Michelline Hall poses for a portrait at her art installation Americanwoman? at the Midtown Outdoor Art Gallery in Lynchburg on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Kendall Warner/The News & Advance
Lynchburg artist Michelline Hall transformed an entire corridor in Lynchburgâs midtown earlier this year. What was the blank wall of a warehouse on Fort Avenue became a pantheon of 8-foot-tall portraits of Black and brown women, exploring identity, culture, ancestry and beauty standards.
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