2025-2026 Arts Impact Report

The Year at a Glance

This year, nearly 48,000 people found their way into the arts — many for the first time.

Every number represents a person, a performance, a partnership, or a first experience. Together, they tell the story of a remarkable year.

Because of Your Support

• Students experience their first live performance.
• Schools overcome financial and transportation barriers.
• Artists bring creativity directly into classrooms.
• Virginia Tech students discover new perspectives through performances, exhibitions, and artist interactions.
• Lifelong connections to the arts begin, grow, and continue.

47,963 people engaged through all center performances, exhibitions, and engagement events
21,434 tickets sold
18,792 engagement attendees
12,102 gallery attendees
301 engagement activities
264 events held at the center
24 center-presented performing artists
10 visual arts exhibitions and installations
7 sold-out performances

Your Support Makes It Happen

Every performance, gallery exhibition, artist residency, student workshop, and first encounter with the arts begins with people who believe these experiences matter.

Donor support makes it possible for the center to remove barriers, create opportunities for learning and artistic discovery, bring world-class artists to our community, and inspire the next generation through meaningful arts experiences. Together, these investments create lasting connections that strengthen individuals, schools, and communities.

Every lifelong connection to the arts begins with a first experience. Thank you for making that first experience possible. 

Where Your Support Shows Up

Center for the Arts Advocacy Board

The Center for the Arts Advocacy Board helps advance and guide the mission of the center, furthering development goals and strategies and helping to increase community awareness of the center’s programs and impact through philanthropy, strategic partnerships, and outreach.

Board Members 2025-2026

Emeritus Members