Ézé Amos “Town Hall” event on his A12 Downtown Mall Photo Exhibit

Charlottesville’s only city-supported event commemorating the 5th anniversary of A12 is the outdoor photo exhibit The Story of Us: Reclaiming the Narrative of #Charlottesville through Portraits of Community Resilience. The Exhibit’s creator, local photojournalist and artist Ézé Amos, will lead a town hall-style presentation in which he’ll both explain the genesis and intentionality behind his exhibit (in conversation with Jefferson School Executive Director Dr. Andrea Douglas) and  offer attendees a chance to share their emotions and memories of their experiences of that weekend.  Join us in-person in the Charlottesville Downtown Library’s Swanson Case Room or on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85683422230

The exhibit’s photos will be mounted on trees all along the Downtown Mall, and each photo will have a QR code linking to a roughly 3-minute recording of the person in the photo describing that moment captured in the photo in their own words and voice. The photos will be installed August 9-10.

Ézé created the exhibit to overturn caricatured perceptions and narratives of Charlottesville as no more than the place where the Alt-right perpetrated violence and spewed hate in 2017. The exhibit elevates the equally important truth that our community came together in resistance — holding space, being brave, being vulnerable, showing love for each other in the face of that assault.

You won’t want to miss these powerful presentations and the chance to interact with Ézé about his interactive exhibit; please spread the word, please bring family and friends!