Populated by sharks, snakes and kangaroos, but mostly by densely arrayed lines and shapes, the pictures in “Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting From Yirrkala” represent the universe.
At a school overflowing with student talent and imagination, one student-run organization offers a space for creators, writers and designers alike to connect and share their passion — V Magazine.
Staff at University of Virginia’s Department of Art are planning to honor the life and work of D’Sean Perry, who was a studio art major in the College of Arts & Sciences and was on track to graduate this May before he was shot and killed alongside two other students on Nov. 13.
Every last Friday of the month, The Fralin Student Engagement Council invites the University and the local Charlottesville area to The Fralin Museum of Art for Final Fridays, an event that allows participants to engage directly with art by making their own crafts, performing live music, or view exhibits under the guidance of a Fralin Student Docent.
The Education intern will work directly with the Manager of Education and Programs. Kluge-Ruhe has an ambitious Digital Engagement Strategy and this internship project will help bring it to life! You will help us with our in-person summer programs, and you will help contribute to ongoing digital projects in a variety of ways. Note that Kluge-Ruhe is located off Grounds, and the selected candidate will be responsible for finding transportation to work on-site.
The fellowship aims to support students who have an exciting idea or question related to sound justice and help them put together a creative, public-facing project to communicate their findings. Project formats can include multiple modes, such as an essay, research, audio-visual media, or artwork. Dates: June 5 - August 3| Award: $7,500 | Due April 15th.
The McGuffey Art Center is typically home to works from a number of professional Charlottesville artists, but the second floor of the gallery is home to a hidden gem — a hallway recently lined with student masterpieces. University studio artists, whether enrolled in the major or just a studio art class, contributed a selection of thought-provoking and personal pieces to the exhibit.
Les Yeux du Monde is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new work by Russ Warren, The Denial of Death, which will run from March 11th to April 30th, 2023. The title of Warren's exhibition pays homage to the existentialist philosopher, Ernest Becker, and his book of the same name. Becker’s critique examines global perspectives on the subject of the human condition. He focuses in particular on different ideas surrounding mortality, such as the construction of social shields against the reality of human vulnerability in an impassive universe, and explores the relationship of madness and creativity in the revelation of “truth,” notions Warren has pondered in his art throughout his career. These ideas have acquired a special resonance in his recent work in which he grapples with the loss of his wife and Les Yeux du Monde gallery Founder and Director, Lyn Bolen Warren.
In 2021, The Fralin Museum of Art lost one of its most ardent and energetic supporters, Ruth Cunningham Cross. Cross believed so greatly in the mission of the museum that she always wanted to be the first person from the community to welcome any new member of the museum team, ensuring that they knew they had a friend and advocate. Continuing this tradition of support, The Fralin is poised for future success thanks to a $1 million endowment created by the family of Ruth Cross.
“N’Dakinna Landscapes Acknowledged,” a new exhibition at The Fralin Art Museum at the University of Virginia, offers visitors a chance to gain a different perspective of the peaceful vistas in the diminutive landscapes painted by members of the North Conway artists’ group led by Benjamin Champney at a moment on the cusp of a revolution to be brought by photography.
A new exhibit at the University of Virginia has offered artists who identify as current or former members of the “undocumented spectrum” a place to showcase their work, and soon the exhibit organizers will be offering a place for those artists to create as well.
The two-day Aesthetics of Undocumentedness symposium and exhibition highlights the kaleidoscope of ways individuals experience and are affected by undocumentedness.
