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About the Artist

Vinnie Bagwell

Vinnie Bagwell is an American sculptor. A representational-figurative artist, Vinnie uses traditional bas-relief techniques as visual narratives to expand her storytelling. She casts in bronze and bronze resin. She has won numerous public-art commissions and awards around the United States. She was born in Yonkers, New York, and grew up in the Town of Greenburgh. A Morgan State University alumna, Vinnie is an untutored artist and began sculpting in 1993. Vinnie Bagwell is credited with reframing public art to include historic Black images.

Vinnie working on the maquette.

Vinnie working on the maquette.

Credit: Vinnie Bagwell
Vinnie working on the maquette.

Vinnie working on the maquette.

Credit: Vinnie Bagwell
Maquette model of Reverend Lawson

One-third-scale maquette design of the life-sized bronze sculpture of the Rev. Lawson.

Credit: Vinnie Bagwell
Design and build of the armature for enlargement.

Design and build of the armature for enlargement. 

Credit: Vinnie Bagwell
Design and build of the armature for enlargement.

Design and build of the armature for enlargement. 

Credit: Vinnie Bagwell
Design and build of the armature for enlargement.

Design and build of the armature for enlargement. 

Credit: Vinnie Bagwell
Design and build of the armature for enlargement.

Design and build of the armature for enlargement. 

Credit: Vinnie Bagwell
Vinnie Bagwell working on the coat of the Lawson Statute.

Vinnie Bagwell working on the coat of the Lawson Statute.

Credit: Pierre Mandela Blake
Vinnie Bagwell working on the shoes of the Lawson statue.

Vinnie Bagwell working on the shoes of the Lawson statue.

Credit: Pierre Mandela Blake
Shows the detail faces in the Lawson statue's coat.

Shows the detail faces of Civil Right people in the Lawson statue's coat.  

Credit: Pierre Mandela Blake
Shows the final details in the back of the Lawson statue.

Shows the final details in the back of the Lawson statue.

Credit: Pierre Mandela Blake

Reverend James Lawson Sculpture

  • Reverend James Lawson
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