Organizers: University of Richmond and GRTC Transit Company
Location & Dates: GRTC Transit Company headquarters and Fight for Knowledge website, November 2021 to present
Total Budget: $1,764
The spark
The ongoing collaboration between GRTC Transit System and the University of Richmond, as well as a shared energy around telling the stories of public transportation and the opportunity to engage students in an exciting community-based learning class, were the motivations for this exhibition.
Prior to this project, the GRTC Transit Company and the University of Richmond partnered on two other exhibitions:
- Driving Richmond: Stories and Portraits of GRTC Bus Drivers, an exhibition for the 2013 RVA Street Festival curated by University of Richmond professor Laura Browder
- RIDE: Public Transit in Richmond Since 1888, a 2015 exhibition at GRTC’s new headquarters that was curated by Laura Browder and Alexandra Byrum’s Busing in America students with GRTC operator Bruce Korusek
In 2020, GRTC’s Carrie Rose Pace reached out to Browder and Byrum again to explore the opportunity to install a new exhibition, setting in motion plans for Through It All: Families Moving Richmond.
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