Our Donors

We recognize with deep appreciation the following individuals and institutions for their generous support through gifts that underwrote performances, gallery and pottery operations, arts education, scholarships, outreach programs, operations, and special projects during our most recent fiscal year.

Please contact our Development Team at (434) 528-3256, ext. 118 if we have omitted or incorrectly attributed your gift.

Perennial Society Members

The Perennial Society celebrates and honors those who contribute $2,000 or more to the Academy’s annual fund for programming and operating support.

Level 7 Members $10,000+

Anonymous (4)

Jill & John Fees

Frances J. Giles

Elizabeth & Michael Harrington

Todd Leap & Mark Little

Robin & Rick Loving

Patricia Merryman

Mary & Rob Taylor

Sally & Davis Von Oesen

 

Level 6 Members $5,000 – $9,999

Terry & Bob Brennan

Connie & Steve Crank

Jennifer & Watt Foster

Cheryl Giggetts

Rebecca A. Hawkins

Betsy & Hugh Jones

Ula & Alan Kauppi

Jane Larkin

Anna & Paul McWane

Susan & John Mullin

Cary Roberts

Verna & Preston Sellers

Tami & Mike Shadler

Kelly & Kirk Tattersall

Kay & Kent Van Allen

Anitra B. Webster

Jane & Kenneth White

Level 5 Members $2,000 – $4,999

Anonymous

Susan & Jim Ackley

Sharon & Sandy Ainslie

Carole H. & David L. Bowen

Betsy & Mike Brogan

Vivian & Howard Brown

Kitty & Wilton Burgess

Valerie & Jim Burruss

Candace & Peter Caprise

Randy Carr

Amy & David Carrier

Bettye & Al Chambers

Cornelia Christian

Lucy & Robert Cook

Joy Hilliard & Tim Courville

Joni & Carrington Crawford

Lynn & Jim Daly

Trudy & Jimmy Davidson

Nancy H. Davidson

Rosemary & George Dawson

Adgie & Alex Dirom

Mary Jane Dolan

Beth Doyle

Julie & Peter Doyle

Clarkie & Tom Eppes

Margaret Anne & Cap Eschenroeder

Ann & Rodger Fauber

Kathy & David Firth

Jenna & Ron Fisher

Libby & Paul Fitzgerald

Anne & Jack Flippin

Rebecca & Nick Frye

Gail & Rex Geveden

Shea & Bo Gravely

Doni C. Guggenheimer

Janie & Tom Hall

Maria & Lucas Hayden

Jennifer & Melvin Hinton

Mary Jane & Bill Hobbs

Christie & Kevin Hooper

Aubrey C. Hord

Cinda & George Hurt

Crystal & Todd Irby

Elaine & Bill Johnson

Nancy & Bill Kershner

 

Mary Ellen & Matt Lafreniere

Elizabeth B. Laundon

Gordon Leggett

Heather & Ken Leopold

Cecilia & Andrew MacCallum

Catherine & Mike Madden

Sue & Brad S. Malcolm

Patti S. McCue

Jean & Sam Meeks

Denise & Gary Mignogna

Christina R. Miller

Alison Morrison-Shetlar & Robert Shetlar

Katy & Chal Nunn

Ellen & Thomas Nygaard

Anne & Evan Ownby

Elaine & Corey Passman

Leslie & Kimball Payne

Florence & Ned Perrow

Ellen & David Petty

Becky & Greg Porter

Dorothy & Clifton Potter

Michael Powers

Mary Jane & Charlie Pryor

Pat & Reggie Pugh

Dana & Jim Redmond

Larry H. Redmond

Marc A. Schewel

Kandy & Rick Scruggs

Betsy & Ben Smith

Charles R. Spencer, Jr.

