Mayor Levar M Stoney has appointed Melanie Buffington, associate professor of art education, to the city’s History and Culture Commission. The commission is tasked with advising Mayor Stoney on Richmond’s pertinent historical and cultural issues, including memorializing the legacy of slavery in Shockoe Bottom and directing proposed changes to Monument Avenue.
Buffington was previously awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant in 2016 that funded workshops about collective memories of the Civil War in the Richmond community. As part of the mayor’s commission, she will work alongside peers from the Valentine museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and NASA.
“I am grateful for the service of these talented and committed experts,” Mayor Stoney said. “And I look forward to their work to ensure the complex narrative of the City of Richmond is told accurately, inclusively and holistically.”
See the full list of commission members in the official press release.
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