Meet Nilda Comas, the 2024 National Sculpture Society Artist-in-Residence at Chesterwood. Learn about her process of making a figural sculpture of civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy Height while in residence at Chesterwood during the month of July.

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nilda studied at the Universidad de Puerto Rico and graduated cum laude with an MFA from The New York Academy of Art. Her post-graduate studies were accomplished at Accademia de Belle Arti di Carrara in Italy, where she perfected her skills in marble carving. Nilda had the honor of being commissioned to sculpt pioneering educator and Black college founder Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune which was installed in the National Statuary Hall at the US Capitol in 2022.

The Artist’s Talk is a free event to be held at the Morris Center Studio. To tour the grounds, the historic studio and residence, as well as the annual contemporary sculpture show please go to the Admissions Desk in the Barn to purchase your ticket.