Kyla Stallings (right) and Israel Mays (left) participants in the Virginia Randolph Culinary Arts program, plate tasty bites during the Career and Technical Education Career Rodeo Skills Challenge on Jan. 23 at the Richmond Raceway Complex.

Installation of “Portals,” a public art project, began Wednesday morning, Jan. 29. Featuring 20 large-scale historic photographs displayed in windows throughout Shockoe Bottom, the installation celebrates the legacy, resilience and everyday lives of African American Richmonders from the early 1800s to the 1980s. The project, installed by Mike Murphy and John McLeod of Three One One Printing, is set to be completed on Thursday, Jan. 30.

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