Charlottesville SOUP: Winter 2023

Tuesday, January 10, 2023
6:00 PM 7:00 PM

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The 17th edition of Charlottesville SOUP was held on Tuesday, January 10 starting at Eastwood Farm & Winery.

A $2,810 grant was awarded to Elizabeth Mayer, a Charlottesville writer organizing Zine Fest—a multimedia community engagement series amplifying diverse voices through the creation and celebration of zines.

*Rescheduled from November 15.

SOUP is a community dinner series to create a crowdfunded grant for an artist in the Charlottesville area. At each SOUP, attendees give a $10 donation and in return they receive a meal and a vote. During the meal, artists make short presentations about their creative projects in need of funding. At the end of the meal, each attendee enters a voting booth to cast their vote for which project to fund with the money raised from the meal that night. We’ll award the grant right then and there. Consider SOUP an experiment in civic engagement and a chance to play a role in supporting creativity in our community.

Winter 2023 Charlottesville SOUP

At our event on January 10, join us at Eastwood Farm & Winery to get to know Charlottesville artists, vote on your favorite creative project, and enjoy a delicious dinner. Doors open at 6PM.

Our friends at Plenty are collaborating with us to create a delicious, seasonal meal to enjoy during the event. Attendees can choose between White Chicken Chili (GF) and Black Bean Sweet Potato Chili (GF, V). Salad, cornbread, and dessert is included.

Thanks to a $1,000 match from Ting Charlottesville, and the generosity of community members, this event's grant could exceed $2,500! All artist presenters are guaranteed $100.

Meet the Artists Pitching Their Projects

These four artists were selected from a competitive pool of applicants by a committee comprised of artists Lorie Strother and Phuong Duyen Nguyen. They will pitch their projects at the January 10 meal in the hopes of winning the crowdfunded grant.

Bernard Hankins: A wordplay master whose book and card deck bundle unlocks the hidden magic in existing words and creates meaning by inventing words.

Anna Fox Ryan: An artist creating a new visual lexicon for mental health education, changing the game of social emotional learning.
Marie Tatti: A singer-songwriter inspired by Nature and practicing radical embodiment, producing her premiere studio album here in Charlottesville.
Elizabeth Mayer: A Charlottesville writer organizing Zine Fest—a multimedia community engagement series amplifying diverse voices through the creation and celebration of zines.

Attend

Tickets to this event are sold out.

Questions? Email Lindsey.

Want to increase the artist grant? Whether or not you can make it to the event, you can make an additional donation toward the artist grant here.

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