Untold RVA

Untold RVA is the people's choice for the creative advancement of Richmond's deliberately submerged resistance narratives that are hidden in plain sight.

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@AmySommers1 @nhannahjones @NYTmag @nytimes here. ready. let's get this work.

[400 Years of Inequality @400yrs]

TONIGHT @ 6pm!! We will be live tweeting as we watch #citizenartsalon w/ @usartsdept & @untoldrva. Registration is now full but follow the # to join the conversation and catch the highlights. #400yearsofinequality #citizenartsalon

[400 Years of Inequality @400yrs]

“Black freedom was something a lot of folks fought for, not just black folks” @untoldrva on art and storytelling fighting for black liberation @usartsdept #citizenartists #artivist

[400 Years of Inequality @400yrs]

“The most dangerous immigrants arrived in 1492 - this was not a discovery this was a land grab”

- @untoldrva Free Egunfemi

@usartsdept #citizenartists #artivists #commemorativejustice #400yearsofinequality

[400 Years of Inequality @400yrs]

Words of wisdom on holding place-based observances from @untoldrva Free Egunfemi:

“Are you using the language of the oppressed or the language of the oppressor?”

#400yearsofinequality #citizenartistsalon #artivist

[400 Years of Inequality @400yrs]

What does #CommemorativeJustice look like? On May 16 from 6-7:30PM EDT @usartsdept moderates online conversation with @untoldrva + artists Havanna Fisher + Robert Sember + Arielle Brown @UltraredXX @TheNewSchool #400yearsofinequality #remember2019

https://t.co/8sJaRihs90

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@wingedisis @PaperMonuments @BCLeeJr @UVaSARC i'll be in touch about it soonand thanks!!

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@PaperMonuments @wingedisis @BCLeeJr @UVaSARC 😍 i'm hoping to come visit you all in nola soon! i wish i could have been in cville though. toght up the road!!

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@PaperMonuments @wingedisis @BCLeeJr @UVaSARC how did i not KNOW ughhhh 🙁

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@PaperMonuments @jgg3mb ??

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@untoldrva founder Free Egunfemi is one of five Monument Lab fellows.

[Monument Lab @Monument_Lab]

Addressing long term inequities in monuments and engage new creative approaches to public art, history, and memory! #monumentlab #national #fellows
Read more about our 2019 National Fellows:
https://t.co/TQo61tJ4QA

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@hunterw douche.

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@wonderfulmimixo also, notice that there's a silhouette of a black man featured on the wrapper. nothing but BLACK EXCELLENCE will do! #pralineconnection #blackowned #livingourbestlife #notgoingbackandforthwith dem #ayeee

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@URraceproject thx, UR Race Project comrades and allies!

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

NEW!

[UR Race Project @URraceproject]

Incredible work from @untoldrva

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

Power to the people! May it be so.

[IofCUSA @IofCUSA]

Builders of Change - Duron Chavis aka @brothermanifest, Omilade Janine Bell, founder of @ElegbaFolklore & Free Egunfemi, creator of @untoldrva - are #Architects w/ our Narrative Change Collaborative launching in 2019. Applications are open until Nov 1: https://t.co/SqVLbq8lGD

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

@IofCUSA @brothermanifest @ElegbaFolklore Power to the people! May it be so.

[Untold RVA @untoldrva]

https://t.co/E7hWRN4XZU

[Paper Monuments @PaperMonuments]

And learn more about projects that have inspired us: @monument_lab out of Philly, @untoldrva in Richmond, Maren Hassinger's @studiomuseum show in NYC's Marcus Garvey Park, @hankwthomas' @for_freedoms, Cheryl Leo-Gwin+Stuart Wong's 'View from Gold Mountain' in Alburqueque. (6/6)

[RVADirt @RVAdirt]

🐝#GabrielWeekRVA @theValentineRVA @untoldrva
Free Egunfemi wants to show kids they can work in a museum, be a curator, a commemorative activist, a librarian, and get a paycheck. Youth at 6PIC work right alongside adults to gain skills they can transfer to college or employment.