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.

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Mending Walls

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September 25, 2020 • Hamilton Glass, Emily Herr, Amiri Richardson Keys • Season 1 • Episode 9

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 shooting of Jacob Blake in real-time played into their final design.

The public art created for Mending Walls addresses where we are now in society to inspire conversation about how we can move forward with empathy through understanding and collaboration.

Join the conversation! Virtual community gatherings, hosted in partnership with the Drums No Guns Foundation and the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond, have been scheduled. Register NOW!

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