Family members and attendees hold up shirts bearing the names of victims at a ceremony at the site of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire March 25, 2011 in New York City. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
ITP alum Ruth Sergel was mentioned in a recent article about NYU's Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire memorial:
"An artist, Ruth Sergel, organized a project she called 'Chalk.' On the anniversary of the fire, volunteers visited every address on my list to write the name of the victim who had lived there, in chalk, on the sidewalk. Sergel’s chalkers merged into a planning committee for the 100th anniversary commemorations of the fire in 2011."
Read the article in The Washington Post to learn more.