"Sign Spotting" Exhibition Audio Description Tour

The Valentine's Director Bill Martin joins historical strategist and founder of Untold RVA, Free Egunfemi Bangura, for a conversation about Gabriel's Rebellion on last week's "Richmond Stories" podcast. Together, they highlight untold stories of Gabriel's life, explore his ideals of leadership and liberty, and ground him to place in Richmond's Shockoe Bottom and beyond. Bill and Free also discuss Gabriel's reach and influence, and explore his example for creating impactful social movements.

Richmond Stories "Free Egunfemi Bangura + Gabriel Week"

Ground Glue Sign

Colored Men Waiting Room Door

Long Live Neighborhood Schools Sign

Ignatius Hats

School Zone Sign

Virginia Electric And Power Company Sign

Chimborazo Sanatorium Sign

Casablanca Sign

Arthur Ashe And Jefferson Davis Signs

Murphy's Hotel Signs

Esso Station Sign

GRTC Bus Signs

"Sign Spotting" Richmond's Signage Introduction

Welcome

In the inaugural episode of Richmond Stories, Bill Martin and Eric Steigleder sit down with Laura Browder and Patricia Herrera of the University of Richmond and advocate Deidre Johnson to talk about the Valentine’s new exhibition Voices from Richmond’s Hidden Epidemic, Richmond’s ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis, racial disparities and the importance of telling your own story on your own terms.

Photo credits:  Rodney Lofton. August 2018. Photographed by Michael Simon for the Voices from Richmond's Hidden Epidemic project.

The Valentine Presents: Richmond Stories - Episode 1

In the first episode recorded during quarantine, Bill and Eric talk about Richmond’s experience during the 1918 flu pandemic, parallels with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Valentine’s past Pandemic: Richmond exhibition. They are joined by Dr. Elizabeth Outka, professor of English at the University of Richmond and author of Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature and Meg Hughes, Director of Collections/Chief Curator at The Valentine.

The Valentine Presents: Richmond Stories - Episode 5

on the tenth episode of "Richmond Stories", Bill and Eric talk about the rapid changes on Monument Avenue, last year's "General Demotion/General Devotion" exhibition at the Valentine which featured conceptual redesigns of this challenging boulevard, the "Rumors of War" installation and where our community goes from here.

Valerie Cassel Oliver, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the VMFA and Camden Whitehead, architect and Associate Professor of Interior Design at Virginia Commonwealth University joined for this important conversation.

The Valentine Presents: Richmond Stories - Episode 10

Richmond Stories is a show about a city. Presented by the Valentine, the only museum dedicated to sharing Richmond's challenging history, Richmond Stories uses conversations with change-makers, advocates, leaders and residents to explore the past, present and future of this (very) complicated place we call home.

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