Maya Lin Maya Lin is a Chinese American who was born in Athens, Ohio on October 5, 1959. She grew up within a distinguished family of anti-Communist politicians that originate from Beijing, China. Both of her parents worked at Ohio University-her father the former dean of fine arts and mother a professor of Asian literature. Maya was more of a private child during her childhood and spent most her pastime doing more solitary activities- like hiking and reading. She also experienced with other artistic medias- like silver smithing and bronze casting. She was an incredibly intelligent student during her high school years and graduated as the co-valedictorian in high school. She continued her education at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut …show more content…
She submitted a design for a national competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial as her senior thesis project in 1981. The competition was incredibly tough because of the other 1,400 designs from all around the United States being proposed (Lin). This memorial was a monumental project for both the United States and Maya Lin because it was incredibly controversial. There was a great moral conflict within the American citizens about America’s military involvement in Asia. Controversy surrounded the memorial because there was mixed feelings towards American involvement in the Vietnam War. The memorial had great social significance because war veterans from Vietnam were being marginalized and treated like criminals when they returned, instead of honorable men who helped fight for the common good. The Vietnam War created many societal problems and the Memorial was an important first step towards healing the wounds and appreciating veterans for their service for the common good (Maya Lin). She won this important competition and designed a beautiful Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., which was a monumental time of Maya Lin’s …show more content…
Maya Lin has received countless awards for her creativity and genius. Following her receiving her master’s degree, Yale University presented her with an honorary doctorate, which only goes to its most distinguished graduates. Later in 1988, she received the Presidential Design Award for her prized Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This time was a pivotal time of Lin’s life, when she decided to move to New York City and set up a studio to further her work by working on more architectural designs and culture. For years, she rejected the idea of working on another memorial. But in 1988 another opportunity arose. The Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, asked her to design in remembrance of people who died in the civil rights movement. At first, Lin was surprised that this opportunity was presented to her. She accepted this opportunity and began her work on the memorial. She used Martin Luther King Jr. was her inspiration and found great importance in the quote, "We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream" (Lin). Lin was successful in her building of this monument and created an environment that inspired activists to help create an era of equality in American society that the civil rights movement worked so hard for (Lin). Another incredibly important accomplishment that
Hung Liu was born in Changchun, China in 1948 and grew up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, when she was sent to the countryside to be “Re-educated” by the Maoist regime. She immigrated to the US in 1984 to
The everyday bystander would not perceive the work of art the same as a veteran or loved ones of a veteran would. In a particular instance a woman, Kathleen Cronan Wyosnick, wrote a very heartfelt letter to Abigail VanBuren [Abby] who was the first honorary member elected to the Korean War Veterans Association and previously a newspaper columnist. On November 11th, 1988 Wyosnick wrote to VanBuren pleading to consider a special group of men and women who fought in the Korean War, which is better known as the “forgotten war”. Wyosnick described in her letter how she was a former Air Force nurse who had lost her husband in the Korean War, she wrote about how the war is described in nothing more than a few paragraphs in text books. She said the only media reminder to the public of the war is a television show “M*A*S*H”. Just eight months after they got married her husband was shot down in North Korea on his first combat mission, and she never had him returned to her. She asked where the reminder of those who gave their lives in Korea was. She also asked what the Korean War Veterans Association will do to ensure that the people who lost their lives are not forgotten. The response by Abby to the letter was a sending of the check and the publishing of Wyosnick’s letter. The American Battle Monuments Commission received more than 27,000 donations totaling
Although controversial in its inception, Maya Lin's Vietnam War Memorial adequately fulfills the vision of Jan Scruggs, who returned home wounded from the conflict in Southeast Asia at the age of 19, for a monument to his fallen comrades in arms that would "provide a symbol of acknowledgement of the courage, sacrifice, and devotion to duty of those who were among the nation's finest youth."1
The text states that, “The memorial...would have to show the names of every man and woman killed during of missing in the war.” All 58,000 U.S servicemen and women who have been killed or have gone missing in the Vietnam War deserve to be honored by having all their names engraved in the memorial. When soldiers came home from the war, nobody respected them for what they did not have a choice to do. This evidence suggests that the author wanted everyone who was part of the Vietnam War to be recognized and didn’t want anyone to be forgotten. Furthermore, the author chose these words for the title in memory of all United States soldiers killed and missing.
She graduated from Dunbar Junior High School, then went to Horace Mann High School, which at that time, was an all black school.
