Great Performances and Showcases

IMPACT PROJECT:

Resident Companies

Supporting Coastal Virginia's Enduring Arts Culture

The Sandler Center Foundation is proud to support its Resident Companies and other local arts organizations that bring talent, excitement, diversity, and arts education to the Sandler Center and to Coastal Virginia.

IMPACT PROJECT:

Great Performance Grants

THE NEED: The Sandler Center has limited ability to cover the costs of attracting a world-class performance through ticket revenue.

THE IMPACT: Funding for an annual world-class performance and associated community outreach projects.

MEASURING IMPACT: Award grant on an annual basis through world-class performance partner, the Virginia Arts Festival. Grant program launched in 2017.

2017: Itzhak Perlman

2018: Brooke Shields & Disney’s Frozen

2019: Renee Fleming

2020 & 2021: Paused due to COVID-19 Restrictions

2022: Wynton Marsalis

2023: Mark Morris “The Look of Love” featuring music from Burt Bacharach. (Collaboration with Kennedy Center)

2024: 100th Anniversary of Martha Graham Dance Company and the 80th Anniversary of Appalachian Spring

IMPACT PROJECT:

Sandler Artist Showcase

THE NEED: Virginia Beach’s Public Art Program enhances our city's identity as a community that supports and promotes creative expression. 

THE IMPACT: The City of Virginia Beach’s Cultural Affairs Department offers a public exhibition opportunity for serious visual and fine craft artists exhibiting two-dimensional works in the Sandler Center lobbies. Exhibits are rotated on a quarterly basis.

MEASURING IMPACT: Fund and promote quarterly artist receptions at the Sandler Center. Program launched pre-2015.