NewsLua Project Announces Mexilachian Son
Announcing a weekend of public performances featuring Veracruz, Mexico based Son Jarocho master musician and poet Zenen Zeferino in collaboration with roots music ensemble the Lua Project. Luray, Va—Mexilachian Son …
NewsAnnouncing Folklife Apprenticeship Class of 2019-2020
Virginia Humanities’ Virginia Folklife Program announces the 2019-2020 class of Master artists in the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Through a competitive selection process, Master artists are chosen from diverse Folklife …
NewsMeet Virginia Humanities Board Member Dulce Carrillo
Virginia Humanities Board Member Dulce Carrillo was born in Guadalajara and raised in Los Angeles. As an undergrad at Berkeley, she spent a semester in Seoul, South Korea which changed …
NewsA Mighty Tapestry
The Virginia Folklife Program’s apprenticeship teams are preserving an array of traditions that amplify the Commonwealth’s diverse cultural heritage.
NewsRemembering Rob Vaughan
By Matthew Gibson Robert C. Vaughan III—Virginia Humanities’ founder and president—passed away Wednesday evening. While many of us knew Rob as the head of Virginia Humanities for forty-three years, he …
NewsLGBTQ Nightlife, Explained
Enjoy our episode “How To Go Clubbing?” Here are some companion pieces, links, and additional resources. Looking for your next party, or want to read more about queer and trans …
NewsNew Virginians
Recent estimates place the number of foreign-born Virginians at just under one million, or about one in every eight people in the state. The composite portrait of Virginia is becoming …
NewsFront Porches of the Dead
VFH Residential Fellow Alison Bell teaches anthropology at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Bell has been studying cemeteries in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and says that in the 1980s a shift started happening in these spaces where the living and the dead come together. Bell recently sat down with Trey Mitchell, director of web communications at VFH, to discuss her work.
NewsEleven Scholars in Residence
Charlottesville, Va. – Virginia Humanities is pleased to announce eleven new Residential Fellows for the 2018-2019 academic year. The Residential Fellowship program affords scholars the time, space, and access to …
NewsReflections on Aug. 11-12, a Letter From Matthew Gibson
Friends of Virginia Humanities, This weekend marks the anniversary of last year’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. But there was nothing right about the events that transpired on August …
NewsEddie Bond Awarded Highest Honor Bestowed Upon Traditional Artists
The Virginia Folklife Program at Virginia Humanities is proud to announce that Eddie Bond, celebrated old-time fiddler from the small southwestern Virginia town of Fries, has been honored with the …
NewsUnmasking Cville
The three-day #UnmaskingCville event took place June 21-23, 2018. It offered a safe space for candid and solution-centered dialogue about racism, led entirely by Charlottesville youth and young adults. Part …
