Explorers Studio

02/10/2026

This Black History Month, we’re honoring the power of exhibitions to surface stories that were too often overlooked or intentionally erased. Explorers Studio's exhibit work is rooted in collaboration, research, and deep respect for the communities whose histories we help bring to light—from enslaved and marginalized communities, to artists, innovators, and culture-shapers whose narratives deserve center stage.

These projects remind us that history is not fixed—it’s uncovered, expanded, and made richer when more voices are heard. We’re proud to partner with museums and cultural institutions to help tell these vital stories—this month and always.

09/19/2025

Enjoying the view while kicking off a wayfinding project with Sauer Properties today!

07/10/2025

It was an honor and a privilege as always to work with the talented team at VMHC to bring the stories told in Un/Bound to life—check it out!

The VMHC is open all weekend! Visit us daily from 10-5 to view special exhibitions on display, including "Un/Bound: Free Black Virginians, 1619-1865."
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Through powerful objects and first-person accounts, Un/Bound explores the lives of free Black Virginians from the arrival of the first captive Africans in 1619 to the abolition of slavery in 1865. Learn about how Virginia’s people of color achieved their freedom, established communities, and persevered within a legal system that recognized them as free but not equal.⁠
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Plan your visit now at https://www.VirginiaHistory.org/UnBound
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Un/Bound is presented by the Commonwealth of Virginia and Google Data Centers.

07/27/2023

It was great working with Fuqua School on this tribute wall to honor their namesake! And as always, awesome fabrication and install by the ever talented Cut Cut!

05/04/2022

Very excited for the grand reopening of VMHC! Explorers Studio is proud to have worked on multiple projects at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. Go check it out soon!!

Content by VA Museum of History and Culture. Celebrating its grand reopening in May 2022 after a multiyear renovation, the Virginia Museum of History and Culture offers visitors a wide

04/28/2022

Congrats on the ribbon-cutting at UNCP! Always a pleasure to work with Glave & Holmes Architecture on the signage for this project.

We're attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony for our work at James A. Thomas Hall at UNCP today!

This newly opened school of business features offices, classrooms, a business career center, a 300-seat auditorium, an interactive market-style trading room, student discussion areas and an eatery.

https://www.uncp.edu/news/ribbon-cutting-ceremony-set-james-thomas-hall-uncp

01/25/2021

We have had the privilege to work on this exhibition at the Wilton House Museum for the past year. Great to see an increasing number historic sites strive to tell a more wholistic and honest story about their site and the lives impacted. Opening soon!

Over 20 years after an archaeological excavation uncovered a record of nearly a century of Black families who were enslaved on the Wilton House to***co plantation in Henrico County, the

01/18/2021

Thinking back to this project today...
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

01/12/2021

Take two of an expanded Virginia Jazz exhibition opening Friday at the Black History Museum & Cultural Center. We love the Richmond Jazz Society!!

02/17/2020

Check out this virtual tour of the new Admissions building designed by Glave & Holmes Architecture at Longwood University. Explorers Studio had the privilege of working on exhibits displayed throughout the building that focused on the rich history of the University and the individuals and ideas that have helped to shape the community of Farmville and beyond.

02/04/2020

Explorers Studio has been on a bit of a social media hiatus this past year—and it's not because we weren't busy! It was a great 2019 working with Wilton House Museum, Virginia Capitol Foundation, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Longwood University, William & Mary, James River Association, and Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. AND the largest project of all was the addition of our tiny useless intern, Wade! Looking forward to an action packed 2020!

11/09/2018

What a great week of opening events for the exhibition Congo Masks: Masterpieces from Central Africa at VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts! Over a year in the making, working on this exhibition with such a talented team has been great fun—and is truly humbling and inspiring to finally see these masks in person. Go check it out!

More than 130 rare and unique masks from the Congo region are coming to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in a new exhibit, “Congo Masks: Masterpieces From Central Africa.”