During the Jim Crow era, when minstrel shows and racist caricatures accounted for nearly all visual representations of Black people, hundreds of Black Virginians from Charlottesville, Albemarle County and Nelson County commissioned distinguished self-portraits that shattered stereotypes.
Second Street Gallery is pleased to present Mummers, a solo exhibition featuring paintings and sculptures by Charlottesville-based artist (and UVA Professor) Megan Marlatt, to be held in the Main Gallery from October 7 - November 18, 2022.
Written by alumnus Siddharth Dalal, “The Beginning of My End” tells the story of Rahm, an Indian-American engineer who is unexpectedly murdered by his girlfriend, Marie. As Marie disposes of Rahm’s body, his research team — who work on Grounds at the University — is found dead, and the missing Rahm becomes the chief suspect in the investigation into their murder
To change the lives of future students – that is the lofty goal of University of Virginia fourth-year student Sanjeev Kumar’s project to install memorial benches around Grounds dedicated to groundbreaking faculty, staff and students.
University Records is a student-led organization that connects like-minded musicians, organizes performances and practices, manages equipment and helps to engage beginners in the UVA music scene.
One hundred spectacular photographs in the new exhibition of the Holsinger Studio Portrait Project in the University of Virginia’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library tell the story of Black citizens in Charlottesville.
Richard Guy Wilson, professor emeritus of architectural history, will retrace some of his own footsteps in University of Virginia history. He will speak Sept. 29 at the Colonnade Club, recounting an address he gave to students at Brooks Hall in 1976, marking that building’s 100th anniversary.
The Poetry Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Pegasus Awards, a family of literary prizes that include the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Young People’s Poet Laureate, and the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism. The winners will be honored at an awards ceremony in Chicago in October.
