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Richmond\u2019s culture, identity, and economy were made from tobacco. <\/span>From the <\/span>Powhatan People to the corporate giant Altria, <\/span>the commodity of tobacco has molded the landscape of the city. <\/span>This exhibition explores Richmond\u2019s \u201cfiltered\u201d and \u201cunfiltered\u201d history of tobacco,<\/span> telling stories from the seventeenth century to the present. The <\/span>filtered<\/span><\/a> stories are seen through public advertisements, postcards, and storefronts.<\/span> The <\/span>unfiltered<\/span><\/a> stories of tobacco shine a light on enslavement, worker resistance, southern agriculture, gentrification, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This online exhibition accompanies the exhibition Tobacco Made: Richmond and the World<\/em> that opens March 5, 2021 in the International Gallery, Carole Weinstein International Center.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.4.4″][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.4.4″][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.4″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.4″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.4″][et_pb_divider color=”#d2232a” _builder_version=”4.4.4″ custom_margin=”||-2px|||”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.4″ text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”25px” text_line_height=”1.5em” min_height=”191px” custom_margin=”||-12px|||” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||”]<\/p>\n Tobacco Made: Richmond\u2019s Unfiltered History<\/span><\/i> is sponsored by the University of Richmond\u2019s <\/span>American Studies Program<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>UR Downtown<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The curators wish to extend a special thanks to the <\/span>Library of Virginia<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Valentine<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Riggs Ward Design<\/span><\/a>, and the following individuals for their contributions and mentorship: Ryan Brazell, Anne Donley, Meg Hughes, Gregg Kimball, Brian McClure, Ashley Ramey, Dywana Saunders, Gail Chaney Smith, Rob Steele, Wendy Stout, Jen Thomas, Brent Ward, Eric Yellin, and Beth Zizzamia.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 ABOUT THE EXHIBITIONRichmond\u2019s culture, identity, and economy were made from tobacco. From the Powhatan People to the corporate giant Altria, the commodity of tobacco has molded the landscape of the city. This exhibition explores Richmond\u2019s \u201cfiltered\u201d and \u201cunfiltered\u201d history of tobacco, telling stories from the seventeenth century to the present. The filtered stories […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4713,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"coauthors":[149275],"class_list":["post-748","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4713"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1124,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/748\/revisions\/1124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/tobaccorva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}