NewsPoster Artist Q&A: Katie McBride
Katie McBride is an illustrator and designer based in Richmond, VA. Katie designed our lovely 2026 Virginia Festival of the Book poster. We wanted to learn a little about her …
NewsStaggered By the Fact of You
Join us as we bring two nationally renowned Black poets conversation with a new generation of Black poets.
NewsVirginia Joins “By the People” Initiative for America’s 250th
Events and programming will celebrate community dance and joyful movement across the commonwealth Virginia Humanities, Virginia’s state humanities council, is excited to announce our participation in By the People: Conversations Beyond …
NewsVirginia Joins “By the People” Initiative for America’s 250th
Virginia Humanities, Virginia’s state humanities council, is excited to announce our participation in By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils across the United …
NewsBuilding Community for Women Anglers in Richmond
What started as a single fly-fishing class has grown into a thriving community. Meet the Richmond Fly Women, a group redefining the sport through mentorship, shared learning, and connection on the water.
NewsThe Story of John Mitchell Jr. Plays at Firehouse Theatre
Firehouse Theatre’s The John Mitchell Jr. Project seeks to bring one of Virginia’s most fearless voices for racial justice to the stage.
NewsA River of Folk Art at Old Dominion University
Since the 1870s, a torrent of coal has flowed from the coalfields of Virginia, across the Piedmont, and to the ports of the Tidewater to the rest of the world. …
NewsFiddlin’ with the Flow: Old Time Music from the Rivers and Streams of SW Virginia
American rivers often serve as major repositories for local music. There may be no better example than America’s oldest river, the New, that from its tiniest gurgle in the mountains of North Carolina to the loud, raging gorge it has dug in West Virginia, has transported home grown, Appalachian music throughout the South.
NewsOpera’s Changing World: “YAPs” & Victory Hall Opera
October 25th is World Opera Day, and to celebrate we caught up with recent grantee Victory Hall Opera (VHO) to discuss their documentary film project, “YAPs.” VHO, based in …
NewsPVCC Prison Creative Arts Project
The Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) Prison Creative Arts Project serves incarcerated students in correctional centers in Fluvanna, Buckingham, and Dillwyn. The project collects original writings and artworks from incarcerated students …
NewsMeet the Artist: Sammy Yates
Back in the steep mountain valleys of Dickenson County in Southwest Virginia, you’ll find the small town of Haysi about 20 minutes from the Kentucky line.
