Recently, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky opened Promise, Witness, Remembrance. This exhibition is curated by Allison Glenn and reflects on the life and legacy of Breonna Taylor. The exhibition is organized around the three words of its title, which emerged from a conversation between the curator and Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, during the exhibition’s planning. With support from the Ford Foundation, this exhibit is completely free to the public, including parking.

As part of our continued Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, Heaven Hill employees are invited to visit the exhibition. We have reserved Saturday, May 15th specifically for Heaven Hill employees to experience the exhibition together, but please feel free to attend at your leisure if this date does not work for your schedule. There are three time slots on May 15th dedicated to Heaven Hill employees during which we will experience a guided tour with Stephen Reily, Director of the Speed Art Museum: 1PM EST, 2PM EST, and 3PM EST. If you are interested in joining one of the guided tours, please fill out the form below for the time you wish to attend. Each employee may bring one guest. Someone from the Corporate Events Team will be in touch with more details as the date gets closer.

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SIGN UP FOR THE 3PM GUIDED TOUR

If you cannot attend on May 15^th, you may use the unique link below to reserve a ticket for a self-guided tour on a different day.

CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SELF-GUIDED TOUR TICKET

Heaven Hill is committed to creating more diversity and inclusion in our company and to supporting change in our communities. The shared experience of viewing this exhibition will support our continued learning as a Heaven Hill family.

About the Exhibition:

Promise, Witness, Remembrance at the Speed Art Museum will reflect on the life of Breonna Taylor, her killing in 2020, and the year of protests that followed, in Louisville and around the world. The exhibition explores the dualities between a personal, local story and the nation’s reflection on the promise, witness, and remembrance of too many Black lives lost to gun violence.

In “Promise,” artists explore ideologies of the United States of America through the symbols that uphold them, reflecting on the nation’s founding, history, and the promises and realities, both implicit and explicit, contained within them. In “Witness,” they address the contemporary moment, building upon the gap between what a nation promises and what it provides through artworks that explore ideas of resistance across time, form, and context. In “Remembrance,” they address gun violence and police brutality, their victims, and their legacies.

Promise, Witness, Remembrance features artists from Louisville and across the United States, and was developed with the guidance of Breonna Taylor’s family, a Steering Committee of Louisville artists, activists, mental health professionals, researchers, and community members, convened by the Speed’s Community Engagement Strategist Toya Northington, and a National Advisory Panel, convened by Glenn. You can learn more about the exhibition, Allison Glenn, and the contributing artists here.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].