A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 36089, 37698, 42160, 43771, 44617, 45445, 51953, 53791
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Records of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, 1968-2022. [cite specific dates and accession used], State government records
collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.
Acquisition Information
Accession 36089, accessioned 6 November 1998.
Accession 37698, accessioned 13 October 2000.
Accession 42160, accessioned 9 September 2005.
Accession 43771, accessioned 30 May 2008.
Accession 44617, accessioned 1 December 2009.
Accession 45445, accessioned 14 March 2011.
Accession 51953, accessioned 29 December 2016.
Accession 53791, accessioned 9 January 2023.
Processing Information
This collection has been processed using minimal standards: the original arrangement has been maintained, the container list
is brief and simple, the records have not been refoldered and the fasteners have not been removed.
The Virginia Commission for the Arts and Humanities was established as an agency of state government in 1968 and is mandated
to support and stimulate excellence in all the arts, in their full cultural and ethnic diversity, and to make the arts accessible
to all Virginians. Toward this end, it provides financial assistance for arts activities and information/advisory services
to artists, arts organizations, and others interested in the arts. The Commission’s funds come from the Virginia General Assembly
and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. The name of the agency was changed to the Virginia Commission for
the Arts (Record Group 152) in 1979.
The agency is guided by thirteen commissioners appointed to five year terms by the Governor and confirmed by the General Assembly.
At least one commissioner is appointed from each congressional district. The Commission employs a staff to implement programs
and policies and is also assisted by several advisory panels.
Major issues of interest to the commission include artistic quality, access to the arts, cultural diversity, assistance to
individual artists, and development of arts organizations. Six Regional Advisory Panels, the Arts Education Advisory Panel,
the Touring Advisory Panel, and Artist Fellowship Panels review and evaluate applications for grant funds with these major
issues in mind. These grant funds go toward general operating support, technical assistance, local government challenge, touring
assistance, artist fellowships, writers programs, residency programs, teacher assistance programs, and arts curriculum development.
In addition to grants, the commission also provides information and advisory services.
Records of the Virginia Commission for the Arts include correspondence, subject files, grants lists, and minutes that document
the planning, direction, and implementation of agency programs and are evidence of actions and policy decisions. Also includes
board books/packets given to board members each board meeting. Note that there is some duplication between accessions.
Accession 37698, Delmarva Folklife Project records, 1997-1999, inncludes the following reports: Final report for Fieldwork
Year 1: October 1997-September 1998; Final Report for Fieldwork Year 2: November 1998-October 1999; Latino Cultural Survey,
1998-1999; and Hispanic Arts and Narratives, Fieldwork, January-July 1999.
Accession 45445: Minds Wide Open Open Program files, 2010, document the Women in the Arts program activities sponsored by
the Minds Wide Open Program of the Virginia Commission for the Arts. This statewide celebration included special public programs
and events including plays, choreography, compositions, and exhibitions of painting, films, and photography, etc., that were
held across the Commonwealth to honor the contributions of women in the arts. Records include the final report of the program
and several binders of news releases, news clippings, photographs, brochures and programs related to Women in the Arts events.
Accession 51953 includes Board packets, 1968-1971, 1973-1974, 1990-1995 Jan, 1997-2015; Publications and Tour Directories,
1992-2014; Press releases and press clippings, 1984-1992; and Correspondence and subject files, 1970-2014, including information
on bylaws and policy, board committees, strategic planning, Arts in Virginia study, Women’s Project, Minds Wide Open Program,
Virginians for the Arts, Writers in Virginia Program, Governor’s Arts Awards, Go Fish Project, Heritage Awards, and National
Endowment for the Arts partnership agreements.
This accession is arranged in chronological order.
Box 1
Delmarva Folklife Project records - Final report for Fieldwork Year 1,
1997 Oct-1998 Sept .
Box 1
Delmarva Folklife Project records - Final Report for Fieldwork Year 2,
1998 Nov-1999 Oct .
Box 1
Delmarva Folklife Project records - Latino Cultural Survey,
1998-1999 .
Box 1
Delmarva Folklife Project records - Hispanic Arts and Narratives, Fieldwork,
1999 Jan-July .
Grants and Minutes, 1994-2005 (Accession 42160) .
1 cu. ft. (1 box)
This accession is arranged in chronological order.
Box 1
Listing of grants,
1994-2005 .
Box 1
Minutes,
1998-2005 .
Grants and Minutes, 2005-2007 (Accession 43771) .
.35 cu. ft. (1 box)
This accession is arranged in chronological order.
Box 1
Listing of grants,
2005-2007 .
