
Breaking Ground
Artist: Kathleen Farrell
Site Location: WPA Memorial Garden
Collection: Individual Sculptures
Description
“Breaking Ground” is the design and creation of an original larger-than-life-size bronze sculpture honoring the 220 African-American women and men employed through the WPA Project to labor in the tree-filled swampland from 1938-1942. The artist used photos of actual WPA workers from the era and an African-American female model.