AGAR and the VCA/VDH
PASSPORT PROGRAM
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) is excited to partner with the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) to launch the Passport Program, an arts access initiative. This program provides free or discounted tickets to arts organizations across the Commonwealth, including museums, performances, classes, and special events that provide opportunities to engage with the arts ecosystem in Virginia, regardless of income.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) card holders are eligible for the Passport Program. Passport holders show their existing WIC cards, issued by VDH, to redeem the discount at participating arts organizations. No additional card required!
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) card holders are eligible for the Passport Program. Passport holders show their existing WIC cards, issued by VDH, to redeem the discount at participating arts organizations. No additional card required!
AGAR’s PARTICIPATION OVERVIEW
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) has again been asked to be in the Virginia Commission for the Arts and Virginia Department of Health PASSPORT PROGRAM and to participate as an arts and humanities organization providing free tickets to women and families participating in the WIC program. At least ten tickets to each performance in AGAR’s 2024-2025 season will be made available to VCA/VDH WIC card holders.
Unless AGAR specifies otherwise, PASSPORT tickets will be given free of charge only to woman and children 12 and up with WIC CARDS. Tickets can be obtained free two ways:
AGAR Performances suitable for children 12 and up with a WIC Card
AGAR’s Big Read
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN OUR AUDIENCE -- LYNN KABLE, AGAR
QUESTIONS: 434-989-3215 or [email protected]
Unless AGAR specifies otherwise, PASSPORT tickets will be given free of charge only to woman and children 12 and up with WIC CARDS. Tickets can be obtained free two ways:
- Online through eventbrite.com by clicking on the ticket button on AGAR’s website for a particular event when posted or by scanning the ticket QR code on performance posters. Through eventbrite.com you will receive an email conformation that you show at the door along with your WIC CARD for admittance.
- Present your WIC Card to the box office at the venue door (if the show is not sold out) one-half hour before show time.
AGAR Performances suitable for children 12 and up with a WIC Card
- Amherst Java & Jazz programs at Second Stage | Amherst:
Click on this link to view them: https://www.amherstglebeartsresponse.org/2024-2025-java--jazz-season.html - Additional AGAR programs:
- July 31, 2024 “Paddy D Quartet: The Winds of Change”
- September 14, 2024 Stephanie Nakasian, “Accentuate the Positive: The Music and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer.”
- November 9, 2024 “Lafayette's Fiddlers” Lafayette’s visit to Monticello and the music he heard there.
- February 8, 2025 Kuumba Dance Ensemble performs “Dances of Ghana and West Africa” (This program is a community partner arts project of AGAR’s Big Read “Exploring Homegoing in Amherst County Virginia.”
- May 31, 2025 Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet
AGAR’s Big Read
- Our NEA BIG READ selection “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi for reading and discussion is NOT RECOMMENDED BY AGAR FOR PERSONS UNDER THE
AGE OF 18.
- Kumba Dance Ensemble will be doing a residency/workshop series of African, and specifically Ghanaian, one-hour dance classes. The first session is Nov. 7, 14, 21 and Dec. 5, 12, 2024. The second session is Jan 4,11, 25 and Feb.1, 6, 2025. These are open to mothers and children 6 and up who are WIC Card holders. Registration for this series will be posted later.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN OUR AUDIENCE -- LYNN KABLE, AGAR
QUESTIONS: 434-989-3215 or [email protected]
