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March 2, 2011
For immediate release Contact: Robbin Zella 203-332-5052
Housatonic Museum of Art Receives 9/11 Commemorating Prints
Robbin
Zella, Director of the Housatonic Museum of Art, has announced the
gift of two prints by John Michelotti commemorating the events of Sept.
11, 2000.
The prints, “Flag of Honor” and “Flag of Heroes” are
the work of Greenwich, CT artist John Michelotti. They have been given to the
HMA by Sam Cotto who is a Building and Grounds Patrol Officer at Housatonic Community
College.
Zella says, “We are pleased to have these images that memorialize the events
of that day. It was such a major catastrophe and it is important that we have
an artistic memory of what happened. We thank Mr. Cotto for giving these important
pieces to the Museum.”
The originals of Flag of Honor and Flag of Heroes are in the Museum of the National
9/11 Organization. The artist is quoted as saying that he wanted the victims
remembered not as numbers but as individuals.
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