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Miami artist to work on Pulse victims’ memorial

By The Art Newspaper
20 June 2017
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The Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida—the scene of a mass shooting last June, when 49 people were killed by Omar Mateen—is to be turned into a museum and memorial for the victims, says the club’s owner, Barbara Poma. According to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper, the memorial campaign will be led by the OnePulse foundation. The Miami-based artist Jefre Manuel has been appointed as the foundation’s design consultant, while the board of trustees includes Lance Bass, formerly of the boy band ‘NSync.

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