Visions of Progress Exhibition: Public Opening

170 McCormick Road,Charlottesville VA 22904

22 September, 2022

Description

Join us for a celebration of the opening of the Visions of Progress: Portraits of Dignity, Style, and Racial Uplift, an exhibition showcasing portraits that African Americans in Central Virginia commissioned from the Holsinger Studio during the first decades of the twentieth century. The portraits expressed the individuality of the women and men who commissioned them and silently yet powerfully asserted the Black community’s claims to rights and equality. Chief curator John Edwin Mason will give a short gallery talk, and visitors will have an opportunity to tour the exhibition and ask questions. Also on view: No Unity Without Justice: Student and Community Organizing During the 2017 Summer of Hate. Join us for gallery talks by curators Kendall King, Jalane Schmidt, Natalie Romero, and Hannah Russell-Hunter. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Please select a time above to join for one of two event times: Gallery talks for Visions of Progress (5:30) and No Unity Without Justice (6:00)Gallery talks for Visions of Progress (6:30) and No Unity Without Justice (7:00)LOCATION: Harrison Institute and Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia—170 McCormick Road. TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING: Park downtown! Free parking at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (233 4th St NW) with shuttle service to Harrison/Small. Park at UVA for free! By registering for this event, you can request a free promo code to park in the Central Grounds Garage (located under the University Bookstore at 400 Emmet Street). Walking directions from the Central Grounds Garage to Harrison/Small. QUESTIONS? email us: [email protected] The Holsinger Studio Portrait Project is a joint partnership between the University of Virginia Cocoran Department of History, The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH), and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. We are grateful that a generous grant from the Jefferson Trust will fund an extensive community engagement program in 2022-2023.