“Like the Dust Settles in Layers, So Does the Story” is a ceramics exhibition organized and curated by University of North Carolina Charlotte professor and renowned ceramics artist Lydia C. Thompson. At left is Ms. Thompson’s work, “Daydreams: Releasing the Shackles.” Adero Willard’s “Umbraphage” is right, and the wall piece (rear) is “Wild Notions” by lo Palmer. The exhibit at the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia ends Aug. 17.
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