Laura & Darrell St. John

Lisa & Gerald Stinnette

Elizabeth & Aaron Stroud

Bill Stuart

Stephanie & Bob Sullivan

Sallie & Walker Sydnor

Roger Vaden

Robin & Jim Warner

Randall & John Watts

Meredith & Stuart Whetsell

Alex & Sackett Wood

Phyllis B. Workman

Marty & Jim Wright

Melinda & James Youngblood

Heather & George Zippel

Annual Members

Level 4 Members $1,000 - $1,999

Anonymous (2)

Ellen & Lloyd Agnew

Betty & John Alford

Suha & Ala Alzaben

Tera & Ben Auch

Heather & John Barnard

Mary Stuart & Thomas Battle

Laurie & David Black

Rose M. Blankenship

Mary Ann & William Booz

Donna & Brian Bowen

Debbie & Scott Brabrand

Pamela & Michael Bradford

Louise & Buck Bradley

Mary & Stuart Brust

Regina & Dennis Carter

Carrie Cobb & Chris Parandian

Kim & Matt Combs

Cheryl & Michael Davis

John C. Farnandez

Judy & David Frantz

Mary Catherine Garrison & B. Marshall Wood

Leigh & Billy Giles

Helen Gilmer

Rie & Eddie Godsey

Patricia & Tony Gowen

Carey Gravely

Donna & Robert Headley

Hermina & Donnie Hendricks

Megan & Matt Huffman

Sandra J. Kanehl

Ashley & Geoffrey Kershner

Judy & Doug Lee

April & Will Likins

Ella & Mark Magruder

Susan & Peter Manion

Sandra & Aubrey L. Mason

Bill McBratney

Amanda McClung

Kari & Edwin McIlvaine

Jennifer Wills & Javaun Moradi

Susan & Richard Morris

Fanny Mosley

Phyllistine & Samuel Mosley

Brad Muroski

Peter Newby

Dorothy & Richard Niles

Whitney & Robert O’Brian

Bill Overacre

Staci & Jay Parker

Kappa McGee Peddy

Hoa & James Peery

Donald G. Pendleton

Kirk Perrow, III

Sarah & Andrew Proctor

Janice & Reg Puckett

Edna & Steve Puckette

Benjamin Reagan

Jane & Steve Rennyson

Alexis V. Richards

Lori & Jon Roark

Patricia & Matt Schewel

Jennifer & Shep Sittason

Georgeann & Parks Snead

Joan & Ted Swanson

Mary Lynn & Lee Tucker

Sonji & Joseph Turner

Margi & Rob Vaughn

Emily & Lynch Vranian

Judy & John Walker

Helen & Tracy Wheelock

Mina & Robin Wood

Trisha & Lester Wooldridge

Betsy & Dick Worthington

Level 3 Members $500 - $999

Peggy & Billy Andrews

Mary & Terry Babbitt

Betsy & George Beam

Baron C. Becker Sr.

William Franklin Billingsley III

J. Leslie Binns & Phillip J. Reiman

James Blackburn

Betty Lynn & John Blanks

Sallie C. Blosser

Jane & Bob Bowden

Robin & Dickie Burge

Barbara & Carl Calandra

Louise & Malcolm Campbell

Sarah & John Capps

Kathy & Bob Chase

Ida Cole

Nancy & William Cook

Karen & Drake Covey

Frances & Joe Crouch

Emily & Brian Crowder

Laura & Jess Crumbley

Kristin & Lewis Dabney

Gayle & Michael Daly

Cynthia Deutsch

Marge C. Dillard

Anja & John Falcone

Holly & Dan Frazier

MayMay & Garland Gay

Lauren Beach & Don Giles

Blair Godsey

Becky Green

Nancy Hardison

Sarah & Tim Hellewell

Cynthia & Jim Hicks

Elaine & Myles Jackson

David N. James

Emily & Fritz Jenkins

Cheryle & Lewis Johnson

Kensie Johnson

Ronald J. Karlin

Brenda & Doug Kincaid

Amy & Scott Kowalski

Tina & Skip Kughn

Cathy Grossman & Jeffrey Kushinka

Honesty Liller

Jennipher & Mike Lucado

Joan MacCallum

Karen & Allen Majewski

Kris & Dennis Marcinik

Hart & Nick Milam

Martha & Terry Miller

Norman Moon

Tiffany & Chad Mooney

Mike Morris

Susan & Larry Moxley

Robert U. Pauley, Jr.

