2021 UVA Arts Annual Welcome Picnic

UVA Arts Welcome Picnic
Sunday, August 29, 2021 • 6-8:30pm
Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds
Open to all UVA Faculty, Staff & Students

UVA Arts invites all UVA faculty, staff, & students to the Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds for a FREE picnic from 6:00 to 8:30pm with performances, information tables, and food and drinks!! Come learn about curricular, extra-curricular, programmatic, and volunteer opportunities from the Visual & Performing Arts & Architecture departments, programs, and community.

Musical Performances all evening!

• Marti
• Bluegrass Workshop Ensemble
• Hoos in the Stairwell
• Academical Village People
• UVA Marching Band
• WTJU DJ Set

Department Happenings:  

• MoxBox all evening! Come take some awesome photos…
• The first 200 people to sign up for the UVA Arts Newsletter at the UVA Arts table will get a T-Shirt or a UVA Arts Clear Bag!
• WTJU will be giving away stickers and Clean Your Ears! Soaps & Signing up for WTJU’s email newsletter automatically enters you in the raffle for a WTJU Travel Mug!
• Creative Writing Table: Opportunities for Student Writers and Poems-on-Demand on old school typewriters
• Pick up SWAG from the Arts Libraries, The Fralin, Virginia Film Festival + many others!
• Virginia Film Festival Swag Raffle Giveaway, VAFF Colored Pens, and stickers!! 
• Kluge-Ruhe will be on hand with Posters for the taking
• Music will be there with a T-Shirts Raffle 

Graciously sponsored in part by the UVA Arts Council. 

Picnic from Harvest Moon:  Grilled Hamburgers, Veggie Burgers, Hot Dogs, Smoked Pulled Pork BBQ, Southern Style Cole Slaw, Herbed Potato Salad, Watermelon Slices, & Assorted Cookies and Brownies

Participating Departments & Programs:  Architectural History, Architecture, Art History, Arts Libraries, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, The Fralin Museum of Art, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, Landscape Architecture, Miller Arts Scholars, Music, Studio Art, University Career Center, Urban & Environmental Planning, UVA Arts, UVA Arts Box Office, Virginia Film Festival, & WTJU Radio

Please note: The Culbreth Parking Garage will be open & FREE, but Culbreth Road will be closed for the event, access will be available from University Avenue (not Rugby).

Rain Location: Drama Building: Food in the Lobby; Tabling will be in Helms Theater

THANK YOU!!