At UVA Arts, one of our goals is to enrich each student’s experience by fostering a highly creative, collaborative, and exciting arts community. That is why we established the UVA Arts Fund for Artistic Excellence, which supports a myriad of both student and faculty-led arts programs and projects that inspire, connect, and engage the next generation of leaders and artists. Your support for this annual fund has an incredible impact on our University community, Charlottesville, and beyond.
The Performing Arts Center at UVA will expand opportunities for students to pursue their creativity through different artistic disciplines while creating a welcoming, inviting, and inclusive arts space to connect and engage our community and visitors.
Take your passion for arts one step further and join UVA’s Arts Council. This group of arts supporters come from diverse backgrounds and skillsets, united under the cause of supporting arts students, faculty, and staff through a robust grant program. Members contribute annually and award grants of up to $10,000 to departments and programs across Grounds, creating new and exciting opportunities that would otherwise not exist. The advocacy, support, and advice that UVA Arts Council members share place the arts as an integral and important part of the student experience.
Financial contributions to the Arts at UVA ensure that our students and faculty have opportunities to pursue their creative work. Your gifts directly impact the vibrant artistic landscape at the University of Virginia.
When Christine Moore (Engr ’92) came to the University of Virginia, it was with the plan to become an electrical engineer like her father and a hope to continue playing her flute. “I quickly realized that electrical engineering wasn't the best fit for me,” she remembered. She switched her major to chemical engineering and discovered the tremendous musical opportunities at UVA.
Witnessing Gretchen Tibbits (Col ’89) in the wild, one might assume she was born fully formed, a hard-charging New York City investment banker ready to broker any power deal that sets foot in her path. It’s a look she wears well, making it easy to forget that she was once a fresh-faced college graduate arriving in the big city to carve out her niche.
