We ensure a thriving arts and culture community is felt way beyond a stage or a gallery, and are helping to create a regional destination the world is noticing.

Our mission

To drive a vibrant community by inspiring, enabling and cultivating world-class arts and culture.

CultureWorks serves the Richmond and Tri-Cities region (City of Richmond, Colonial Heights, Hopewell and Petersburg, along with the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan, and the town of Ashland) which includes an array of constituents from individual practicing artists, and grassroots arts organizations, to large well-established cultural nonprofits. 

equitable + inclusive

CultureWorks is an organization that inspires, enables and cultivates the cultural life of our community. As such, we value diversity and inclusivity.

CultureWorks endeavors to ensure a thriving arts and culture community. This goes beyond a stage or a gallery. Everyone in our community should have access to arts and culture, as well as the opportunity to express their culture through the arts.

Arts and culture have the power to teach and inspire, to uplift and heal, to empower and liberate, to transform a community.

CultureWorks is committed to fostering creativity, conversations, experiences, relationships, organizations and artists that provide access to arts and culture all across our region and that help create a destination the world is noticing.