The 19th edition of Charlottesville SOUP will be held on Thursday, February 20 at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. Up to four artists will be selected by a committee of community members to pitch their creative projects in need of funding. Each artist presenter is guaranteed a $250 honorarium. Have a creative project to pitch? Applications are open now! Learn more and submit your proposal by January 17 here.
Since the first Charlottesville SOUP event in 2013, a total of $47,262 has been awarded to 21 artists working on 18 different projects.
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 2025 Charlottesville SOUP
At our event on February 20, join us at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center to get to know Charlottesville artists, vote on your favorite creative project, and enjoy a delicious dinner.
Thanks to the generosity of community members, this event's grant will exceed $3,000! All artist presenters are guaranteed a $250 honorarium.
Attend
A $10 ticket gets you dinner, dessert, and a vote! Tickets to this event are not yet available. Keep an eye out for their release in January. Questions? Email Lindsey.
Thank you
Charlottesville SOUP is a program of New City Arts. The Winter 2025 SOUP dinner is made possible by generous sponsors including the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Hello Comics, The Caplin Foundation, Rachel Baker and James Burnett, and In The Mixx.