Hidden In Plain Site

09/26/2025

An incredible day at the Symposium with the theme: Rising Together, Stories of Economic Mobility and thrivinv Communities - so grateful could be a part and honored and I were asked to speak. Sidney R. Edwards, you and your team(s) did an outstanding job!

08/23/2025

When Richmond poet laureate Roscoe Burnems (Douglas Powell) name checks you in a new work…

Hidden In Plain Site is proud to be nominated for a second year in a row and cheering the amazing community and winners!

07/23/2025

We are excited to introduce the speakers for the 2025 Symposium on September 26. Let's give it up for Dean Browell, J. Dontrese Smack Brown, Sidney Edwards, Ted Elmore, Dr. Julian Hayter, Mollie S. Reinhart, and James Warren. You can learn more about the event on our website and connect with speakers on LinkedIn.

For info - https://bit.ly/symposium_2025
To tell us your coming on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3IGSNEb

06/24/2025

WOW! Hidden In Plain Site (HiPS™) is humbled beyond belief—a tremendous amount of gratitude. We have great love and respect for those who came before us–their legacy fuels our purpose to carry the pails of water that nourish the voices longing to be heard.

Let’s get this dub!

06/20/2025

As someone who believes in marketing as a force for equity, I pay close attention to how it is used to expand access, challenge systems, or change perception. I cannot wait to see the amazing contributions towards this effort!

03/17/2025

We had a great time presenting at the Virginia Association of Museums annual conference!

03/17/2025

What a great day presenting at the Virginia Association of Museums annual conference!

03/10/2025

Hidden In Plain Site will tell the story of Roanoke onstage for the Virginia Association of Museums next week. Catch Dontrese, Dean, Patricia White-Boyd, and Harrison Museum’s Anita Price as we showcase how the project came together. Perfect for the conference theme of, “Looking Back to the Future!”

Check it out the interactive version of HiPS: Roanoke here: https://www.hiddeninplainsite.org/hips-experience-vr-roanoke
The video autoplay: https://youtu.be/y-FZlRltUHQ?si=9E9WXEQlt5JiN6jb
HiPS: lives here: https://vmfa.museum/hips-vmfa/

Remember when CNET followed the Roanoke project thanks to Corinne Reichert: https://www.cnet.com/news/a-virtual-tour-uncovers-the-hidden-history-of-black-disenfranchisement/


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“How Roanoke Illuminated a History That Was Hidden in
Plain Site”
This case study tracks the creation and debut of Hidden In Plain Site: Roanoke through the efforts of The City of Roanoke, key sponsors, the family of Henrietta Lacks, individual donors and volunteers, and the Harrison Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC). Now a newly designated nonprofit, the Hidden In Plain Site team will discuss how the process of creating the HiPS: VMFA and Roanoke experiences (web, mobile, video, and virtual reality (VR)) helped them take a look back at their own history and became a centerpiece of storytelling and cultural honesty for the history of the black experience.
https://www.vamuseums.org/events/2025conference

03/10/2025

Hidden In Plain Site will tell the story of Roanoke onstage for the Virginia Association of Museums next week. Catch Dontrese, Dean, Patricia White-Boyd, and Harrison Museum's Anita Price as we showcase how the project came together. Perfect for the conference theme of, "Looking Back to the Future!"

Check it out the interactive version of HiPS: Roanoke here: https://www.hiddeninplainsite.org/hips-experience-vr-roanoke
The video autoplay: https://youtu.be/y-FZlRltUHQ?si=9E9WXEQlt5JiN6jb
HiPS: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts lives here: https://vmfa.museum/hips-vmfa/

Remember when CNET followed the Roanoke project thanks to Corinne Reichert: https://www.cnet.com/news/a-virtual-tour-uncovers-the-hidden-history-of-black-disenfranchisement/


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"How Roanoke Illuminated a History That Was Hidden in
Plain Site"
This case study tracks the creation and debut of Hidden In Plain Site: Roanoke through the efforts of The City of Roanoke, key sponsors, the family of Henrietta Lacks, individual donors and volunteers, and the Harrison Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC). Now a newly designated nonprofit, the Hidden In Plain Site team will discuss how the process of creating the HiPS: VMFA and Roanoke experiences (web, mobile, video, and virtual reality (VR)) helped them take a look back at their own history and became a centerpiece of storytelling and cultural honesty for the history of the black experience.
https://www.vamuseums.org/events/2025conference

01/27/2025

We are super excited about this collaboration. What an essential story to tell (which is why we featured John Mitchell, Jr. in our first Hidden In Plain Site: Richmond).

The Firehouse Theatre, in collaboration with the Virginia Museum of History and Culture and the Richmond Planet Foundation, has commissioned playwright Kristen Adele Calhoun to dramatize the life and times of John Mitchell Jr., the “fighting editor” of The Richmond Planet Newspaper.

09/18/2024