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The Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA), is the state agency that supports the arts through funding from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Commission was created in 1968, [ 3 ] is governed by 9 Commissioners appointed to five-year terms by the Governor [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and confirmed by the ...
PETERSBURG / CHESTERFIELD — Last week, Virginia Humanities, announced $218,182 in grants to 21 nonprofit organizations across the Commonwealth.
Save America's Treasures is a United States federal government initiative to preserve and protect historic buildings, arts, and published works. It is a public–private partnership between the U.S. National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Virginia State Commission of Conservation and Development was created in 1926 under Governor Harry F. Byrd to consolidate and coordinate several conservation agencies: the Water Power and Development Commission, the State Geological Commission, the State Geological Survey, Office of the State Geologist, Office of the State Forester, and the Division of Parks.
An individual must acquire certain qualifications before applying for such a grant and the normal duration for project grants is three years. Formula grants provide funds as dictated by a law. Block grants are large grants provided from the federal government to state or local governments for use in a general purpose. [4]
Violence and Culture—the roots of violence and personal dislocation, and the struggle for individual survival and self-determination within systems of violence. Rights and Responsibilities—the still-evolving American traditions of self-government and justice, and the special role Virginia has played in shaping the concept of freedom worldwide.
This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Virginia state park system. Virginia opened its entire state park system on 15 June 1936 as a six-park system. The six original state parks were Seashore State Park (now First Landing State Park), Westmoreland State Park, Staunton River State Park, Douthat State Park, Fairy Stone State Park, and ...
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) was a New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States. Under national director Holger Cahill, it was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the largest of the New Deal art projects.