CURATE: Behind the lens with Kendrick Hopkins
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CURATE: Behind the lens with Kendrick Hopkins
June 19, 2026 • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT • The Creative Well Arts Foundation
Additional details: –Light refreshments provided at 830am– bring your own reusable mug for coffee. Come network with your creative community. –The talk begins promptly at 9am followed by Q&A.
This event is supported in part by grants to the ViBe Creative District nonprofit from the Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission.
About the speaker: Kendrick Hopkins Jr, Multimedia Producer at WHRO, is a 11x Capital Emmy award winner, 24x Telly Award Winner, & recipient of the Inside Business Forty Under 40 award in 2016. During his time at WHRO, Hopkins has worked on projects such as The Scene, Curate 757, & American Evolution, while also directing the Goode Family Foundation documentary series which includes Comedy Bootcamp: The Documentary, #YoungSingersProject, Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants & City Voices: Homelessness to Hopefulness. Hopkins is also the co-founder & Executive Director of the Mark Edwin Lee UNC Basketball Camp Scholarship, a foundation which annually sends recipients from Newport News to basketball camp at the University of North Carolina.
Local partners:
The Creative Well Arts Foundation is a nonprofit organization rooted in the belief that art has the power to heal, connect, and sustain us throughout our lives. We exist to support artists of all ages and stages by providing accessible studio spaces, therapeutic and educational programming, and opportunities to grow and share their work within a thriving creative community.
ViBe Creative District exists to promote, support, connect, and inspire the arts and creative industries to boost our local economy, grow jobs, and enhance our quality of life. The Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission’s work plan goals are realized through the initiatives of its committees. These committees focus on developing and promoting leadership within the arts, advocacy for arts organizations and creating and sustaining effective arts programs and services.
Our friends at Brand Fuel are a brand merchandise agency with a B Corp certification. They have invested 26 years in our community, creating branded gear worth remembering and are committed to sustainability, trust, originality – and a lot of fun. Trust us, you want them at your party 😉
PLEASE RSVP FOR A SEAT AND COFFEE COUNT: https://creativemornings.com/talks/curate-behind-the-lens-with-kendrick-hopkins
https://www.creativemornings.com/talks/thriving-through-change-to-create-with-art-museum-director-alison-byrne
June 19, 2026 • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT • The Creative Well Arts Foundation
Additional details: –Light refreshments provided at 830am– bring your own reusable mug for coffee. Come network with your creative community. –The talk begins promptly at 9am followed by Q&A.
This event is supported in part by grants to the ViBe Creative District nonprofit from the Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission.
About the speaker: Kendrick Hopkins Jr, Multimedia Producer at WHRO, is a 11x Capital Emmy award winner, 24x Telly Award Winner, & recipient of the Inside Business Forty Under 40 award in 2016. During his time at WHRO, Hopkins has worked on projects such as The Scene, Curate 757, & American Evolution, while also directing the Goode Family Foundation documentary series which includes Comedy Bootcamp: The Documentary, #YoungSingersProject, Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants & City Voices: Homelessness to Hopefulness. Hopkins is also the co-founder & Executive Director of the Mark Edwin Lee UNC Basketball Camp Scholarship, a foundation which annually sends recipients from Newport News to basketball camp at the University of North Carolina.
Local partners:
The Creative Well Arts Foundation is a nonprofit organization rooted in the belief that art has the power to heal, connect, and sustain us throughout our lives. We exist to support artists of all ages and stages by providing accessible studio spaces, therapeutic and educational programming, and opportunities to grow and share their work within a thriving creative community.
ViBe Creative District exists to promote, support, connect, and inspire the arts and creative industries to boost our local economy, grow jobs, and enhance our quality of life. The Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission’s work plan goals are realized through the initiatives of its committees. These committees focus on developing and promoting leadership within the arts, advocacy for arts organizations and creating and sustaining effective arts programs and services.
Our friends at Brand Fuel are a brand merchandise agency with a B Corp certification. They have invested 26 years in our community, creating branded gear worth remembering and are committed to sustainability, trust, originality – and a lot of fun. Trust us, you want them at your party 😉
PLEASE RSVP FOR A SEAT AND COFFEE COUNT: https://creativemornings.com/talks/curate-behind-the-lens-with-kendrick-hopkins
https://www.creativemornings.com/talks/thriving-through-change-to-create-with-art-museum-director-alison-byrne
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The Creative Well Arts Foundation, 536 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23451-4230, United States
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