Bridge Builders
The creative force of The Bridge has always been the visionary people involved. The Bridge is our community laboratory for fresh ideas. You can’t grow if you don’t dare. Here, we take the time to spotlight some of the vibrant minds that pull us out of our comfort zones, challenge our imaginations, and create the vibrant experiences that allow Charlottesville to define itself!
Sri Kodakalla: Identity and Community Connection
Sri Kodakalla is a South Indian-American mixed-media artist, writer, and arts organizer based in Charlottesville, Virginia, currently exploring fiber art, printmaking, and poetry. Kodakalla... Read More
Alex Christie: Teaching Through Collaboration and Experimentation
Alex Christie is a composer, electronic musician, improviser, intermedia artist, instrument builder, and teacher. He is a co-curator of the multi-disciplinary arts series SOLOS... Read More
Leslie M. Scott-Jones: Connection
Leslie M. Scott-Jones is a African-American southern woman from Virginia, encompassing all that entails. She studied theater education at VCU. Leslie has been writing,... Read More
Federico Cuatlacuatl: Visibility, History & Solidarity
Federico Cuatlacuatl is a Mexican Indigenous artist born in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. Building from his own experience growing up as an undocumented immigrant and... Read More
Cescah Grazioli: Intergenerational Dialogue & Complicated Perspectives
Cescah Grazioli is a local high school student with a drive to make an impact on our community. She was the driving force behind... Read More
Jum Jirapan: The Art, The Bridge, The Self.
Jum Jirapan is a Thai-American artist, making Charlottesville her home since 2016. She was awarded a Collaborative Residency with The Bridge in 2018. She... Read More
Golara Haghtalab: Honesty
Golara Haghtalab and Honesty: Bridge Programming Committee Member presents at Creative Mornings. View her Creative Mornings talk on Honesty here. You may know Golara... Read More
Karina Monroy: Tradition and Connection
Karina’s upbringing as a daughter of Mexican immigrants has led her to seek a life and career dedicated to the social justice and representation... Read More
Charlotte Matthews: Invisible Truths
Charlotte Matthews is a poet, UVa professor and breast cancer survivor. She co-founded Whistle Words, a multimedia project offering free writing workshops to women... Read More
Aerial Perkins-Goode: A June Bouquet for Cville
Aerial Perkins-Goode was born in Charlottesville and raised in Buckingham VA. Her photography has been published in “The Informant” a black owned newspaper in Farmville... Read More