This summer marked Six Points Innovation Center’s (6PIC) 4th anniversary. Storefront for Community Design opened 6PIC in June 2017, in collaboration with four other partner non-profit organizations, to provide a collaborative work space to express creativity, help youth learn a multitude of skills, and, most of all, connect with community members.
To celebrate, 6PIC partners decided to begin rebuilding from the inside out. The partners worked on two projects that would provide a makeover to the space before resuming operations, space rentals, and programming in the fall of 2021. The first project was a collaboration with Storefront’s Design Session Studio to create a vision for the interior space. The second project included a collaboration with Mending Walls and HandsOn Greater Richmond to refresh and repaint the space.
We Need Your Help!
As we look to the fall semester, we are still in need of in-kind furniture donations. Check out the 6PIC Interior Space Design Session below for an itemized list of furniture and contact us if you have potential donations!
Project #1: 6PIC Interior Space Design Session
In May, Storefront staff and 6PIC partners met with Joy Whitehurst, Storefront’s Design Session volunteer to design a plan to re envision and re-invigorate the 6PIC space. The first meeting provided the opportunity for partners to share how they use the space and provide input on design ideas. It was unanimous that the space needed to remain flexible for a multitude of uses. In June, Joy finished up her design concepts and presented them to the partners. It was exciting to see the varying ways the space could be used and how new furniture could make the most impact for future programming. The plans provided a vision that has helped 6PIC partners remodel the space over the summer and discover fun and flexible furnishings.
Joy Whitehurst, Storefront Design Session volunteer, presents layout options for the 6PIC space.
Stationary and flexible furniture ideas for the 6PIC space
We Need Your Help With In-Kind Contributions!
The 6PIC space is still in need of in-kind furniture donations. We are looking for lightly used modern furniture that aligns with the furniture ideas image shown above. We have also listed specific items below. Contact us if you have potential donations!
Moveable desks and tables
Stools
Desk chairs with wheels
Book shelves
Couch (or two!)
Smart TV
White board on wheels
No furniture to donate? No worries! Give today to provide funding that makes it possible for Storefront and 6PIC partners to continue providing a youth-driven, non-profit collective space in Richmond's Northside.
Project #2: Collaboration with Mending Walls and HandsOn Greater Richmond
On what seemed like the hottest day in July, 6PIC partners indulged in a little self care. It took two days and 20 volunteers each day to move furniture in the 6PIC building, clean the space, and add a fresh coat of paint alongside the original Hamilton Glass mural.
Hamilton Glass, a former architect, is the creator of Mending Walls, a public art project designed to bring artists of different backgrounds together to create a space for conversation. Glass returned to Highland Park this time to support artist Khalid Thompson and Julianna Bustillo as they partnered with the Richmond Association of Black Social Workers to create a mural that exemplified symbols that represent their guiding principles and align with Storefront’s values of creativity, inclusion, and diversity.
“Your thoughts create your reality and your environment impacts your thoughts. Although we have been eager to open and meet the needs of our young people, we have to be mindful and intentional about the space and energy we are bringing them into.”
A huge THANK YOU goes out to Mending Walls, Handson Greater Richmond, Storefront’s Design Session Studio, and all of our volunteers who helped with 6PIC’s makeover throughout the summer!