Helen E. Petrill

Mae & John Pickford

Christiane Ploch & Joseph Wawro

Sarah & Peter Ploch

Susan & Eames A. Powers

Monica & John Prahinski

Margaret R. Putnam

Alison & Jason Richardson

Carole M. Royer

Anne & David Royer

Leslie Salmon

Stevie & Dan Savage

Yvonne Z. Schewel

Peggy & Wayne Schwartz

Kate & Walker Sigler

Amanda & Ian Smithson

Robin & John Steckley

Nancy Gray & Jean Stewart

Brude Stoever

Shelley & John Stone

Diane & Gary Stroud

Stephanie Suter

Kathleen Terrell & Dave Spangler

Kathy & Gary Urquhart

Melissa Ventre

Diane & Billy Walker

Jessica & Drake Watts

Nollner & Smokie Watts

Kennon & Charles White

Heidi & Thomas Wigboldy

Level 2 Members $200 - $499

Anonymous (2)

Monica & Philip Abatecola

Lucy & William Aiken

Stephanie & Alexi Anastasio

Sallie & Mike Anthony

Tracy & Albert Baker

Ilga & Bill Baker

H. Brock Barkley, Jr.

Victoria Bartholomew & Jordan Reeves

Debra & David Bernardi

Judy & T.C. Berryman

Darlene & Joe Nigro

Deliece & Fred Blanchard

Terry & Bill Bodine

Camille Alexander & James Boniface

Patricia M. Bower

Patricia E. Bradbury

Terry & Matthew Bright

Bethany & Josh Brinkman

Nancy & Doug Brockman

Samantha & Derrick Brown

Ed Burnette

James Burnette

Johanna & Daryl Calfee

Margie B. Callahan

Mary Chamberlin & Parker Campanella

Colleen & Ryan Campbell

Samantha & James Citty

Jennifer & Shane Claiborne

Jessica & Nathan Clarkson

Lucia & Steve Coates

Emily Cochenour

Odette & Tom Collins

Lois & Mark Coward

Laura & John Craddock

Sallie & Ted Craddock

Kathy Cudlin

Sally Curtis & William Sellari

Sarah & Lyons Davidson

Gena & Bill Davidson

Amy & James Davis

Cassidy & Matt DeWitt

Zilphy & James Dillard

Sarah & Jim Dunstan

Julie & Reid Ebert

Ann Echols

Brenda & Bob Elliott

Zel Farrow

Jeffrey Fedorko

Susan & Matt Foster

Patty & Cholly Fox

Linie & Mac Frankfort

Edward E. Frisa

Jussara & Ismael Gama

Patty & Mitch Garbee

Sally & John Gilkey

Jodi & Mike Gillette

Marsha & Robert Gillette

Michelle & Gregory Goodwin

Winston & Roger Green

Anna Leigh Greene

Pegeen Griessmayer

Ka Lee & Jeremy Gustafson

Sarah & David Guza

Rebecca Hanna

Lynn A. Hanson

Chip Harvey

Peter Helvie

William G. Henderson

Lindie Honsberger & Matthew Forbes

Anne & William Hoskins

Brenda Tanner & Russell James

Vicki & Loyd Jennings

Cindy & Steve Jester

Robert J. Kaiser

Stephanie & Dave Keebler

Kelly & Martin Knight

Linda & Paul Kolodny

Frieda & Gerald Krohn

Lydia Langley

David Lee

Dena & Michael Lee

Sally & Bob Leslie

Lisa & T.J. Liston

Mary & Joe Loiselle

Ann & George Luedke

Catherine W. Lynn

Jennifer & Keith Mann

Elizabeth & Gage McAngus

Julie McAuley Gonzalez

Katharine & Ed McCann

Beverly & Jim McCloskey

Denise & Travis McDonald

Julianne & Dwain McMullen

Laura & John Morgan

Mercedes & Leyburn Mosby

Beth & Stephen Mullen

Susan & Robert Neiss

Peggy & Bill Nolley

Arline & Donald Ore

