{"id":11806,"date":"2025-10-01T08:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=11806"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:30:39","slug":"georgia-southern-art-professor-wins-global-covid-19-monument-design-contest-unveiling-in-chicago-planned-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2025\/10\/01\/georgia-southern-art-professor-wins-global-covid-19-monument-design-contest-unveiling-in-chicago-planned-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Southern Art Professor Wins Global COVID-19 Monument Design Contest, Unveiling in Chicago Planned for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Shovels are in the dirt as the Chicago COVID-19 Monument Commission breaks ground on Georgia Southern University Art Professor Casey Schachner\u2019s winning COVID-19 memorial monument design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schachner\u2019s entry in the global design competition saw the fearsome, spiked COVID-19 cell reimagined as a dandelion, symbolism she says sparked memories of youthful innocence and rebirth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt feels incredibly meaningful to be a part of something of this nature \u2014both in terms of scale, visibility and significance to the many people affected,\u201d explained Schachner. \u201cIt is so important to get the park and the sculpture right \u2014 how the piece captures this idea of honor and remembrance while simultaneously serving as a place of reflection and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schachner is currently consulting with the COVID-19 Monument Committee to bring the soaring 20-to-30-foot outdoor display of yellow, tufted dandelions to life. The sculpture will be located in the Illinois Medical District, one of the largest urban medical districts in the nation. The statue will be unveiled in fall 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBased on what I know of similar-scale sculptures and monuments, it\u2019s going to require a pretty significant budget because they\u2019re working from the ground up, with the foundation, electrical work and engineering to make sure that the pieces can be safe around the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shovels are in the dirt as the Chicago COVID-19 Monument Commission breaks ground on Georgia Southern University Art Professor Casey Schachner\u2019s winning COVID-19 memorial monument design. Schachner\u2019s entry in the global design competition saw the fearsome, spiked COVID-19 cell reimagined as a dandelion, symbolism she says sparked memories of youthful innocence and rebirth. \u201cIt feels […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":898,"featured_media":11808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-11806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-up-front","tag-spring-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/898"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}