UVA Arts

BOV Approves Design for New UVA Center for the Arts

A home for the arts is taking shape on Grounds. The Board of Visitors Buildings and Grounds Committee on Thursday approved the schematic design for the proposed Center for the Arts in the University of Virginia’s development parcel on Ivy Road, sending it to the full board. The board on Friday likewise approved the design. In June 2024, the Board of Visitors approved the site for the new center, which will be home to the Tessa and Richard Ader Performing Arts Center, the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, the Kluge-Ruhe Gallery and the College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Music. The proposed arts center will wrap around the east end of the Emmet/Ivy Garage. The Virginia Guesthouse hotel wraps around the west end of the garage.