Debra & Roger Pede

Whitney & Ashby Perrow

Dawn Perry

Sara Peterson

Purnell H. Pettyjohn

Donna & Gregg Phelps

Gail & Norman Porter

Kathryn & Richard Pumphrey

Anita Schmidt & Scott Rankins

Ann Richards

Susie & Todd Richards

Priss & Bill Riley

Diane & Mott Robertson

Maria Rowan

Sharon Sale

Sandra Scott

Deirdre & Sam Serio

Chuck Sharbaugh

Shannon & David Shaw

Ann H. Shenigo

LaTonia & Ronnie Shoultz

Kerry & Jose Silva

Lysa SlayAnh-Thu & Jonathan Smith

Karen Smith

Schuyler & Ryan Somers

Norma W. Stein

Ellen & Joe Stinnett

Martha & Raymond Stokes

Dorothy M. Swain

Giles Sydnor

Bill Symonds

Sonia & Prescott Terrell

Stephanie Thomas

Persis & John Tinsley

Dabney & Mike Treacy

Robert V. Turman

Gail & Luke Van Dyke

Ashley-Rae & Jeremy Vaughan

Janie & David Vaughan

Kate & Chuck Wall

Jessica & Peter Ward

Joseph Warren

Laura Simms Webb

Jeanette & Glenn Wertz

Phebe & Bill Wescott

Patty & Ken West

Norma & John White

Leah & Scott Wiebe

Judy & Roger Winters

Anne & Bunny Wood

Jennifer Woofter

Level 1 Members $75 - $199

David AllisonLinda Andrews
Hannah Arrington
Mike Austin
Laura & Robert Bailey
Julia & Philip Baker
Libby Barksdale
Joy & Robert Bashore
Sue & Gerry Bass
Gigi & Ted Batt
Sara Beck & Park Chisolm
Elizabeth-Reid Becker
Scott Beebe
Linda & Dave Berg
Mark M. Bogia
Anna & Patrick Bolling
Martha & Dennis Booker
Emily Bradshaw
Paddy D. Braunstein
Amy Brown
Brenda Bryant
Winston W. Burks
Margaret Burton
Anne & Bill Calohan
Karen Campbell & Bob Galloway
Scott and Allyssa Campbell
Anita Carbonell
John Carrington
Paul F. Caskey
Laura & John Casler
Carol Caswell
Brady F Childress
Michael P. Clements
Diane J Collins
Susan & Kevin Cope
Doris & Hal Craddock
Constance W. Dahlberg
Catherine & Randall Dalton
Antonio M. Davis
Delores R Davis
Leslie & Gene Davis
Hilda C. Davis
Myra & Bob Dendy
Dennis Dexter
Anne & Wilson Dickerson
Peggy & Glenn Dillon
Lisa C. Dirom
Maegan & Jonathan Fallen
Theodore B. Falls
Marion & James Farmer
Laurel & James B. Feinman
David Ferris
Charlotte Fischer
Jean & Kiah Ford
Geralyn Fortney
Patty & Cholly Fox
Patricia Franklin
Sandra Freels
Brianne Friberg
Brian Friend
Edgardo E. Gamis
Laura & Kerry Gateley
Jonathan A. Giles
Jodi & Mike Gillette
Nancy & Bob Glenn
Jane Green
Whitney & William Gregory
Laurel & Chuck Greif
Karen Hall
Judith & James Handel
Cheryl Hawkins
Marie Hawkins
Joel Hesch
Diane C. Hewett
Jan & Fred Hickey
Meggin Hicklin
Lynn & Rudy Hilt
Gabriel Holliday
Shanda & Garnett Horner
Marjorie Huiner
Archer & Billy Hunt
Phoebe & Scott Hyman
Jeanne Irving
Tammy Jamerson
Molly Roper Jenkins
Susan Jennings
Stephanie Johnson
Suzanne & Stephen Johnson
Holly Jones
Karen & David Jones
Karla & Lucas Jones
Marcy Jones
Norah L. Jones
Allison Jordan
Patty & Conrad Kauppi
Carolyn & Roger Keeling
Nancy & Al Koes
Joanne R. Langford
Margaret & Rodney Laughon
Susan & Keith Leazer
Pamela & Stanley Levinson
Kris & Matthew Lloyd
