NewsMark your calendars for March!
Find out who will be headlining our all-virtual 2021 Festival…
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NewsJoin us for Evicted: An Evening with Matthew Desmond
Join us for this FREE community event focused on housing inequality and more…
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NewsAnnouncing November SHELF LIFE events
SHELF LIFE continues in November with virtual author events Thursdays at noon…
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NewsHumanities Fellowships Go Virtual
The Virginia Humanities Fellowship program is operating entirely remotely for the duration of the 2020-2021 academic year. The Fellowship program initially moved online in accordance with the statewide stay-at-home orders …
NewsA message from Jon Lohman:
After nearly two incredible decades, I have chosen to move on from my position of Director of the Virginia Folklife Program. It has been an amazing journey, and I simply …
NewsSHELF LIFE virtual events in October!
SHELF LIFE continues in October with virtual author events every Thursday at noon…
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NewsMore 19th Amendment Centennial Events Announced
A series of four virtual events celebrating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote kicked off last week with a conversation between two powerful, creative women: Nikki …
NewsBeneath the Surface
In an effort to advance racial justice, nonprofits in South Hampton Roads are invited to apply for a new grant opportunity for programs on race and the history of race …
NewsShelf Life in September
In September, you’ll have the chance to hear from acclaimed novelists and journalists, as well as an ethnobotanist and a handful of talking lemurs…
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NewsShort Film About Virginia Slave Dwellings Receives Regional Emmy
Virginia Humanities announced today that the film, Mapping Virginia’s Slave Dwellings, has been awarded a National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter Emmy Award in the category “Historical / Cultural: Program Feature.” …
NewsMore Than $3 Million in Emergency Funds Awarded to Virginia’s Arts and Cultural Organizations
Virginia (statewide)—More than 300 Virginia-based nonprofits struggling to cope with COVID-19 related revenue shortfalls recently received $3,472,176 in federal funds to protect arts and cultural sector jobs, make lessons and …
NewsA New Home for the Humanities in Virginia
In 2021 we’re moving to Dairy Central, Charlottesville’s historic former Monticello Dairy building at Grady and Preston avenues.
NewsSHELF LIFE in the dog days of summer
Stay cool in August with SHELF LIFE, every Tuesday and Thursday at noon…
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NewsVirginia Humanities Welcomes Three New Board Members
Virginia Humanities welcomes three new members to our Board of Directors: Lynette Allston (Drewryville), Jim Chapman (Charlottesville), and Dee Lester (Norfolk). They join a Board composed of twenty-five distinguished Virginia …
