GREEN COVE SPRINGS — Outside the Augusta Savage Arts and Community Center stands a new kiosk dedicated to the history of its namesake. The kiosk is one of three stops dedicated to preserving …
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GREEN COVE SPRINGS — Outside the Augusta Savage Arts and Community Center stands a new kiosk dedicated to the history of its namesake.
The kiosk is one of three stops dedicated to preserving the history of four important local voices in the New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance–James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson, Asa Philip Randolph and Green Cove Spring's own Augusta Savage.
The kiosk, officially unveiled on July 29, is part of the U.S. Highway 17 North Heritage Trail, which has stops in Jacksonville and Crescent City.
Dr. David Jamison directed the project, and the team included Sen. Tony Hill, Kaysyn Jones, Edward Waters University students Ebone Sapp and Travales Woodard.
President of the Friends of Augusta Savage Arts and Community Center, Henrietta Davis-Francis, also greatly brought the kiosk to life in Green Cove Springs.
The kiosk, filled with informational facts about Savage and the trail,is adorned with many photos of the young students participating at the center.
Francis said she is proud of what was accomplished, even stating that there are future plans to add to the kiosk. This includes eventually filling the area around it with each student's personal artistic structures–an ode to Savage's work herself.
