U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Gov. Roy Cooper and Creative Corridors Break Ground

July 3, 2024 Creative Corridors

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Gov. Roy Cooper, Creative Corridors Coalition, and local officials attended the groundbreaking of the multi-use path on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024, in Winston-Salem, NC. The path is now under construction and expected to be complete in mid-2025. It will run beside the Salem Parkway from Truist Ball Park east to the heart of downtown. It will eventually extend west to Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. The path will intersect with the existing Strollway and the future site of The Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery. To see the story in the Winston-Salem Journal click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aCpBCLql-g_5jBy-uVM24E_qN_wlRZf4/view?usp=sharing

Two Foundations Award $145K to Creative Corridors

June 18, 2024 Creative Corridors

We are thrilled to announce that the Richard J. Reynolds, lll and Marie M. Reynolds Foundation have awarded Creative Corridors $100,000 towards the building of the Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery. Also Creative Corridors is the recipient of $45,000 from the Z. Smith Reynold's Community Progress Fund. To learn more about that fund click here: https://www.zsr.org/articles/zsr-awards-14-million-33-organizations-working-local-progress-across-nc

A birds eye view of the future site of The Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery. The site will be located on the land that Peter Oliver once farmed. It is adjacent to the MUSE Winston-Salem building on Liberty Street.

Winston-Salem City Council Backs The Peter Oliver Project!

June 17, 2024 Creative Corridors

A rendering of the Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery. It will be located on the land that Peter Oliver farmed. It is adjacent to the MUSE Winston Salem building on Liberty St.

On Monday, June 17, 2024 the Winston-Salem City Council unanimously approved designating the land where Peter Oliver lived and farmed for The Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery. There was great coverage of the event here are a few highlights:

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/winston-salem-city-council-approves-plans-for-pavilion-gallery-honoring-slave-who-became-free-man/

https://wstoday.6amcity.com/real-estate/peter-oliver-pavilion-gallery-winston-salem-nc?utm_term=wstoday&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=wstoday&utm_content=wstoday

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Join us Virtually 0r in Person at the State Archives Thursday!

June 12, 2024 Creative Corridors

Peter Oliver: Freedman and Family, a Journey of His Enslavement and Persistence

When: June 13th, 12:00-1:30 pm
Where: In-person attendance –109 E. Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 (Auditorium)

Online participation registration: https://archives.ncdcr.gov/news/events/peter-oliver-freedman-and-family-journey-his-enslavement-and-persistence

In the heart of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, lies the history, family, and legacy of Peter Oliver (1766–1810). As a formerly enslaved man who negotiated his way to freedom, Oliver’s life is documented with over 30 archival records, including one signing for his freedom, a type of eulogy when he died as a Moravian, and estate accounts. This documentation gives depth and understanding to his life in Salem and the region where he lived and worked as a potter and much more. Creative Corridors Coalition is planning for a new public space to celebrate Peter Oliver's life and legacy as well as mark the historic site of Oliver’s farm and Homestead.

Martha Hartley, Director of Moravian Research, Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Sabrina Garrity, Assistant Archivist with the Southern Province of the Moravian Church
Christie Willow Williams, Board Chair, Peter Oliver Pavilion, Creative Corridors Coalition
Video Content from Walter Hood, internationally renowned landscape architect for the Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery
George C. Jones, Jr., Peter Oliver descendant, Executive Director of the Partners for Environmental Justice

Peter Oliver Featured at the North Carolina Museum of History

March 15, 2024 Creative Corridors

Peter Oliver’s Legacy

George Jones Jr., a descendant of Peter Oliver, presents at the North Carolina Museum of History’s 23rd Annual African American Celebration.

Peter Oliver, his story, and his life were featured at the 23rd Annual African American Celebration at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh on Jan. 27th, 2024. Jordyn Jones, Old Salem’s education coordinator for African American Studies, and Creative Corridors board chair Christie Williams spoke about Peter Oliver's history and life. George Jones, Jr., an heir of Peter Oliver and executive director of Partners for Environmental Justice, spoke about what it meant to be a descendant of Oliver.