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05/19/2026

theShift + Community
Panelists: .alana and
May Edition |

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05/18/2026

Thank you to everyone who supported theShift + Community, our May event!✊🏿

It takes a village to bring something like this to life, and we’re grateful for the people and spaces that believed in the vision and helped us create a home for it.

Thank you to our April partners:

We’ll be back on June 10 with something special. Tickets drop one week before.

Interested in partnership or sponsorship or speaking? Drop us an email: [email protected].

See you soon! 🖤

05/13/2026

theShift happens IN the room.
In the conversations.
In the perspectives.
In the connections.

Join us tonight for theShift + Community:
Finding your people changes the way you find yourself.
Featuring Alana Robinson + SAAGE.

FREE with registration. Closes today at 5pm.
Doors open at 6:30pm, The Len - RVA

05/12/2026

TOMORROW// Join us for this month’s theShift conversation: theShift + Community | Finding your people changes the way you find yourself.

This month we’re exploring the role community plays in helping us grow, create, navigate hard spaces, and find our way as Black creatives.

Featuring:
Alana Robinson, Creative + Art Director at Arts & Letters Creative Co.
SAAGE, Film Director, Editor, and Founder of GRITS

Expect an honest conversation around creativity, connection, empathy, collaboration, and what it means to build spaces where people feel seen.

Doors open at 6:30pm for happy hour + connection
Conversation begins at 7:00p

Tickets are free, but space is limited. Grab your spot while they’re still available.

05/09/2026

The answer is COMMUNITY.

The Black Creatives RVA team linked up with to talk about being a creative in Richmond, building GRITS Collective, and why community matters.

As Black creatives, the right people and spaces can completely shift the way we see ourselves and what feels possible.

Join us this Wednesday for the 3rd installment of theSh*tt featuring SAAGE, filmmaker/editor, and Alana Robinson, creative + art director.

Doors: 6:30pm

Free RSVP. Limited capacity.
| blackcreativesrva.com/the-shift

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05/05/2026

theShift is back this month and we’re focusing on community.

What it looks like to build it, find it, and make space for connection in a way that feels real and necessary to our creative journey.

Tickets drop tomorrow at noon.
Limited space.

May 13 | 6:30pm
The Len

05/02/2026

A look back at our first theShift.

We brought creatives into the room to share, reflect, and talk about the journeys that shape our work.

What started as a directory has grown into something more. A space for community.

Appreciate everyone who showed up and shared their perspective with us.

We’re just getting started.
Join every second Wednesday at

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04/23/2026

Our work carries...
Stories. History. Perspective. Truth.

Hear from a few of the creatives from The Story We Carry exhibition as they share the story behind their work.

To every artist who shared their work with us: Thank you for trusting to share your story and for contributing to something that lives beyond the exhibition.

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