Brooklyn’s own Ruth Bader Ginsburg—Supreme Court justice, feminist icon and all-around legend—is finally getting a memorial in her home borough. And not just any memorial: The state is launching an international competition to design a permanent tribute at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 and artists everywhere are invited to throw their sketchbooks into the ring.

The project, announced this week by the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Commission in partnership with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation and New York State, comes with a hefty $1–2 million budget. The idea is to honor Ginsburg’s life and legacy with a piece that’s as enduring as her words from the bench. The call for entries is intentionally broad: While you could propose a statue, organizers are just as open to i

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