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Episode 9: Maya Lin & the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial [& Extras]

All episodes are now available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Buzzsprout. Happy listening! Want to support the podcast? The best way to do that is to leave a rating and/or a review! You can also contribute as little as $1 to the continued production and maintenance of the podcast by “buying me a coffee” at https://buymeacoffee.com/stuffaboutthingspodcast.   Sources & Links
  • Two website for the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: HERE and HERE
  • Website for Maya Lin’s Studio
  • Want to hear Maya Lin talk about her experiences? Listen to episode 18 of What It Takes, another awesome podcast!
  • Andrews, Richard, and John Beardsley. Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes. Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, 2006.
  • Bremner, Ann, ed. Maya Lin: Public/Private. Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, 1994.
  • Brenson, Michael, Terri Dowell-Dennis, and Jeff Fleming. Maya Lin: Topologies. Winston-Salem: Southeastern Center for, 1998.
  • Hagopian, Patrick. The Vietnam War in American Memory: Veterans, Memorials, and the Politics of Healing. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2009.
  • Halloran, Richard. “Vietnam Veterans Plan Memorial In Capital as Reconciliation Sign: Two West Pointers Hope for Carter Support.” New York Times. 1980.
  • Lin, Maya. Boundaries. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.
  • Mock, Freida Lee. Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, 2003.
  • Washington University in St. Louis. Maya Lin in Conversation. St. Louis: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, 2017.
  • Weinraub, Bernard. “Carter Hails Veterans of Vietnam In Signing Bill for a War Memorial.” New York Times. July 2, 1980.
Related Images:
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Maya Lin in 1981 with a scale model of her design for the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial [Image Credit: Achievement.org]
 
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Maya Lin’s competition submission, including her hand-written essay [Image credit: Wikipedia]
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Vietnam Veterans War Memorial, from ground level [Image Credit: Sartle]
 
aerial view
Aerial view of Vietnam Veterans War Memorial [Image credit: Vanity Fair]
 
the jury
Competition Judges [Image credit: Competitions.org]
 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam Veteran Gordon Mansfield waits for the groundbreaking ceremony to signal the beginning of construction on the memorial [Image Credit: Ira Schwarz for Associated Press]
 
Maya Lin Vietnam Memorial Dedication
Maya Lin at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial dedication in 1982 [Image credit: Achievement.org]
 
Vietnam Memorial Soldiers by Frederick Hart
Bronze sculpture of three American soldiers by Frederick Hartt [Image credit: Library of Congress]
 
Vietnam Memorial on Memorial Day
Various offerings left at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial. All non-perishable items are put into storage. [Image credit: Library of Congress]
 
VVM-Graphic
Diagram showing the chronological “looping” of names on the Memorial [Image credit: National Park Service]
 
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Vietnam Veterans War Memorial infographic [Image credit: The History Channel via Visually]
  Gus content: Gussy with the Red Turban 
Gussy Van Eyck
Original: Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?), 1433, in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in London, England. 
  Gussy Behind the Scenes
Gussy Ballet
Original: Edgar Degas, Ballet Scene, pastel, 1907, in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
  Film Still #GussyOne
Gussy Sherman
Original: Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21, 1978, photograph, in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, NY.
Gussy Meninas
Gus Meninas
Original: Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656, oil on canvas, in the collection of El Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.
    Thank you for listening! xoxo, -Lindsay    

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