The Stories We Carry
A visual reflection on how Black culture preserves history and creates legacy
Presented by Black Creatives RVA in partnership with the Library of Virginia
Black Creatives RVA invites Black visual creatives to participate in Stories We Carry, a group exhibition exploring storytelling through visual communication. This exhibition centers the ways Black culture carries history not only through words, but through images, design, symbols, and creative expression.
Exhibition Details
As Virginia marks 250 years of statehood, this exhibition offers space to reflect on the stories that are often left out, overlooked, or flattened. For Black communities, storytelling lives in how we create, how we communicate, and how we move through the world. Posters, photographs, typography, illustrations, and visual artifacts all serve as records of memory, truth, and resilience.
Stories We Carry will be featured as part of the Library of Virginia’s Culturescape Saturday series, opening February 21 and remaining on view throughout the month of February for Black History Month and through April 10.
Featured Creators
From nearly 150 submissions, 29 Black visual creators were selected to showcase their work in The Stories We Carry.
These artists represent a range of disciplines including photography, graphic design, illustration, painting, collage, and mixed media. Each selected work contributes to a broader conversation about how Black culture preserves memory, documents truth, and shapes legacy through visual storytelling.
We are honored to feature these creators and their powerful interpretations of what it means to carry our stories forward.
Amiri Richardson-Keys
Andrew Jones
Asiko-Oluwa Aderin
Charles H.F. Davis III
Dallas Roquemore
Darlene Anita Scott
David Marion
Gabriela Aroche
Gabrielle Cash
Indigo Sijema
Jamie Robertson
Jason Ford
Jovan Scott
Kyle M Epps
Maurice Ivory Wilson
Melchisedek Shabazz
Paige Kelsor
Priyah Bhagat
RAMSEY
Rian L. Moses
Romaine Adkins
Ron Stokes
Sabiyha Prince
Sherri R. Thompson
Sheryl Saly Touré
Siera Ashleigh
William “Phresh Ingredient”
Clarke IV
Yvonne Ferguson
Yvonne Simms