Art@Work | UVA Arts

The Art@Work program aims to establish a comprehensive and widespread framework to make art by local artists widely available in shared spaces within UVA’s academic departments and units—such as open offices, conference rooms, corridors, and lobbies. The focus is on purchasing artwork created by local artists—those living in the Charlottesville area, including the city of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson—with an emphasis on underrepresented and emerging artists. This includes students, staff, faculty, alumni, and others. This initiative, which adapts the UVA Health Arts Committee model for the academic side of UVA, aligns with the UVA 2030 Strategic Plan’s Key Initiative #5, “Cultivating Staff Success,” and Key Initiative #6, “Good Neighbor Program.” This program is funded by the President’s office – it was one of two winners of the 2025 Hoos Making an Impact competition, recognizing the positive impacts that visual art can have on employee wellbeing, productivity, and creativity.

Mission: Enhance the UVA office environment for Academic Division staff, creating a welcoming space reflective of our broader central Virginia community, while also directly supporting our local community of artists.

In partnership with New City Arts Initiative.

Call for Artists!

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Art@Work 2026 Call for Artists

Art@Work is a new art lending library program in which UVA will purchase art from Charlottesville-area artists to create a collection of art available for loan academic division staff spaces. Funded by the Office of the President to support the University’s goal of cultivating staff success, the program is inspired by evidence that workspaces with art improve employee wellbeing by energizing creativity and providing space to reflect and connect. Over the next three years, the program aims to purchase over 100 pieces of work in a permanent lending library for rotational display in office spaces across Grounds.

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Call for Spaces!

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Art@Work 2026 Call for Host Sites: Academic Division Staff Offices

Art@Work is an artwork lending library inspired by evidence that workspaces with art improve employee wellbeing. This new art loan program will purchase art from Charlottesville-area artists for rotational displays in Academic division staff workplaces around Grounds, energizing creativity, providing space to reflect and connect, and deepening UVA’s connection to the surrounding community. Learn more about Art@Work. The Art@Work program invites UVA Academic division staff-focused office spaces to apply to host works of arts from this new lending library.

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