Originally known as the Academical Building, Old Cabell Hall is one of three buildings designed for the south end of the Lawn in 1898 by Stanford White. The Academical Building was renamed for Joseph C. Cabell, a member of the Board of Visitors, and houses the University’s Department of Music and the Music Library.
The Berlin Wall has officially been gone as long as it existed. The wall, built in 1961 to divide the former and future German capital between its Western-controlled sectors and Communist East Germany, stood for 29 years. This year will mark the 29th anniversary of its toppling.
The Berlin Wall at UVA was made possible by Robert & MeiLi Hefner & the Hefner Collection. Four panels of the Berlin Wall, measuring a total of 16 feet in length and 12 feet in height and weighing more than 8,000 pounds, were installed on the quad adjacent to Alderman Library and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library.
Mark Dion does not believe in untouchable art. His work welcomes curious observers, from small pieces hidden behind ornate doors to scrapbooks ready for perusal to huge spaces full of cabinets, drawers, and even live birds.
You might have noticed a new addition to the University of Virginia’s Arts Grounds. Situated just off Culbreth Road, near Ruffin Hall, the nondescript exterior of the small wooden cabin belies a treasure trove of art inside, all created or found by Ruffin Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Mark Dion.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Art Museum Futures Fund recently awarded a $200,000 grant to the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection to expand the promotion of Indigenous Australian art and culture, as well as enhance the leadership of Indigenous people within the museum.
CreativeMornings is a free, monthly breakfast lecture series for the creative community. It happens in 224 cities in 67 countries around the world. Charlottesville is the 180th chapter, and your local hosts are Kori Price, Emma Terry, and Maureen Brondyke. There will be a creative lecture on the 2nd Friday of each month (generally) centered around a global theme picked by CreativeMorning chapters around the world!
At Studio IX, our commitment to fostering community and providing a platform for fresh ideas, real conversations, new perspectives and deep connection is stronger than ever.
"The Wrong End of the Telescope", the latest novel by UVA Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Professor Rabih Alameddine, is longlisted for the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction!
