Mending Walls

Hamilton talks with Artists Alfonso Pérez Acosta 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-created with the community to come alive with the gestures, stories, and faces of real people shaped by hands that don’t all look the same but move in rhythm toward a shared goal. Each mural cen...

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 Richmond together to see the original Mending Walls murals, meet some of the artists that painted them, and find further inspiration for their Mending Walls experience on campus.   Resources for this episod...

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 the Mending Walls project. Includes: Pam Hervey, Producer/Director of Mending Walls: The Documentary and Mending Walls: The Podcast. Resources for this episode:  Mending Walls Penn State -- find p...

Hamilton talks with Artists Alfonso Pérez Acosta 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-created with the community to come alive with the gestures, stories, and faces of real people shaped by hands that don’t all look the same but move in rhythm toward a shared goal. Each mural ce...

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 Walls project as the basis for her community centered learning approaches with her classes. She also served as the Mending Walls intern for the 2022 season w...

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 together as a large collaborative.  Resources for this episode:  Richmond Hill  The Warmth  Armstrong Leadership Program The Judy Project & Dwelling of the Enslav...

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 will carry through the present and future.  Resources for this episode:  Richmond Hill  The Warmth  Armstrong Leadership Program The Judy Project & Dwelli...

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 by their experiences and understanding of what the neighbors in the South Side are advocating for and creating for themselves.  The public art created for M...

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 experiences with the young leaders and how they see themselves and want to be seen in the community.  __ The public art created for Mending Walls addresses wher...

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 Park neighborhood of Richmond brings together the idea of healing the mind, body, soul, individuals and the community through shared cultural principles.  The...

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 southside of Richmond.  The public art created for Mending Walls addresses where we are now in society to inspire conversation about how we can move forward...

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 different from each other. Mending Walls: The Documentary premieres on: September 7 @ The Richmond International Film Festival.  Get tickets! September 16 @ 8pm on...

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. . Mending Walls: The Documentary premieres on: September 7 @ The Richmond International Film Festival.  Get tickets! September 16 @ 8pm on VPM PBS.  Watch the Trail...

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: Mending Walls: The Documentary Mending Walls RVA Mural Project Hamilton Glass Instagram:   @mendingwallsrva  @19red.fuel Production: 19RED @ Fuel In Your Ear Studios

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 right way. - Give us feedback on Season 1 -- take our quick survey!   And don't forget to give us a rating.  Stay subscribed for BONUS episodes! -- Resou...

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. - 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 understandi...

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 inspire conversation about how we can move forward with empathy through understanding and collaboration.   Resources for this episode:  Art180 in Richmond, VA Washingto...

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 gathering place for many. - The public art created for Mending Walls addresses where we are now in society to inspire conversation about how we can move forward wi...

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

"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 community and how their mural starts that conversation. - The public art created for Mending Walls addresses where we are now in society to inspi...

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 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 conve...

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 addresses where we are now in society to inspire conversation about how we can move forward with empathy through understanding and collaboration.   Join the conver...

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 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 conv...

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...

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 society to inspire conversation about how we can move forward with empathy through understanding and collaboration.   Join the conversation!  Virtual community gatherings, hoste...