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CARES Act Funding for the Arts and Humanities in Virginia

Presented by Janet Starke, Executive Director of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and Matthew Gibson, Executive Director of Virginia Humanities, this webinar focuses on the current CARES Act funding …

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Now Accepting Applications for CARES Act Emergency Funds

Virginia Humanities is now accepting applications from museums, historic sites, and other humanities-based nonprofit organizations affected by the COVID-19 health crisis to cover emergency operating expenses. Approximately $591,000 will be …

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Virginia Humanities to Award CARES Act Funds to Virginia Nonprofits in Need

With more than $500,000 in emergency funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), we will be providing grants to museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions across Virginia affected by the …

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Humanities Needs Survey

As part of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has received crisis funding to support the work of humanities organizations and scholars. …

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Open Grant Deadline Extended to April 24

Notice to Prospective Grant Applicants: We recognize that the Coronavirus presents significant challenges, both personal and work-related, to all our prospective grant applicants. While much has changed in all our lives as a result of the Coronavirus, we have decided to keep the application deadline and review schedule for the spring 2020 Open Grant cycle the same.

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Legendary Ingramettes new album Take a Look in the Book is a “celestial outpouring of gospel goodness”

The new album from The Legendary Ingramettes is called Take a Look in the Book and it is getting stellar reviews: NPR’s Sunday Edition: The Power of Gospel during Crisis …

The post Legendary Ingramettes new album Take a Look in the Book is a “celestial outpouring of gospel goodness” appeared first on Virginia Folklife Program.

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Resources for Artists Affected by Covid 19

Helpful Links for artists and musicians who have lost income because of the Covid 19 pandemic.

The post Resources for Artists Affected by Covid 19 appeared first on Virginia Folklife Program.

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Virginia Black Public History Summer Institute

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this program has been postponed until 2021. Please send questions to: SummerInstitute@Virginia.edu Announcement The Virginia Black Public History Summer Institute (Summer Institute) is an intensive twelve-week …

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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

2020 Festival of the Book Canceled

It is with heavy hearts that we write to let you know that we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Virginia Festival of the Book.

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New Short Film Tells the Story of Virginia’s Maggie Lena Walker

Unladylike is a series of twenty-six multimedia films honoring the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Launched in March during Women’s History Month and continuing through August 26 2020, each ten-minute …

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Virginia Humanities Announces Twenty-Seven New Grants

Virginia Humanities announces $185,650 in recent grants to twenty-seven nonprofit organizations in support of public humanities programs serving communities across the Commonwealth. Since 1974, the Virginia Humanities Grants Program has …

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VA Festival of the Book | Books & Literature

Virginia Festival of the Book Announces 2020 Schedule

More than 120 Free Programs in March, for All Ages and Reading Interests January 15, 2020—Charlottesville, Va.—The Virginia Festival of the Book—a program of Virginia Humanities, celebrating its 26th year …

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BackStory, the American History Podcast, ends Production in 2020

Charlottesville, VA— After more than three hundred episodes that have reached millions of listeners over the last twelve years, BackStory, the American history podcast produced by Virginia Humanities, will record its final episode …

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VA Festival of the Book Announces 2020 Line-up and Headliners

Featuring Hundreds of Acclaimed Speakers, Including NAACP Image Award Winners, Newbery Medalists, National Book Award Recipients, Internationally-Renowned Scholars, and Many More November 14, 2019—Charlottesville, Va.—A program of Virginia Humanities, the …

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