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Richmond’s Last Confederate Statue Comes Down

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael December 18, 2022December 19, 2022

“The work to battle entrenched white supremacy in our communities is far from over,” said artist Sandy Williams IV.

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Eleven Contemporary Artists Explore the Meaning of Shelter at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

by Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia MOCA) December 5, 2022December 5, 2022

Artists collaborate with nonprofit institutions and field experts to examine historical and contemporary determinants of housing and the feelings of safety and connection integral to places of living.

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Richmond Police Admit to Tear-Gassing Peaceful Protesters at Robert E. Lee Monument

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu July 5, 2022July 7, 2022

The police department retracted its previous claims that demonstrators were “violent” as part of a settlement in a lawsuit lodged by six protesters who were tear-gassed by officers in June 2020.

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Montpelier CEO Resigns As Descendants of Enslaved People Get a Seat at the Table

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 29, 2022May 27, 2022

Leadership at the former plantation of James Madison was accused of terminating workers who advocated for descendants.

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The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art Presents Maya Lin: A Study of Water

by Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia MOCA) April 21, 2022April 22, 2022

The exhibition brings together a selection of Lin’s interpretations of water with brand new, site-responsive works inspired by the Chesapeake Bay.

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Montpelier Fires Staffers Who Advocated for the Descendants of Enslaved People

by Hakim Bishara April 19, 2022April 20, 2022

The Montpelier Foundation had stripped descendants of their hard-fought power-sharing status.

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The ICA at VCU Presents Gideon Appah: Forgotten, Nudes, Landscapes

by Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University March 10, 2022March 10, 2022

Gideon Appah’s paintings merge his interest in Ghanaian popular culture with his own imagination, dreams, and fantasies. Now on view in Richmond, Virginia.

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Virginia Commonwealth University Is Accepting MFA Applications for 2022

by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUarts) January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

All students are eligible for funding, teaching assistant opportunities, and research and travel grants. Apply by February 1.

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Rare 19th-century Navajo Chief’s Blanket Donated to Colonial Williamsburg

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

The piece is attributed to “anonymous Navajo women,” working on handlooms.

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The Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU Presents Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste: Set It Off

by Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University November 12, 2021November 12, 2021

Using sonic frequencies that register just below human audibility, this exhibition in Richmond, Virginia provides site-specific experiences for sound to be deeply felt.

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Study Shows Correlation Between Number of Confederate Monuments and Lynchings

by Hakim Bishara October 15, 2021November 18, 2021

The University of Virginia researchers wrote that the data “provides compelling evidence that these symbols are associated with hate.”

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The ICA at VCU Presents Dineo Seshee Bopape: Ile aye, moya, là, ndokh…harmonic conversions…mm

by Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University October 7, 2021October 6, 2021

The artist’s newly commissioned work in Richmond, Virginia is made out of soil and water from cities and ports that played important roles in the enslavement of people.

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