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.
Mending Walls
Liberty Leads Her People
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Hamilton Glass, Nico Cathcart, Auz Miles
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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.
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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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Resources for this episode:
- Alice Walker- In Search of my mothers garden / Protestor's demands
Audre Lourde- The transformation of Silence into Language and Action from the book Sister Outsider.
Angela Davis-Speech from the 2016 Women's March
Maya Angelou-Our Grandmothers (a poem)
Assata Shakur autobiography
His Eye is on the Sparrow- Lauren Hill/Tanya Blount
More information:
Instagram:
- @auz_can
- @nicocathcart
- @mendingwallsrva
- @19red.fuel
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