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Virginia Folklife | Cultures & Communities

Eddie 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 …

Stories | Folkways, Music
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Virginia Humanities | Cultures & Communities

Unmasking 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 …

Stories | Black/African American, Social Justice
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Grants | Cultures & Communities

Immigration Stories

More than two dozen “immigration stories” are being collected by Virginia Humanities, working in partnership with the Library of Virginia and with support from Virginia’s 2019 Commemoration/American Evolution.

Stories | Democracy, Immigration, Visual Arts
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Virginia Folklife | Cultures & Communities

Announcing Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Class of 2018-2019

The Virginia Folklife Program at Virginia Humanities announces the 2018-2019 class of Master Artists in the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program. Master artists are selected through a competitive process in all …

Press Releases | Folkways
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Grants | Cultures & Communities

Embrace Richmond

Using a process known as “Transformative Language Arts” local youth gather oral histories and bring them to life using creative writing, storytelling, songwriting, and dramatic performance.

Stories | Black/African American, Education, Social Justice
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Grants | Cultures & Communities

Announcing Latimer Fund for Grants Exploring African American Life in Virginia

George A. and Frances Bibbins Latimer Fund will support grants exploring African American life and achievement in Virginia

Press Releases | Black/African American
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Cultures & Communities

#UnseenCville

Virginia Humanities Collaborates with UVA Students and Professors to Install Power-washed Text Quotations Charlottesville, Virginia—Following a critical reexamination of monuments and memorials in Charlottesville and nationwide, Virginia Humanities announces a …

Stories | Black/African American, Education
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Cultures & Communities

Recognizing Virginia Indians

Six Virginia Indian tribes recently gained federal recognition, bringing to seven the number of Virginia Indian tribes acknowledged by the United States government. The recognition is the result of a …

Stories | Democracy, Native American
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Encyclopedia VA | Cultures & Communities

New Women’s Monument

Earlier this month ground was broken in Richmond’s Capitol Square for a new monument honoring the contributions of women in Virginia. The monument will feature bronze statues of twelve women, …

Stories | Visual Arts, Women
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Virginia Folklife | Cultures & Communities

Fiddling in Fogo

What follows is a first-hand account of VFH’s Virginia Folklife Program’s first journey to Cabo Verde in 2016 as chronicled in our most recent edition of VFH Views. In the …

Stories | Dance, Folkways, Music
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Cultures & Communities

Changing the Narrative

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) at the University of Virginia has been awarded $899,435 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for “Changing the Narrative.” The two-year project aims to broaden …

Press Releases | Education
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Virginia Humanities | Cultures & Communities

Ruby Sales and the Future of Civil Rights Activism

Civil rights leader Ruby Sales visited Charlottesville on November 29th to participate in a public conversation on social justice and spirituality hosted by Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH).

Stories | Black/African American, Civil Rights, Education
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