civil rights

Wham Bam! Shane Mitchell Immersive Interview

Wham Bam! Shane Mitchell Immersive Interview

RVA Mag's own John Reinhold recently caught up with Shane Mitchell to talk shop about their shared experiences in music and creative events here in Richmond. Shane is also known as the producer be.IN; he is one of the founders of Ebisu Sound and an artist manager for...

A Musical Message That’s Long Overdue

A Musical Message That’s Long Overdue

Dust's multi-genre collaboration mixes Afrobeat, hip hop, and digital experimentation to create a musical message of progress toward civil rights and away from institutional racism. As social issues and civil rights have become more prevalent in the city, many local...

Projecting Our Hopes And Dreams

Projecting Our Hopes And Dreams

Since the protest movement began last month, artist Dustin Klein's projections of police brutality victims and civil rights heroes have become a crucial component of the nightly gatherings at the Robert E. Lee Monument. Amidst the nation-wide protests against police...

Confronting Racism: A Conversation to End Hate

Confronting Racism: A Conversation to End Hate

This September, a nationally-recognized exhibit is coming to the Virginia Holocaust Museum to start a conversation on which lives depend. "Break Glass: The Art of V.L. Cox - A Conversation to End Hate" is a striking collection of found-object sculptures meant to shape...