Together We Rise Public Art Installation - May 2023

The Fine Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community arts organization celebrating its 45th year in 2023. We are located in the Pulaski Historic Commercial District in Virginia. We are dedicated to providing the citizens of the New River Valley with a full range of arts programming, including art education classes for children and adults; rotating exhibits and a variety of performances that feature local artists; as well as offering original, handmade work from New River Valley artists in our gift shop.

The Center is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of artists, arts educators, and supporters of the arts. We also benefit from community volunteers as well as volunteers from the New River Community College ACCE program and the Goodwill SCSEP program. In the last fiscal year, the Fine Arts Center received the equivalent of more than $30,000 of in-kind contributions as represented by more than 1,000 hours logged by volunteers. We are truly a community organization.

The Fine Arts Center operates through generous support from donors and members along with grant funding.  Sponsors of the Center’s many activities include the C. E. Richardson Benevolent Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Pulaski County, the Randolph House of Pulaski Foundation, the Secular Society, the Town of Pulaski, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and individual sponsors. 

Mission

Believing that art is important to the life of a community, our purpose is to foster an enjoyment, appreciation, and understanding of all forms of art, promote art education, and to encourage and support artists. 

We do this with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek to be a place of belonging and to provide equitable opportunities and access to the Fine Arts for all people.

Family viewing Youth Art Month

A family visits the Youth Art Month exhibit displayed in downtown Pulaski.

 

"Our community is very fortunate to have this gem in our backyards!"

~Kristin V.

 
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Our History

The Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley was incorporated in 1978 in Pulaski, Virginia. The Center was originally located in the Fairview Home, which was a 1928 Alms House located across from the current site of Pulaski County High School. In 1982, the Center moved to its present location of 21 West Main Street, located in the former Cato’s clothing store. The two-story brick building, reminiscent of Victorian era commercial architecture, was built in 1898 and is part of the Downtown Historic Landmark District.

The Fine Arts Center was created out of a desire to augment the arts education offered in the school systems and to provide a vehicle for the arts presentation to the residents of the New River Valley.  In more than 40 years of operation, the Fine Arts Center has touched the lives of an estimated 900,000 people through classes, gallery visits, performances, and special events.  The Center has hosted a combination of more than 5,500 classes or programs involving 30,000 plus artists.

In 2019, the Board of Directors approved the naming of the art gallery in the Center after one of the Fine Arts Center’s founders, Mrs. Edna Love. We are grateful for the legacy of art education, appreciation, promotion, and generous sharing that Edna Love created throughout her career as an artist and teacher, benefiting so many in the New River Valley.

The Gallery at the Fine Arts Center

Board of Directors

The Fine Arts Center is governed by a working board of professionals that support our Executive Director, Becky Lattuca, with support by a variety of volunteers.

Board Members

  • Shannon Collins*

  • Adam Hall

  • Kathy Hearn

  • Molly Keller

  • Scotia Marshall

  • Bobby Petty

  • Nikki Pynn

  • Jeffrey Reeves**

  • Henry Whitehurst

* Representing the Town of Pulaski

** Representing the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors

Board Officers

  • John Ross, President

  • William Paine, Vice President

  • Terrie Sternberg, Treasurer

 

 

 

 
 

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Location & Hours

 

21 West Main Street
Pulaski, VA, 24301

 

Hours:

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Saturday

Additional hours available by appointment. Please contact us at info@FACNRV.org or 540-980-7363.

The Fine Arts Center

Contact Us

By Phone:

(540) 980-7363

 

By Email:

info@facnrv.org

 

By Mail:

P.O. Box 309
Pulaski, VA, 24301

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