NewsAnnouncing the 2026 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Awards
The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities has awarded seven teams of artists Folklife Apprenticeships for 2026–2027.
EventCommonwealth Crossroads: A Celebration of Virginia’s Immigrant Traditions
Experience music, dance, food, visual arts, and ceremonies performed by master artists from around the world now living in the Commonwealth.
NewsAnnouncing the 2025 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Awards
The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities has awarded six teams of artists Folklife Apprenticeships for 2024–2025.
Sights & SoundsCabbage Rolls & Home-Smoked Sausage: Louisa County’s Serbian Orthodox Church
In the small town of Louisa, a blue and white roadside sign nods to the presence of the center of Serbian Orthodox life in Virginia: the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church.
Sights & Sounds“Textile Origin Stories” at the Richmond Folk Festival
Omilade Janine Bell, founder of Richmond’s Elegba Folklore Society, believes in the profound role of textile arts in helping people reconnect with their cultural heritage.
Sights & Sounds‘Get to Know Your Neighbors’: Reston Multicultural Festival Celebrates Bolivian Dance
On the eve of the autumn equinox, festival goers along with municipal and state elected officials gathered at the Reston Town Center to celebrate cultural diversity at the 25th Annual Reston Multicultural Festival.
EventReston Multicultural Festival
Join Virginia Folklife at the Reston Multicultural Festival! This free annual event is a celebration of Reston’s diversity and community spirit.
NewsAnnouncing the 2024 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Awards
The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities has awarded six teams of artists Folklife Apprenticeships for 2024–2025.
Sights & SoundsNelly Zapata & Paloma Zapata
The Beauty of Bolivian Dance A line of dancers wearing gold and red move in step, the tassels and beads of their costumes shaking. Black shields on their chests are …
Sights & SoundsBringing Bristol to the 2023 Richmond Folk Festival
Bristol, Virginia, was in lights this weekend in the Virginia Folklife Area of the 2023 Richmond Folk Festival.
Sights & SoundsDaal, Kirtan & Chunni on the National Mall
On April 9, 2023, the National Mall transformed from a space of American nationalism and Western secularism into a celebration of Punjabi heritage and Sikh history with the 6th annual Sikh Freedom March.
EventVirginia Folklife Area at the 2023 Richmond Folk Festival
Experience the crafts, music, and culture of Bristol and beyond in the Virginia Folklife Area of the 2023 Richmond Folk Festival!
