‘Promoting Peace’ opening reception scheduled

Murals and mandalas from the project “Promoting Peace” will be exhibited at the Projective Eye Gallery in UNC Charlotte Center City Tuesday, July 16, through Wednesday, July 31. An opening reception will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m., July 18.

Promoting Peace workshops were initiated in the months before the police shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott in 2016. The program works to improve community relations by giving police officers and teenagers a place to come together, connect and give voice to their feelings.

A teaching artist leads the Promoting Peace workshops, which are designed to help heal the divide between vulnerable young people and the officers who patrol their neighborhoods.