If you’re looking for art at the University of Virginia, you probably already know about The Fralin Museum of Art, the exhibit spaces at the Rotunda, the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library and the Ruffin Art Gallery. But beyond museums and official exhibits, there’s far more art to explore across Grounds – if you know where to look.
The melancholy painting “Dark Flag,” rendered in tones of black and dark gray, is a richly textured American flag and a meditation on the tragedy of gun violence in America.
UVA School of Architecture Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning Barbara Brown Wilson was recently awarded the John T. Casteen III Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award by the university.
The School of Architecture is pleased to announce Ana Ozaki as inaugural Mellon Race, Place, and Equity (RPE) postdoctoral fellow. Ana Ozaki's research investigates the complex ways racial ideologies have interfered with architectural understandings of climate and the environment within the African diaspora, mainly within the Black Atlantic.
Honoring the contributions that African Americans have made, this year at the UVA School of Architecture we celebrate our first African American graduates, Edward Wayne Barnett (1950–2009) who received his Bachelor of Architecture in 1972 and Audrey Spencer-Horsley who received her Bachelor of City Planning in 1975.
In an interview with Madame Architect, Margaret talks about her sources of inspiration, including play and modern and contemporary art, as well as her aspirations to focus on service and mentoring throughout her graduate studies and in her future design career.
The University of Virginia announced designer, urbanist and spatial justice advocate Liz Ogbu as one of two inaugural University Fellows this semester. The new program brings expert practitioners to Grounds to engage with the UVA community on today’s most challenging problems and inspiring opportunities.
UVA School of Architecture's Master of Urban Design candidate Vishal Jayan (MUD '23) was recognized at the 10th Annual Tamayouz Excellence Award Ceremony, hosted by the Oman Society of Engineers in Oman's capital city of Muscat earlier this month.
In Andrea Trimble’s drawings, worlds merge. The built environment stakes its claim and nature presses its inevitability. Sometimes structure morphs into nature through the slender black lines that capture what she’s seen and where she’s been. “I use pen and ink mostly to depict different locations that I see in my travels, usually something that captures my eye,” Trimble said.
University of Virginia architectural history graduate Christine Madrid French has written an exciting new book, “The Architecture of Suspense: The Built World in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock,” published in September by UVA Press.
UVA School of Architecture’s advanced research studio, Yamuna River Project/Thirsty Cities: Jaipur, (ARCH 4010_4011 / ALAR 8010) taught by Pankaj Vir Gupta and María Gonzalez Aranguren recently returned from their 10-day visit to India, where they spent time in Delhi and Jaipur.
Over 160 UVA School of Architecture students, with their studio faculty, headed north in early October 2022 for an immersive experience in New York City as part of the Arch 3010, Arch 7010, and UD 8010 studios.
