A year in review: Community connections a focus in these 5 selected stories
Michelline Hall poses for a portrait at her art installation "Americanwoman?" at the Midtown Outdoor Art Gallery in Lynchburg on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Kendall Warner/The News & Advance Lynchburg artist Michelline Hall transformed an entire corridor in Lynchburgâs midtown earlier this year. What was the blank wall of a warehouse on Fort Avenue became a pantheon of 8-foot-tall portraits of Black and brown women, exploring identity, culture, ancestry and beauty standards. Some stories, the best stories, are the ones that offer insight into the world around us. Thatâs th...