Last week, Lisa Robinson of WBAL TV stopped by the Carroll Mansion (our temporary home during our building renovations) to chat about another kind of renovation–the Renovations exhibition, currently on display at 800 E. Lombard Street.
The show, on view through March 1, 2020, is an exploration of African American education through the lens of contemporary art and has been lauded by visitors, arts organizations, and historians. Not only does the rarely explored topic resonate with locals but the exhibition makes innovative use of modern technologies to tell its stories–from augmented- and virtual reality to creative video presentations.
Conceived of by Christopher Kojzar, Mollye Bendell, and Jeffrey Gangwisch of the strikeWare Collective. The artists weave together traditional and new media to present a visual experience about the institutions, educators and progenitors who shaped how Baltimore’s Black community acquired formal training and knowledge. The entire project was inspired by the Peale building’s history as “Male & Female Colored School No. 1” in the 19th century.