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 episode:

• Mending Walls Penn State -- find pictures of the murals the students created here.

More information:

• Mending Walls RVA Mural Project
• Hamilton Glass

Instagram:

• @mendingwallspsu
• @mendingwallsrva
• @19red.fuel

Production:

• 19RED @ Fuel

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 pictures of the murals the students created here.

More information:

• Mending Walls RVA Mural Project
• Hamilton Glass

Instagram:

• @mendingwallspsu
• @mendingwallsrva
• @19red.fuel

Production:

• 19RED @ Fuel

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-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 centered around one of the foundational elements of trust:

• Consistency
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Empathy

Honest conversations between real people who may not see eye to eye politically or socially but are willing to listen and connect will inspire each of them.

Resources for this episode:

• One Small Step

More information:

• Mending Walls RVA Mural Project
• Hamilton Glass

Instagram:

• @adrawingtable
• @noahscalin
• @mendingwallsrva
• @19red.fuel

Production:

• 19RED @ Fuel

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 which allowed her to experience different facets of the project, from developing and hosting workshops to reaching out to neighbors to garner neighborhood participation.

Resources for this episode:

• Asset Based Pedagogy
• Asset Based Community Development
• U of R Partners in the Arts
• Richmond Hill
• The Warmth
• Armstrong Leadership Program
• The Judy Project & Dwelling of the Enslaved Africans

More information:

• Mending Walls RVA Mural Project
• Hamilton Glass

Instagram:

• @msblackart
• @mendingwallsrva
• @19red.fuel

Production:

• 19RED @ Fuel

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 Enslaved Africans

More information:

• Mending Walls RVA Mural Project
• Hamilton Glass
• Nadd Harvin
• Sam Skrimpz
• Hope Morgan
• Rian Moses
• Lizzie Brown

Instagram:

• @mendingwallsrva
• @hamglass
• @naddthenomad
• @friedskrimpz
• @hopem0rgan
• @seaplus_rlmoses
• @lizzieb.fromthecoreartstudio
• @19red.fuel

Production:

• 19RED @ Fuel

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 & Dwelling of the Enslaved Africans
• Reclaiming The Monument

More information:

• Mending Walls RVA Mural Project
• Hamilton Glass
• Nadd Harvin

Instagram:

• @mendingwallsrva
• @hamglass
• @richmondhillva
• @reclaimingthemonument
• @19red.fuel

Production:

• 19RED @ Fuel

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 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:

• Virginia Community Voice

More information:

• Mending Walls RVA Mural Project
• Barry O'Keefe
• Mahari Chabwera

Instagram:

• @barryokeefe
• @maharichabwera
• @mendingwallsrva
• @19red.fuel

Production:

• 19RED @ Fuel
• In Your Ear Studios

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.

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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:

• RISE for Youth

More information:

• Mending Walls RVA Mural Project
• Hamilton Glass
• Courtney Lebow

Instagram:

• @hamglass
• @courtney.lebow
• @mendingwallsrva
• @19red.fuel

Production:

• 19RED @ Fuel
• In Your Ear Studios

Mending Walls: The Documentary airs on VPM PBS.