In celebration of this idea, the University of Virginia’s School of Data Science hosted an art competition commemorating the opening of its new building and inviting participants from across the world to tell unique stories, transforming raw data into art.
The students in the art history department’s University Museums Internships course work with museum professionals to curate an art exhibit, carefully selecting pieces that work to highlight an important theme to the Charlottesville community.
Francesca Fiorani (Art History) appeared on Melbourne, Australia's Triple R Independent Radio's "The Party Show" to discuss the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at THE LUME Melbourne: The Party Show — 5 May 2024
The University of Virginia's Arts Grounds will host the SW2 Festival of the Moving Creature on the evening of Friday, April 26th. This highly anticipated event promises an unforgettable experience, featuring two gigantic mythical creatures parading through the UVA Grounds, brought to life by the talented students, faculty, and staff of the Art of the Moving Creature drama department class.
The Fralin Museum of Art has been awarded $125,000 from the Terra Foundation for American Art to support “O’Powa O’Meng: The Art and Legacy of Jody Folwell.” The grant marks the first award for The Fralin and the University of Virginia (UVA) from the Terra Foundation for American Art and will fund the traveling exhibition and scholarly exhibition catalog. The Fralin partnered with the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) to organize “O’Powa O’Meng.” The exhibition will be on view at Mia from September 2024 to January 2025, and at The Fralin Museum of Art from February to June 2025. Two additional venues are anticipated.
The Connaughton Gallery, located on the third floor of Robertson Hall, features the work of U.Va. alumna Uzo Njoku from March 19 to June 14.
Since the 1920s, photojournalists have documented the world, the good and the bad. But it doesn’t come without a cost to the men and women who capture those images.
On the fourth floor of Newcomb Hall, a monarch butterfly welcomes students into the newly renovated office for Student Legal Services.
Please join the Department of Art and the rest of our community in congratulating our graduating students and 5th Year Aunspaugh Fellows on the work they have done and the exhibitions we now get to enjoy on all three floors of Ruffin Hall and in Ruffin Gallery.
“Portrait and Place: Photography in Senegal, 1840-1960” is published by Princeton University Press and released on March 5.
Amural and its message immediately greet visitors to the newly opened Hoos First Student Center in the University of Virginia’s Newcomb Hall. A quote, “Success is not limited by your background, it’s built upon the foundation of your determination,” stretches across the three-canvas collection that third-year student Sahar Asghari painted for the center. “It’s nice because the center is a study space as well,” the foreign affairs and studio art double major said. “I can go there to study, and I know the other kids around there are looking at this piece with a similar background as me, even though they might have completely different experiences.”
Capturing the attention of fashion fanatics across the globe, New York’s famed Fashion Week serves as a showcase for designers’ newest styles and trends. A little closer to home, a University of Virginia student organization is gearing up for a fashion show of its own.
