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Ernst Prophete, "Terrier Rougue 1915, Repaire des Cacos (Cacos Hideout)" (1975) (all photos by Matthew Dunn, courtesy the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia)

Virginia Museum Receives “Transformative” Gift of Haitian Art

For over three decades, textile artist Myrlande Constant has depicted scenes from Haitian history, religion, and daily life through the large-scale, labor-intensive beaded embroidery of traditional Vodou flags. Now, her work will join the permanent collection of the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, as part of a landmark gift of approximately 100 modern and contemporary Haitian artworks from collectors John Fox Sullivan and his late wife Beverly Sullivan.

https://hyperallergic.com/994202/virginia-museum-receives-transformative-gift-of-haitian-art/

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March 6, 2025

Arts This Week: The Phaeton Gallery

The Phaeton Gallery is hosting an opening reception as part of a joint exhibition for works by Krista Townsend and Nikki Hare for arts. This week, we spoke with artist Krista Townsend and Lisa Hogan with the gallery.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-the-phaeton-gallery/

Fourth-year student Mary Hall is a co-director of the free-form student radio station WXTJ. She was recruited to the station in her first year. (Photo by Kelly West, University Communications)

The Music Beat: Breaking the Algorithm’s Rhythm, These Students Give Music the Human Touch

Every week before his radio show on the University of Virginia’s student-run station WXTJ, co-director Jacob Hobbs asks himself a question: “What do I want to subject everyone to this week?” Hobbs, along with fellow WXTJ co-director Mary Hall, hosts “High Up and Low Down,” a radio show that features house music, neo-soul and tracks by artists like Lady Gaga and Charli XCX. The show, Hall said, is “haphazard.” That’s by design. “Our station is special because it’s entirely free-form,” Hall said.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/breaking-algorithms-rhythm-these-students-give-music-human-touch

Arts This Week: SPICMACAY Spring Concert

The UVA Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY) is hosting their Spring Concert on Saturday, March 1st. For Arts This Week, we spoke to the SPICMACAY at UVA co-presidents, Bhadra Kadangal and Aashni Shetty.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-spicmacay-spring-concert/

Elena Heraldo plays the drums in front of an ornately patterned background.

This Famous UVA Drummer Is on Your Favorite Soapy Netflix Show, ‘Sweet Magnolias’

Last winter, Elena Heraldo received an intriguing email. It was related to her Instagram account, the account where the University of Virginia student posts viral videos of herself drumming. The account that has nearly 500,000 followers.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/famous-uva-drummer-your-favorite-soapy-netflix-show-sweet-magnolias

A collage of photos of Kiera Chambers on the set of "Saturday Night Live," with some images of the studio's signs.

How a UVA Student Landed Backstage at ‘SNL50’

Few college internships offer the chance to work alongside comedy and music legends, but for University of Virginia fourth-year student Kiera Chambers, it was another day at the office at the “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.”

https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-uva-student-landed-backstage-snl50

Five students handle tree branches outside.

Culture in Their Hands: Students Shape Exhibition of Jewish-Inspired Objects

A collection of intricate and ornate Torah pointers – some centuries old, others created just last year – have found a home at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/culture-their-hands-students-shape-exhibition-jewish-inspired-objects

Timmins sits in front of a computer and looks down at a machine, smiling.

Legally Blind Hoo Pursues Architecture With a Different Design

Nola Timmins has planned on being an architect since she was at least 8 years old – which may seem like a big dream, considering she is legally blind.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/legally-blind-hoo-pursues-architecture-different-design

Cut-out images of Jalen Rashad wearing all blue, superimposed on an orange-tinted background of a football field.

This UVA Alum Just Performed in the Super Bowl Halftime Show – Again

When his agent told him he didn’t book Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show, Jalen Granville told her to check the list again. He still wasn’t on it.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-alum-just-performed-super-bowl-halftime-show-again

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