Eli Siegel Day Announced on the Jumbotron in Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
August 16, 2002 (Detroit vs. Baltimore)
The Mayor and Governor have proclaimed this Eli Siegel Day. Poet, Founder of Aesthetic Realism. We honor his memory.
The lower board is from the Emmy-award winning public service film “The Heart Knows Better” by Ken Kimmelman, and says:
“It will be found that black and white man have the same goodnesses, the same temptations, and can be criticized in the same way. The skin may be different, but the aorta is quite the same.“
—Eli Siegel, Founder Aesthetic Realism
On August 16, 2002 Eli Siegel Day was celebrated
in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park with a memorial & speakers
“Mr. Siegel grew up in Baltimore. And that day, the hundredth anniversary of his birth, was proclaimed ‘Eli Siegel Day’ in Baltimore by the city’s mayor…and ‘Eli Siegel Day’ in Maryland by the state’s governor….The speakers commented on the importance of Mr. Siegel’s thought for the fields of education, economics, and art; for the solution to racism; for the understanding of love. It was clear to the more than 200 people attending, including government representatives, that something joyfully and grandly historic was taking place…” more — Ellen Reiss, Chairman of Education, in The Right Of #1534
INTRODUCTION & reading of Mayor O’Malley’s Proclamation by Carrie Wilson & Edward Green
1. ADDRESS by Ellen Reiss Aesthetic Realism Chairman of Education
On Eli Siegel’s historic understanding of:
2. EDUCATION — Lois Mason & Rosemary Plumstead
3. RACISM — Dr. Arnold Perey, Monique Michael, Allan Michael, & Dr. Jaime Torres
4. ART — Dorothy Koppelman
5. LABOR & ECONOMICS — Timothy Lynch
6. LOVE — Margot Carpenter & Robert Murphy
7. STATEMENT by Chaim Koppelman, Sculptor & Designer of Memorial
♦ Certificate of Appreciation by Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin
♦ “Honoring Eli Siegel” by Hon. Elijah E. Cummings, presented to the United States Congress, in the Congressional Record, July 26, 2002.
♦ PROGRAM of the Dedication Ceremony, including the Supporters and Speakers
♦ Brief biographies of the speakers & other participants.
♦ “Eli Siegel: A Centennial Celebration” by Alice Bernstein in The Baltimore Times, 5/10-16/02