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When you join the Culture Works Passport Program, your gift does more than purchase a membership.

Because of members like you, Culture Works is able to provide:

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and Arts Activations across the region.

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DAYTON REGION CULTURAL EVENTS

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January 23rd 2026 | 12PM

Congratulations to the 2026 Artist Opportunity Grantees

16 Montgomery County artists awarded – 2026 Artist Opportunity Grants The Montgomery County Artist Opportunity Grant program, administered by Culture Works, empowers local artists to create new works and attend...

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January 12th 2026 | 10AM

Culture Works Announces New Venture with Dayton Masonic Center: CW Events to Revitalize Center’s Performance and Event Venues

DAYTON, OH- (Jan.12, 2026). Culture Works, the Dayton Region’s United Arts Fund and Local Arts Agency, announces a new venture with the Dayton Masonic Center beginning Jan. 8, 2026. CW Events, a s...

April 1st 2025 | 11AM

Turner Announces ‘Think Freedom’ Art Installation To Be On Display for 2025 NATO Assembly

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that “Think Freedom,” a comprehensive public art project based in Sarajevo, will be placed at The Arcade in downtown Dayton during the NA...

March 13th 2025 | 9AM

Culture Works Celebrates Annual Campaign for the Arts with Sing Out Loud! Concert

UNLOCK THE POWER OF THE ARTS! Culture Works, the Dayton Region’s United Arts Fund and Local Arts Agency, presents Sing Out Loud!, a concert featuring the Sing Out Loud! Community Choir, led by event artistic d...

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January 24th 2025 | 11AM

Sing Out Loud Dayton 2025

LIFT YOUR VOICE AND CELEBRATE THE ARTS! Sing Out Loud Returns!   Sing Out Loud Dayton is back for its second year, bringing the community together for a special choral celebration in support of the Culture Works...

April 19th 2024 | 2PM

Onyx Program – Third in the Series on April 25, 2024

The ONYX: Black Artists Showcase invites the community to experience the talent of an exciting array of artists: storytellers, poets, spoken word, musicians, and visual artists, all from right here in Dayton, OH...

January 8th 2024 | 5PM

Dayton Region Study Results Release: Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6)

In 2022, Culture Works made the significant financial and staff commitment to partner with Americans for the Arts to include the Dayton Region for their sixth economic impact study, AEP6. We joined 373 other com...

January 13th 2023 | 2PM

SING OUT LOUD! The Culture Works Community Choir!

Culture Works will be launching the 2023 Campaign for the Arts at a special concert in March, and the featured act will be YOU and all your friends on the stage of the beautiful Victoria Theatre singing with a l...

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January 23rd 2026 | 12PM

Congratulations to the 2026 Artist Opportunity Grantees

16 Montgomery County artists awarded – 2026 Artist Opportunity Grants The Montgomery County Artist Opportunity Grant program, administered by Culture Works, empowers local artists to create new works and attend...

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January 12th 2026 | 10AM

Culture Works Announces New Venture with Dayton Masonic Center: CW Events to Revitalize Center’s Performance and Event Venues

DAYTON, OH- (Jan.12, 2026). Culture Works, the Dayton Region’s United Arts Fund and Local Arts Agency, announces a new venture with the Dayton Masonic Center beginning Jan. 8, 2026. CW Events, a s...

April 1st 2025 | 11AM

Turner Announces ‘Think Freedom’ Art Installation To Be On Display for 2025 NATO Assembly

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that “Think Freedom,” a comprehensive public art project based in Sarajevo, will be placed at The Arcade in downtown Dayton during the NA...

March 13th 2025 | 9AM

Culture Works Celebrates Annual Campaign for the Arts with Sing Out Loud! Concert

UNLOCK THE POWER OF THE ARTS! Culture Works, the Dayton Region’s United Arts Fund and Local Arts Agency, presents Sing Out Loud!, a concert featuring the Sing Out Loud! Community Choir, led by event artistic d...

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