The Color of Law – Art Exhibition and Panel Discussion

St. John’s Cathedral, in partnership with the Historic Eastside Cultural Center, presents The Color of Law, an art exhibition that explores the impact of redlining in communities of color. This exhibition is open through September 12, 2022, in Taliaferro Hall. It explores the effects of redlining in Jacksonville’s primarily Black and impoverished Eastside neighborhood by presenting facts and artists’ responses to those facts. Redlining, now illegal, marked areas where the government would not lend money: Black communities.

Suzanne Pickett, President/CEO, Historic Eastside Community Development Corp (CDC), explains the impetus for the art exhibition, “That’s the question that’s asked, ‘How did the neighborhood get like this? Why hasn’t there been any investment into the community?’ We felt that it was important as a cultural center and me as an artist to use ours as a catalyst for education.”

The exhibition in Taliaferro Hall includes works from eight artists: Suzanne Pickett, Erin Kendrick, Teresa Cook, Richlin Ryan, Doug Eng, Marsha Hatcher, Annelies Dykgraaf, and Tammy McKinley.

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Panel Discussion on the Impacts of Redlining in Jacksonville

On Sunday, June 19, 2022, St. John’s Cathedral hosted a panel discussion in Taliaferro Hall on the impacts of redlining in Jacksonville communities of color. Moderator Jack Meeks, Jack Meeks & Associates CPAs, LLC, and resident of Historic Springfield, explored the topic with panelists Suzanne Pickett, President/CEO, Historic Eastside CDC and Alan Bliss, Executive Director of the Jacksonville Historical Society.

With the goal of building community, the discussion will seek to understand how neighborhoods of color have evolved to where they are today and how past policies have impacted this evolution. We will create the space for a path to move forward. Perhaps we can discover ways to acknowledge and reverse decades of damaging public policy.