Pro-Art Studio
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Pro-Art Studio is our new initiative to provide hands-on artmaking opportunities to the community at large. Beginning in June 2026, we're expanding our impact beyond performances by offering artmaking opportunities including experiential courses, workshops, and community projects. The initiative is designed to engage community members not only as audiences, but as artists and creative practitioners themselves.
Upcoming Events
"Cell Phone Photography" Digital Photography WorkshopWed, Jun 10High Knob Destination Center
Knitting WorkshopThu, Jun 25Lays Hardware Center for the Arts
We've been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help launch Pro-Art Studio—our first-ever NEA award! The Smith Vicars Family Foundation quickly met the grant’s match, helping to ensure the long-term sustainability of the project and expanding tuition assistance for those in need.
"Smith Vicars Family Foundation is so pleased to support Pro-Art and their innovative, arts-centric offerings. We understand that access to the arts is imperative to creating vibrant, engaging experiences. To help match the National Endowment for the Arts grant for Pro-Art is to help grow these experiences within Southwest Virginia, and we look forward to seeing the impact for citizens and communities.”
— Stuart P. Smith, President of the Smith Vicars Family Foundation
Pro-Art Studio is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Smith Vicars Family Foundation. If you'd like to support this initiative, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution.
Community members are encouraged to help shape the future programming of Pro-Art Studio by taking a short survey to share what types of classes and creative subjects you are most interested in exploring. Please help us ensure Pro-Art Studio reflects the creativity, curiosity, and voices of the community we are here to serve.
We are committed to making the arts accessible to everyone, if price is a barrier of entry to you, please contact us for available resources via email or by phone at (276) 376-4520.