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August Wilson House

August Wilson House is the artist’s childhood home and is opening as an arts center for the Hill District as a tribute to his legacy and for nurturing artists.
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Group photo taken at program and collaboration of Italian Jitney with director/producer Renzo Carbonera, Italian actor Alessandra Arcangeli, August Wilson House Chief Executive Denise Turner, Board members, Director of Programming and August Wilson House, Founder Paul Ellis, University of ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Library System staff, University of ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Honors College members, actor Carter Redwood and Reginald Howze.
Group photo taken at program and collaboration of Italian Jitney with director/producer Renzo Carbonera, Italian actor Alessandra Arcangeli, August Wilson House Chief Executive Denise Turner, Board members, Director of Programming and August Wilson House, Founder Paul Ellis, University of ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Library System staff, University of ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø Honors College members, actor Carter Redwood and Reginald Howze.

About the 2024 Advancing Black Arts in ÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø grant: This $100,000 grant supports the literary and social legacy of August Wilson through the restoration of his Hill District boyhood home as an arts center.