to it in terms of community interest and community support and it feels good."[2]

Helzer's neighbor, Lacie Heffron, modeled for the sculpture. She said, "I felt very honored and very lucky that I got to be the one who did it."[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Eugene bus station re-named for Rosa Parks". The Oregonian. January 20, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Adams, Tom (January 20, 2009). "Eugene bus station re-named for Rosa Parks". KATU. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
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