سيلما بيرك: نحت حياة نحاتة

[Selma Burke: Sculpting the Life of a Sculptor](https://talonbooks.com/books/selma-burke) | Winner of the BC Playwriting Competition, two Betty Mitchell Awards, and two Calgary Theater Critics Awards _Selma Burke: Sculpting the Life of a Sculptor_ is a work of fiction inspired by the extraordinary life of Dr. Selma Hortense Burke, who lived from 1900 to 1995, approximately 49,932,000 minutes. Here, in a theatrical work that imagines ninety minutes of it, the question is raised: “Who has the right to create art, and who has the right to destroy it?” In her distinguished works of art, African American sculptor Selma Burke has documented many of the extraordinary and devastating events of the past century: lynchings, the Harlem Renaissance, the Holocaust, and the assassination of Martin Luther King. Realizing that it is always easier to tear down than to build, Burke continued her artistic career despite a society that did not always appreciate her talent, a husband who destroyed her work, and a government that stole from her. Cast: one black woman, one white woman, one black man, and one white man