Lynn Long
Karen & Rodney Lorence
Carol Maddox
Deirdre Maddox
Luke J Malloy
Amy & Brian McAvoy
Liane M McCready
Amanda & Nate McGovern
Cayla McHaney
Nancy & Jay McKee
Carol Mello
Dianne & Wil Mendel
Diane Mezzano
Angela & Manfred Mibus
David W. Midkiff
Margaret & Chris Millson-Martula
Pamela & Mike Minkler
Sonya J Mohr
Martha Moore
Gretchen & Tom Morgan
Gail & Paul Mudrick
Margi & Jim Murphy
Christian D. Neal
William Henry Neal
Rebecca & George Neilans
Margaret Niblett
Sharon & Ken Nolen
Edward Novak
Kristin & William Ogden
Jason Oliver
Shelly & Robert Ore
Deborah Parkins
Kenneth Patchell
Brooke Patterson
Ashley Pearson
Bobbi Peters
Dawn A. Peterson
Susan & Tom Pettyjohn
Ruth Pillow
Nicole & Christopher Plucker
Karen H. Pollok
Michael D. Potter
Kathleen & Myrlon Pressly
Ethel Reeves
Corean & Anthony Reyes
Kakie & Bob Richards
Jessica & Chris Riddick
Maria & Dennis Roberts
Scott Robertson
Anna-Liisa & Jeff Rosner
Emily Rudich
Deneen & Stephen Safritt
Mort Sajadian
Judy & Vince Sawyer
Robert Schloesser
Charlene & Edward Shallock
Lynn Shapiro
Walter J. Siehien
Kirk Sinclair
Sandy Slack
Cheryl & G.T. Sligh
Sandra Sloan
Greg Slominski
James Smith
Joanne & Gary Snyder
Jannett Spearman
Elise Spontarelli
Valerie St. John
Michelle Wingo-Stebbings
Kurt Stecher
Susan Stengel
Amanda Stiff
Kim & Dan Stiffler
Donna C. Storm
June & Albert Taylor
Miriam V. Taylor
Elizabeth Thomas
Hazel Thompson
Donna & E.C. Tibbs
Jennifer Tinoosh
Pamela Trent
Ava Trill
Karin Truitte
Jasmine & Joseph Tucker
John M. Turner
Catherine Vance
Janie & David Vaughan
Mrs Holly Veloso
Lynn & Steve Vessells
Joyce & Russ Voelker
Lisa & Robert Vogel
James Watkins
Michael & Dinah Watson
Dorothy Watts
Mollie & Stephen Watts
Marta & Bill Weis
Jeremiah White
Carey C. Whitehead
Carole Stalling Whittle
Marion Wilhelm
Lauren Williams
Linda S. Williams
Barbara & James D. Williamson
Steve Willis
Sandy & Gene Wolanski
Paula & Joseph Wyatt
Denise L. Yannone & Stephen Batt
Tyler Young

Corporate and Institutional Donors

$10,000+

Genworth Foundation
Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
Harry C. & Jenny W. Hartless 
Philanthropic Fund
Pacific Life Foundation
Richard Gwathmey and Caroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust
The Community Foundation of Richmond and Central VA
Virginia Commission for the Arts

$5,000 - $9,999

Ainslie Foundation
BWXT PAC Match Program
McKinnon and Harris Inc.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

$2,000 - $4,999

Bethea S. Owen Trust
Lynchburg Ready Mix Concrete Co., Inc.
Merryman Charitable Foundation

$1,000 - $1,999

John T. Blanks, Insurance
L3Harris Foundation
Old Dominion Box Company
Foundation, Inc.
Stewart Langley Properties

$500 - $999

Appomattox Glass and Storefront
Central Virginia Counseling
Delaware Community Foundation
McKesson Foundation
Wiltshire Charitable Fund

$75 - $499

Baird
Greif
Meadowlands Restoration, LLC
Stifel Financial Corp