On Martin Luther King Day 2024, the WPAA-TV Board approved a motion to name the gallery in honor of Nelson’s artistry. Nelson Ford a.k.a. ‘Carty’ would have been 90 on Jan 18th, 2024. Nelson was part of the WPAA – TV and Community Media Center and the Wallingford Coalition for Unity family. He and his wife Ruthie served with the unity-coalition Founder Wilbert ‘Robbie’ Robinson (2006). The dedication story is published here. To learn about the history of our integrated gallery, go here. The dedication event was recorded. To learn more about the expanded collection, go here.
If we are open, the Gallery is too.
WPAA-TV is a drop-off location for Master’s Manna Food Pantry. To learn how to donate to programs serving housing and food insecure populations and receive the photobook StreetshotZ check out this blog post.
April 1, 2019 | Ongoing | ‘StreetshotZ’ by Charles Buzinsky
In 2019, StreetshotZ, a permanent & digital exhibit of photos by Charles Buzinsky of Wallingford was installed at #wpaatv. The intent was to continue using art to address problems and increase awareness. The images speak to the humanity and value of all people. In addition to raising awareness proceeds of events and the photo book by the same name go to programs assisting housing and food-insecure neighbors.
This remains the core message of the extended collection of art in the gallery dedicated to Nelson who encouraged us to remember that Unity begins with U.
Art can capture our pain and deliver us from it simultaneously; the power to render sorrow beautiful, make loneliness a shared experience and transform despair into hope.
~Braving the Wilderness
Brene Brown Ph.D., LMSW