“Just Add Context”: Design, Art and Richmond’s Monuments
Event Information
Description
Often the conversation around the future of Confederate monuments includes a call to “add context” in order to interpret their meaning. But what does that actually mean? What counts as “context”? And who gets to decide?
Join us for a panel discussion as part of the Valentine's Monument Avenue: General Demotion/ General Devotion exhibition, as we explore these questions and how design, art and history can inform our understanding of monuments in 21st century Richmond.
Panelists
Madge Bemiss, Architect, Brocade Studio
Valerie Cassel Oliver, Sydney and Francis Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Burt Pinnock, Architect, Baskerville, Storefront for Community Design
Event is free and open to the public, but space is limited and pre-registration is required.
Parking- Limited Parking is available in the Valentine lot off 10th street, first come first served. Overflow parking is available on the street as well as in the VCU Medical Center’s Patient and Visitor Parking Deck, 529 N. 12th Street (validation available). The Valentine is located off the GRTC Pulse; ride sharing and public transportation are encouraged.
