The mayor of Los Angeles commissioned a taxpayer-funded 166-page report written by scores of activists devoted to ‘civic memory’ who recommended that the city commemorate the 1992 race riots sparked by the beating of Rodney King.
The report by the Civic Memory Working Group is also calling for the ‘recontextualizing’ or ‘removal’ of statues and memorials that are considered ‘outdated or fraught’ as well as naming an official ‘city historian’ to oversee its landmarks.
Among the recommendations is the establishment of a memorial to the victims of the 1871 massacre of Chinese immigrants and a garden to remember the essential workers who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HUNTINGTON â The sounds of blues and soul â plus a little bit of local flavor â rang out from Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Friday as âMountain Stageâ took place in front of a live audience for the first time in more than a year.
The Huntington performance featured St. Paul and The Broken Bones, A.J. Croce, blues singer Shemekia Copeland and West Virginiaâs own Ona. Presented by Mountain Health Network, the special outdoor show was part of the city of Huntingtonâs 150th anniversary celebration.
The city has additional events planned throughout the year to mark the celebration of its 150th birthday, including an exhibit at the Huntington Museum of Art from Sept. 18 through Jan. 16, 2022, focusing on the sesquicentennial. There will also be a time capsule closed Oct. 22, Huntington founder Collis P. Huntingtonâs 200th birthday.
Apr 14, 2021
Tamarack Foundation for the Arts proudly announces six awards in its Emerging Artist Fellowship program for 2021. New fellows include Emily Prentice of Randolph County, Suzan Ann Morgan of Upshur County, Brandy Jefferys of Cabell County, Kelsie Tyson of Greenbrier County, Nichole Westfall and Blake Wheeler, both of Kanawha.
Emerging Artist Fellows are thriving early-career artists who demonstrate a superior level of mastery and an aptitude to become successful creative professionals. Chosen by an independent committee of master artists and arts leaders, they contribute to the foundation’s mission of growing West Virginia’s economy by empowering promising creatives.
Each fellowship includes a stipend and continuing access to professional skill-building in the areas of branding, marketing, and technology as well as valuable connections with a community of successful creatives in West Virginia.
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Education Coordinator Sadie Helmick, right, films Conservatory Director Mike Beck, left, as he discusses the museum s saltwater aquarium with students from the Cabell County TAG program during a virtual tour of the C. Fred Edwards Conservatory on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at the Huntington Museum of Art.
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