Current and Upcoming Exhibitions at The Fralin Museum of Art Through July 2022
Check out the current and upcoming exhibitions at The Fralin Museum of Art through July 2022.
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Connaughton Gallery Features First McIntire Graduate and Highlights Local Artist
This season, the McIntire Art Committee chose to display artwork by Nick Alexander, art therapist and children’s counselor, as well as Susie Juárez Rodriguez, Class of 2021 McIntire alumna, in the Connaughton Gallery, located on the third floor of Robertson Hall.
James Lam Scheuren, I will never get tired and you will never get tired of me.
The exhibition 'I will never get tired and you will never get tired of me.' features new photographs and films by James Lam Scheuren including a collaborative series of silver prints with composer and intermedia artist Alex Christie.
Celebrate the Day With Vintage Valentines From UVA Special Collections
With assistance from Special Collections Library curators, we present sweet greetings from eras past.
New Gift of Castillo-Brown Collection Expands Kluge-Ruhe
New Gift of Castillo-Brown Collection Expands Kluge-Ruhe!
Semester in Preview: Local Arts Events To Look Forward To
The Charlottesville creative community is back in business, with concerts, art exhibitions, and events galore to keep students and community members entertained throughout the coming months!
Backed by Mellon Grant, UVA’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection to Enhance Indigenous Collaboration
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Art Museum Futures Fund recently awarded a $200,000 grant to the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection to expand the promotion of Indigenous Australian art and culture, as well as enhance the leadership of Indigenous people within the museum.
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection Launches Book and Virtual Exhibition
A new book and website tell the story of a small group of Aboriginal artists from Australia who changed the face of global art history – and the resources were produced by the only museum dedicated to Aboriginal Australian art in the United States, the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.
A Bright Spot: Look Back at the Spring 2021 Semester’s Pop-Up Shows
Earlier this year, with indoor gatherings severely restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Virginia community flocked to outdoor spaces. One local artist gave them something spectacular to look at.
‘We Hope This Art Finds You Well’ Offers Refreshing Perspective on Hard Times
Everything about the COVID-19 pandemic is tiring — hearing about it, talking about it, and living through it is exhausting. Why spend any time looking for anything of value to hang onto here and there when you’d rather just forget about it altogether? Presented by WTJU, "We Hope This Art Finds You Well" does the effort for you in a two-part exhibition that forms a beautiful as well as educational experience showcasing the perseverance of local artists over the pandemic.
Nursing Student Davon Okoro Doubles as Fashion Designer
When University of Virginia School of Nursing student Davon Okoro recalls his first foray into fashion, he smells bleach. As a 16-year-old, he’d cut T-shirts in half and stitch the mismatches together at a vertical seam, experiment making distress marks and holes, and test the effects of applying bleach with a paintbrush or spray bottle to further alter his fabric canvasses.
Arts Education in a Post-Pandemic World
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, University of Virginia faculty scrambled to find ways to deliver a traditional college education online. But as faculty in UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences worked to educate their students despite the obstacles presented by COVID-19, they found themselves creating the foundation for changes to the practice of art education – changes that may make it just a little better than it was before.