NewsVirginia Voices Podcast Gives Everyday Virginians A Platform
In today’s media landscape, the Virginia Voices podcast offers a rarity: intimate and candid conversation with the individuals most deeply affected by our Commonwealth’s current events, policies, and economic trends.
NewsSouthwest Virginia’s Youngest Residents Celebrate their Roots
Through a Program Started by Author Adriana Trigiani | The Origin Project is an in-school writing program for thousands of students in grades 2 through 12 across Virginia, formed by author Adriana Trigiani (Big Stone Gap).
News‘A Life-Sized Portrait of America’
Supported in part by Virginia Humanities, The People’s Recorder is a podcast on the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) and its lasting impact on American history, arts, and culture.
NewsAnnouncing $25,000 in Rapid Grants
Five nonprofits in Floyd, Charlottesville, Hampton, and Fairfax each received $5,000 in June of 2023.
NewsAnnouncing Nineteen Grants
Today, Virginia Humanities announced nineteen new grants totaling $204,827 to nonprofit organizations across the Commonwealth including a grant to Roanoke College for an exhibit titled “Fossil Tales—Connecting the Appalachian Mountains to Dragon Folklore.”
NewsThe Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Little is known about William M. Rittase. His work photographing the C&O Railway is now considered among some of the best and most artistic depictions of American industry. But he passed away in 1968 in near obscurity with a published obituary of only a few lines. His work is the subject of a new book published by the C&O Historical Society with the help of a Virginia Humanities grant.
NewsForging Connections and Community
By Mark Habeeb It was July 1984. Robert Vaughan, executive director of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy (as Virginia Humanities was known until 2018), sought a …
NewsAnnouncing Thirty-Two Grants
Today, Virginia Humanities announced 32 new grants totaling $238,244 to nonprofit organizations across the Commonwealth. “The awarded projects span cultural celebrations, art installations, public conversations, live performances and more, each …
NewsMore Than a Fraction: The Power of the Merry Tree
A recent grant from Virginia Humanities, awarded to More Than a Fraction Foundation, supported the first public phase of a long-term project, that is bringing together the descendants of two families—one whose ancestors were enslaved; the other whose forebears enslaved them.
NewsAnnouncing Eighteen Grants
Today, Virginia Humanities announced eighteen new grants totaling $153,200 to nonprofit organizations across the Commonwealth. “We’ve been supporting humanities-based projects across Virginia since our founding in 1974,” said Matthew Gibson, …
NewsHelping Teens Make Sense of the Refugee Experience
An innovative program uses the imaginary world of “Fruitopia” to help refugee and non-refugee teens better understand each other.
NewsRestoring & Preserving Fluvanna’s Black Cemeteries
In the fall of 2021, we awarded the Fluvanna County Historical Society a grant through the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan program. The historical society is using the funds …
NewsNew More Accessible Grant Opportunities Announced
Our grants program is changing! Get the latest and learn what to expect when the applications open on June 1.
NewsAnnouncing Seven Grants Highlighting Local Communities Across the Commonwealth
Today, Virginia Humanities announced six new grants totaling $52,000 for projects that highlight local stories from communities across Virginia including a grant to Beloved Community Charlottesville to develop a virtual bus tour.
