The Daub Firmin
Hendrickson Sculpture Group won a national competition to
create a commemorative sculpture of the late Harvey Milk for
permanent exhibition in San Francisco City Hall.
Milk was one of
the first openly gay elected officials in the world and
was a pioneer for the LGBT civil rights movement as a city
supervisor in San Francisco. Milk and San Francisco
mayor George Moscone were assassinated on November 27,
1978, at City Hall.
The winning
artists were selected from among 40 entries in a national
competition by a panel comprising community representatives
and arts professionals. The team of artists will have
a year to complete the sculpture, which will be 75
inches in height. The sculpture will most likely be
displayed in the Ceremonial Rotunda adjacent to the Board of
Supervisors' Chamber and will be unveiled on Milk's
birthday--May 22--next year. (The
Advocate)