Virginia
Facts and Figures
In the past five years, the National Endowment for the Arts distributed $15,161,689 in federal funding, either directly or through state and regional partners, in Virginia.
In the most recent information (2021) from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), which is produced jointly by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Office of Research & Analysis and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Commerce Department, Virginia…
• Added 3.1 percent or $18.8 billion to the state economy from arts and cultural production
• Employed 112,723 workers in the arts and cultural industries, with workers earning wages and benefits totaling more than $9.6 billion
More than 53 percent of Virginia’s adults attended live music, theater, or dance performances, while nearly 27 percent attended art exhibits, according to the 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.
In addition to offering direct grants, the NEA supports national initiatives benefiting people across the country:
Blue Star Museums program provided free admission to thousands of active military personnel and their families at 122 participating museums in Virginia.
An average of more than 5,484 students from 124 high schools in Virginia participated in Poetry Out Loud annually.
The NEA Big Read program generated 425 community events focused on reading outstanding American literature and involving more than 29,406 adults and students in Virginia.
Virginia Fact Sheet
On this page, find information on the arts and culture for Virginia, and how the National Endowment for the Arts has supported the arts in communities throughout the state. Below are highlights of just some of Arts Endowment grantees and artists working in Virginia.
To find a list of grants awarded by the agency to Virginia, go to our Recent Grant Search.
State Highlights
ARP Grant Spotlight: A Place to Be (Middleburg, VA)
ARP Grant Spotlight: Richmond CultureWorks (Richmond, VA)
Artful Lives: Almeta Ingram-Miller
Matthew Gardiner
Starting Young
Finding Love, Passion & Pride with the Latin Ballet of Virginia
Art Talk with 2016 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Ahkei Togun
Beneath the Surface
Art Talk with NEA Literature Translation Fellow Katherine E. Young
Each One Teach One
Blue Star Museum Spotlight on Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Sam Pressler and Brian Jenkins
Walter Ware III, Resident Casting Director
A Place Out of Time
Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, VA
Amy Woolard
Eddie Bond
Ralph Stanley
United States of Arts: Virginia
State & Regional Contacts
Virginia Commission for the Arts
Main Street Centre
600 E. Main Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804/225-3132
TT: 804/225-3132
arts@arts.virginia.gov
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (Regional Arts Organization)
201 North Charles Street, #401
Baltimore, MD 21202
410/539-6656
TT: 410/539-4241
maaf@midatlanticarts.org