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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Inspiring the Next Generation of Artists
Hamilton talks with Ava, Tio and Bannessa, students in the College of Arts and Architecture who are members of the Mending Walls at Penn State student club. These students recently traveled to Richm…
Mending Walls.. at Penn State
Hamilton talks with Sarah and Adriana who are Art majors and designers of the second mural they completed along with other students from Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture and inspired by …
Trust Building/s: Reliability
Hamilton talks with Artists Alfonso Perez and Noah Scalin about their recent collaboration. Trust Building/s is a four-part mural series that will spread throughout the city. These murals will be co…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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…
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 neig…
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 Gl…
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 …
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 conversat…
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 st…
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. Watch the Trailer.
More information:
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 an…
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 …
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.
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The public art created for Mending Walls addresses wher…
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 Bl…
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.
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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 quest…
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.
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