Box 1
Minutes,
2005-2007 .
Grants and Minutes, 2007-2009 (Accession 44617) .
.35 cu. ft. (1 box)
This accession is arranged in chronological order.
Box 1
Listing of grants,
2007-2009 .
Box 1
Minutes,
2007-2009 .
Minds Wide Open Program records, 2010 (Accession 45445) .
2 cu. ft. (2 boxes)
This accession is arranged in no discernable order.
Box 1
Minds Wide Open Program files,
2010 .
Box 2
Minds Wide Open Program files,
2010 .
Records (Minutes, board books and Correspondence and subject files), 1968-2015 (Accession 51953) .
25 cu. ft. (25 boxes)
This accession is arranged in no discernable order.
Box 1
Board books and minutes,
2014-2015 .
Box 1a
Board books and minutes,
2012-2013 .
Box 2
Board books and minutes,
2009-2011 .
Box 3
Board books and minutes,
2007-2008 .
Box 3a
Board books and minutes,
2005-2006 .
Box 4
Board books and minutes,
2003-2004 .
Box 5
Board books and minutes,
2001-2002 .
Box 5a
Board books and minutes,
2000-2001 .
Box 6
Board books and minutes,
1998-1999 .
Box 7
Board books and minutes,
1992-1995 Jan, 1997 .
Box 8
Board books and minutes,
1968-1971, 1973-1974, 1990-1991 .
Box 9
Tour Directories (Dance, Music, Opera, Theater),
2006-2009 .
Box 10
Tour Directories - Notebooks,
2013-2014 .
Box 10
Tour Publications,
2005-2013 .
Box 10
Tour Publications - Art Works for VA,
2006-2014 .
Box 11
Tour Publications, Directories, Guidelines and Brochures - Governor's Arts Awards,
1992-2002 .
Box 12
Tour Publications - Guidelines,
1992-2002 .
Box 13
Writers in Virginia,
1995-2000 .
Box 13
Minds Wide Open - Women in the Arts,
2010 .
Box 14
National Endowment for the Arts Partnership Agreements,
2006-2011 .
Box 15
National Endowment for the Arts Partnership Agreements,
2002-2006 .
Box 16
The Arts in Virginia - Study,
1979 .
Box 16
VALC Study Committee,
1978-1979 .
Box 16
Minutes,
1973-1974 .
Box 16
Governor's Arts Awards,
2000-2001 .
Box 16
Virginians for the Arts,
1992 .
Box 16
Budget cuts,
2010FY .
Box 16
Legislation,
2010 .
Box 16
Office of the Governor,
2002-2006 .
Box 16
Office of the Governor,
2006-2010 .
Box 16
Office of the Governor,
2010-2014 .
Box 16
Travel and the Arts,
1970 .
Box 16
Old Dominion Symphony Council,
1971-1972 .
Box 17
Women's Project,
1982-1984 .
Box 17
The Arts in Virginia Study,
1979 .
Box 17
Bylaws,
1993 .
Box 17
Policy/Budget Committee,
2005-2010 .
Box 17
Legislative Committee,
1993-1997 .
Box 17
Lewis House,
1983-1990 .
Box 18
Task Force on Local Arts Agencies,
1995-1996 .
Box 18
Governor's Arts Awards,
2000-2001, 2008 .
Box 18
Virginians for the Arts,
1992, 1996-1997, 1999-2001, 2003-2005 .
Box 19
Commission meeting notes,
2008-2009 .
Box 19
Public Relations workshop,
2005 .
Box 19
Strategic Planning,
2004-2007 .
Box 19
Virginia Symphony,
2010 .
Box 19
Go Fish,
2001 .
Box 19
The Fourth R,
2000 .
Box 19
Majors,
2007-2008, 2010 .
Box 19
Heritage Awards,
2009 .
Box 20
Board meetings,
2007 .
Box 20
Minds Wide Open,
2012 .
Box 20
Minds Wide Open - First Ladies,
2009-2012 .
Box 20
Policy Commitee,
2007 .
Box 21
Press Releases,
1987-1989 .
Box 22
Press Releases and other historical information,
1984-1992 .
Records (Board books, minutes, awards files), 1978-2020 (Accession 53791) .
2.5 cu. ft. (8 boxes)
This accession is arranged in chronological order within type of record.
Include board books, minutes, awards files and photographs.
Also includes records in electronic format (990 mb, 23 folders, 232 files). These records include event planning documentation
and photographs for the Governor's Awards for the Arts, 2008 Sept 17. For file inventory for these records, see: Inventory (53791) .
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