SpongeBob, Cap’n Crunch and the Most Tightly Knit Clubs on Grounds
While UVA boasts over 700 clubs and organizations dedicated to academics, service and hobbies, a few clubs stand out for their quirky charm.
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Arts This Week: Banff Film Festival at the Paramount
The Shenandoah National Park Trust will host the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival on March 7th, 8th, and 9th at the Paramount Theater. For Arts This Week, we spoke to the Trust’s Executive Director.
Kirsten Hemrich's 'Signs of Life' at Second Street Gallery
Second Street Gallery is pleased to present 'Signs of Life', a solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by New York-based artist Kirsten Hemrich, in the Dové Gallery from February 7 - March 21, 2025. Hemrich’s work is inspired by the poetry and humor of all things. She draws the world around her every day. Abstraction, spirituality, and joy inform her attempts to shape the things we can't quite name.
Cassie Guy: 'Liminal' at Second Street Gallery
Second Street Gallery is pleased to present 'Liminal', a solo exhibition of new work by Charlottesville, Virginia-based artist Cassie Guy, in the Main Gallery from February 7 - March 21, 2025. 'Liminal' explores transitional spaces and challenges the boundary between reality and imagination through conceptual abstraction and reinterpretation of ordinary subjects. The exhibition signifies the artist's personal journey within these thresholds of reality and encourages visitors to engage with uncertainty and the coexistence of various perspectives.
Milpa Exhibit Brings Aboriginal Australian Artwork to Life
Beginning this past December and continuing until June 1, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is hosting Milpa — a stop-motion animation exhibit named after the Anangu people’s traditional practice of sand drawing, an artistic and storytelling medium in Australian Indigenous art.
Arts This Week: A Continuous Storyline – Ruffin Gallery
Ben Larsen: The University of Virginia art department is hosting an opening reception at the Ruffin Gallery as part of an exhibition honoring one of its professors. For Arts This Week, we spoke with Megan Marlatt.
Australian Artist To Head UVA’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
An artist, educator and writer specializing in Australian indigenous art will be the next director of the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, a search committee announced Thursday.
Arts This Week: Children’s Printmaking at Kluge-Ruhe
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is hosting a Children’s Printmaking Workshop on Saturday, January 18th from 11am to 1pm. For Arts This Week, we spoke to the workshop’s instructor, Josef Beery.
Holly Wright Ruminates on the Human Body in The Fralin’s Exhibition
With three series of black-and-white photographs depicting various aspects of the human form, “Holly Wright: Vanity” brings themes of corporeality, communication, and mortality into focus.
Early Visions at The Fralin facilitates creativity through artistic mentorship
From reflecting on various pieces in the Fralin’s collection to creating personal masterpieces of their own, both the mentors and the mentees in the program develop a greater sense of confidence in their artistic abilities.
The Fralin Thinks Inside the Box With its Little Museum of Art
Displayed in a sleek white box outside of The Fralin Museum of Art, The Little Museum of Art holds small-scale works of art by University students, faculty and members of the greater Charlottesville community.
’90s Vibes: The Film Photography Revival Comes to Grounds
Not unlike the students around him, Michael Duane, the 66-year-old father of a University of Virginia alumna, arrived on Grounds with a backpack, school supplies and a nose for adventure.