By the end of 2026, Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia (MAAV) will support the creation of nine monuments that highlight collective struggles for the vitality of people and our shared environment.
Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia (MAAV) seeks and supports collaborations with community members, local organizations, artists, scholars, and educators who share an interest in constructing and reconstructing public narratives.
We are working with nine community groups across Appalachian Virginia and Eastern Siouan lands who are creating public art, revitalizing places grounded in cultural legacy, designing walking tours, making performances, leading oral histories, creating festivals, and sparking new conversations about the past, present, and future. These groups are creating new ways of relating to this region and each other, and uplifting histories that have been silenced or excluded.
With a multi-million dollar grant from the Mellon Foundation, MAAV offers technical support to funded teams to build capacity for work that is by and for communities. We support project teams to examine and address their own questions and document aspects of their creative process.
Monuments Across Appalachian Virginia (MAAV) seeks and supports collaborations with community members, local organizations, artists, scholars, and educators who share an interest in constructing and reconstructing public narratives.
We are working with nine community groups across Appalachian Virginia and Eastern Siouan lands who are creating public art, revitalizing places grounded in cultural legacy, designing walking tours, making performances, leading oral histories, creating festivals, and sparking new conversations about the past, present, and future. These groups are creating new ways of relating to this region and each other, and uplifting histories that have been silenced or excluded.
With a multi-million dollar grant from the Mellon Foundation, MAAV offers technical support to funded teams to build capacity for work that is by and for communities. We support project teams to examine and address their own questions and document aspects of their creative process.
