Summary
Organization name
Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Tax id (EIN)
52-1127237
Categories
Arts & Culture
Address
21 W Main Street PO Box 309PULASKI, VA 24301
$1,100 raised by 33 donors
44% complete
$2,500 Goal
Our Mission
Believing that art is vital to the life of a community, our purpose is to foster an enjoyment, appreciation, and understanding of all forms of art, promote art education, and to encourage and support artists from the NRV and beyond.
We do this with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek to be a place of belonging and to provide equitable opportunities and access to the Fine Arts for all people.
Our History
The Fine Arts Center was created in 1978 out of a need to augment the arts education offered in the school systems and to provide a vehicle for the arts presentation to the residents of the New River Valley. In 2019, the Board of Directors approved the naming of the art gallery in the Center after one of the Fine Arts Center’s founders, Mrs. Edna Love. We are grateful for the legacy of art education, appreciation, promotion, and generous sharing that Edna Love created throughout her career as an artist and teacher, benefiting so many in the New River Valley.
2024 marks our 46th year of continuous arts enrichment for the New River Valley and beyond.
Our Programs
The Fine Arts Center strives to make the visual and performing arts an integral part of the life of our community by:
Enriching Community life by promoting involvement and excellence in the arts
Exhibiting the work of local and regional artists
Providing art education and instruction for young children, youth, and adults of all ages
Presenting quality visual art exhibitions and musical performances
Hosting the annual Scholastic Award for Young Artists and Writers for Southwest Virginia
Sponsoring Youth Art Month each March showcasing student art from around the New River Valley
Our Impact
In its 46 years of operation, the Fine Arts Center has touched the lives of an estimated 900,000 people through classes, gallery visits, performances, and special events. The Center has hosted a combination of more than 5,500 classes or programs involving 30,000 plus artists.
Our Support
The Fine Arts Center operates through generous support from contributions, grants, and memberships. The Center is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, many of whom are community art or art education professionals. With only one paid staff member, we rely heavily on the efforts of volunteers to fulfill its mission. Sponsors of the Center’s many activities include the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Town of Pulaski, Pulaski County, C.E. Richardson Benevolent Foundation, the Randolph House of Pulaski Foundation, and many individual sponsors. We are grateful for their continued support.
Organization name
Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
Tax id (EIN)
52-1127237
Categories
Arts & Culture
Address
21 W Main Street PO Box 309