The memorial grew out of a need to heal the nation's wounds as America struggled to reconcile different moral and political points of view. In fact, the memorial was conceived and designed to make no political statement whatsoever about the war. The Memorial is a place where everyone, regardless of opinion, can come together and remember and honor those who served. By doing so, the memorial has paved the way towards reconciliation and healing, a process that continues today.
...es and legalizing abortion. Being that she was a woman and black, she risked her reputation and status as she spoke about her beliefs in which she thought would better our society. She has definitely proved herself to be a leader in not only her community but also for the American people. Her ideas have inspired many to stand up for better treatment and equality.
Maya Lin was born on October 5th, 1959 in Athens, Ohio. Her parents immigrated from China to the United States, in 1949 before her birth, and their profession at Ohio University impacted her greatly. Her aunt was the first Chinese Architect and she spent much of her life at home with her older brother. She loved school and studying and had few close friends.Her father was Dean of Arts for Ohio University as well as a ceramics artist, where she was inspired by visits to his ceramics shop. Her mother was a poet along with talents in Asian and English Literature, who taught her prose. These factors, shaping her future, she expressed early interests in art and mathematics. She continued to prove herself as an exemplary student throughout her school career. Soon after high school she was accepted into Yale University, in Connecticut, and forced to choose between her two loves of art and architecture. She chose to major in architecture, but often would sneak into art school for sculpture classes. She was once heard to say, “I love architecture and...
The Vietnam War Memorial has reduced some of the toughest, proudest, and most disciplined in the world to tears. For when a veteran returns to the wall, he may recognize a few members of a platoon that he spent a few of his best years with, and what is left of that man? The other effect of the wall is that if a veteran recognizes a single name, that one name will carry a story, a legacy, and a history with him.
After the horrors of the Vietnam War a national monument honoring the brave soldiers was asked to be developed. In 1981, Maya Lin, an undergraduate at Yale University entered her design in the nationwide competition that was sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. From more than 1,400 submissions Maya Lin’s design was picked (Vietnam Veterans Memorial). The memorial was a black granite V-shaped sunken wall, which was composed of seventy-four panels that increased its height from eight inches to more than ten feet. On the wall the names are listed in chronological order according to the date of death or the day a soldier went missing during each day, these names are alphabetized (Roberts 909). Maya Lin’s main goal was to describe a journey which “would make you experience death and where you’d have to be an observer, where you could never fully be with the dead.” (Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial). Lin’s purpose of the memorial was not to forget about the war, but in fact it was to remember the truth of what happened and be able to look back and see the horrors that occurred during the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, Maya Lin’s design of the memorial caused a lot of
Maya Deren was one of the most important American experimental filmmakers and entrepreneurial promoters of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren is a multi-genre artist who is primarily known as a filmmaker but who also worked in dance, poetry, and film theory, paid special attention to the materials involved in film and filmmaking. Her films include multiple images of fabric and textiles, and her writings consistently note the physical components involved in filmmaking, the cameras instrument, the cinematic equipment, and the bodies of the actors.
King was arguably the most important voice of the Civil Rights Movement , which worked for equal rights of all. He used nonviolent resistance to overcome justice, and fought to end segregation laws. He also done all he could to make people realise that all men are created equally. These remarkable outcomes emanated from the actions of Rosa parkes. It’s incredible that a single human being inspired some of the greatest people, and achievements in Civil rights history.
Coretta Scott King was one of the most important women leaders in the world. Working side-by-side with her husband, she took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and worked to pass the Civil Rights Act. After King's death, she founded The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Mrs. King traveled around the world speaking out on behalf of racial and economic justice, women’s and children’s rights, religious freedom, the needs of the poor and homeless, full-employment, health care, educational opportunities, and environmental justice.
It can be hard to fully comprehend the effects the Vietnam War had on not just the veterans, but the nation as a whole. The violent battles and acts of war became all too common during the long years of the conflict. The war warped the soldiers and civilians characters and desensitized their mentalities to the cruelty seen on the battlefield. Bao Ninh and Tim O’Brien, both veterans of the war, narrate their experiences of the war and use the loss of love as a metaphor for the detrimental effects of the years of fighting.
While in The United Sates she resided in San Francisco, California. There she decided rather than continuing on to Spain she would extend her stay. She enrolled at the University of San Francisco for her masters in Asian History. However, becoming rapidly involved in the local art community she started painting and instead received her Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Her works were heavily rooted in politics and humanitarianism. In 1975 she left California and obtained further painting instruction at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and in 1977 the Arts Students League in New York City.