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‘Black Space Matters’ exhibit changes asphalt lot to garden INDIA ESPY-JONES
CNS — A local activist transformed a vacant lot outside the Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond to highlight issues of food security and the importance of Black and brown community spaces. The “Commonwealth” exhibit at Virginia Commonwealth University’s ICA features work from 10 artists including an outdoor installation created by activist and community farmer Duron Chavis who builds gardens throughout Richmond. The full exhibit seeks to examine how common resources influence the wealth and well-being of communities. Chavis proposed the resiliency garden exhibit in 2019 during
a public forum at the ICA. The resiliency garden—food grown to weather the tough times and to have food independence— is installed in an asphalt lot at Grace and Belvidere streets next to the ICA and features 30 raised beds of fruits,
vegetables and flowers. An extension of the garden exhibit is the “Black Space Matters” mural by Southside artist Silly Genius. A wall in
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FERNANDA LAGUNA: AS EVERYBODY
If someone showed you who they were, would you look? What might you learn from looking? In her first U.S. exhibition, Argentinian artist Fernanda Laguna invites us into her world. Through painting, writing, community work, and activism we see through her eyes, each medium revealing another layer of her character.
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