Mending Walls
In May of 2020, the citizens of Richmond, Virginia took to the streets to protest racial inequality, police brutality and the monuments to confederate generals that line on our historical streets and city parks. As a result, African American artist and community activist, Hamilton Glass, chose to create a public art project that brought together artists from different cultural backgrounds to create murals that start conversation and heal the divides between us. That project is called Mending Walls. Host Hamilton Glass sits down with the artist pairings as they discuss their mural vision, their process and the hard conversations that they had throughout their collaboration.
Episodes
28 episodes
Part 3: Transcending Walls (Education)
Hamilton Glass, Taekia Glass, and Caitlin Black discuss their roles and they collaborate together to create deeper connections to the education space. In particular Caitlin, an adjunct professor and Ph.D candidate at VCU has used the Mending Wa...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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30:20
Part 2: Transcending Walls (The Artists)
Hamilton Glass talk with the five artists of the Richmond Hill mural project; Nadd Harvin, Sam Skrimpz, Hope Morgan, Rian Moses, and Lizzie Brown as they discuss their experiences engaging with the community and partners and working toget...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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47:55
Part 1: Transcending Walls (Richmond Hill)
Hamilton Glass talks with Taekia Glass, Rev. Lindsey Franklin, Rev. Ben Hadley-Goggin as they discuss the Transcending Walls project. This episode will explore the origins of the project, challenges and celebrations, and lessons learned that wi...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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33:10
We Want Clean Air. We Want Good Food. We Want Peace.
Inspired by their conversations and experiences with the good people at Virginia Community Voice, artists Barry O’Keefe and Mahari Chabwera talk about how their mural along Richmond Highway (formerly Jefferson Davis Hwy) of Richmond was shaped ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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24:58
Reflection for Change
Inspired by their conversations and experiences with the young people at RISE for Youth and their own backgrounds, artists Courtney Lebow and Hamilton Glass talk about how their mural in the Fan neighborhood of Richmond was shaped by their expe...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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32:37
All Put Together
Inspired by their conversations and experiences with the Richmond Association of Black Social Workers and their own backgrounds, artist Juliana Bustillo and Khalid Thompson talk with host Hamilton Glass about how their mural in the Highland Par...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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32:55
The Golden Hour & NeoGenesis
Inspired by Duron Chavis, local urban agriculture leader and Executive Director of Happily Natural, and the oasis he created at Sankofa Community Orchard,artists Sarah Apple and Ron Stokes talk with Host Hamilton Glass about their mural in the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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27:14
Mending Walls 2021
Host Hamilton Glass chats with his core Mending Walls team to discuss how 2021 Mending Walls is different than 2020 but still serves the same mission of artists coming together to have deep conversations about what makes our communities differe...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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31:32
BONUS: Meet the Mending Walls Documentarians
At the end of the 2020 Mending Walls project, Hamilton Glass sat down with filmmakers Pam and Todd Hervey to talk about how they created a documentary about the project and why they believe it's a story that everyone needs to see..Mendi...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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34:41
Season 2 is coming soon + Documentary Trailer!
Mending Walls: The Documentary premieres on:September 7 @ The Richmond International Film Festival. Get tickets!September 16 @ 8pm on VPM PBS.&nbs...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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1:19
Finding Tomorrow
Host Hamilton Glass talks with Producer Pam Hervey and Artist Eli McMullen about his second collaboration in the Mending Walls Project, celebrating the life and work of Lorna Pinckney, and how our ancestors use their light to guide us in the ri...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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30:13
Once Upon...With Love.
Host Hamilton Glass talks with artists Shaylen Broughton and Hasson Roberts about their commitment to showcasing the wishes of a younger generation after being gifted a wall at the Children's Museum of Richmond for their mural.-Th...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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22:50
The Journey Forward
Host Hamilton Glass talks with artists Humble & Nadd Harvin about their mural that celebrates the youth movement for social justice and change.-The public art created for Mending Walls addresses where we are now in society to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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21:10
The Blackwell Drip
Inspired by a visionary local music star and honoring Yemoja, the African Goddess of the Ocean, artists Chris Visions and Heide Trepanier talk with Host Hamilton Glass about how their mural in the Blackwell area of Richmond has become a gatheri...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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35:12
African American Gothic
Host Hamilton Glass talks with artists Andre Shank and Sone-Seere about their twist on a classical piece of American art by celebrating local urban agriculture advocates Duron and Nikaya Chavis.-The public art created for Mending ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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26:20
It's Time for Change
"Am I next?" is the powerful question on artists Sir James L. Thornhill and Kevin Orlosky's mural in Richmond's Oliver Hill Way. They talk with Host Hamilton Glass about how the answer to that question is a positive one for the Black comm...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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27:07
Silence Isn't Golden
Drawing inspiration from her indigenous culture, Artist Meme and David Marion talk with Host Hamilton Glass about the importance of recognizing water rights for all people on their Mending Wall.-The public art created for Mending ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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27:27
Black Lives Matter (Voices of Perseverance)
Artist Ed Trask and Jason Ford talk with Host Hamilton Glass about their "new monument" honoring the citizens of the past, present and future who fight for racial equality in America.-The public art created for Mending Walls addre...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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35:38
Liberty Leads Her People
Artists Nico Cathcart and Auz Miles' talk with Host Hamilton Glass about how their wall became a place of inspiration and peace, and where local activists could gather and speak their truth.-The public art created for Mending Wall...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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35:30
I Can/t Breathe
Taking inspiration from the shocking history of Shockoe Bottom as the center of Richmond's slave trade, Artists Amiri Richardson-Keys and Emily Herr talk with Host Hamilton Glass about their "beautiful experience" working together and how the s...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:27
Her Flowers
Artists S. Ross Browne and Amy Smith talk with Host Hamilton Glass about their collaboration for their mural in the Manchester area of Richmond, VA. -The public art created for Mending Walls addresses where we are now in soci...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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26:58
In Conversation
Think about the toys you played with as a child and the tv shows that you watched. How did they shape your future views on race and the differences between us? Host Hamilton Glass and Artist Matt Lively talk about their collaboratio...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:39
New Growth
A lot of things in America need to be destroyed in order for a new one, a real one, to grow and prosper. Host Hamilton Glass talks with artists Charles Berger and PT Carroll about creating balance in their art, and in the universe, with t...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:27