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Joseph Cornell (American, 1903 - 1972) 'Untitled (Soap Bubble Set, Latitude and Longitude Box)', ca. 1960 Box construction 10 x 15 ½ x 4 ¼ in. Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2002.15.4 Courtesy of The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia © 2022 The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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The Fralin Museum of Art Commemorates the Work of Leading American Artist Joseph Cornell

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the passing of Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), one of America’s most important and enigmatic artists, The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia has organized an exhibition of his work. Joseph Cornell: Enclosing Infinity, on view June 26, 2022-Feb. 12, 2023, is curated by Matthew McLendon, the Museum’s J. Sanford Miller Family director. The intimate, focused exhibition will feature six boxes from The Fralin’s collection, inviting visitors to enter Cornell’s world of fantasy.

July 6, 2022
Pink Moon on a black background
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Pink, A Student-artist Exhibition at the Ruffin Gallery

Emerging from a series of weekly thesis presentations by fifteen artists from the Studio Art program, the exhibition considers the color pink unbounded by the sticky connotations and associations of constructed contexts. Beyond its power to signify such disparate notions as queens and communists, innocence and excess, fleshiness and futurism, does pink have a material presence of its own? If so, what might a liberated pink make possible?

July 6, 2022
Kate Tucker and her artwork
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Freedom of the Press | Printmaker Kate Tucker Celebrates Native Species and Folklore in Rural North Louisiana

July 1, 2022 | by Jeffrey Roedel, Photos by Romero & Romero. With one bare foot steering the large silver press wheel, and two hands secure around the climbing boy’s bottom, his rainboots dangling over her ash-colored shop apron, this tangle of limbs and kinetic energy somehow stands in perfect poise, producing striking prints even so. With fresh ink sinking into paper, and cotton and linen, and then resting there to stir up stories of quiet afternoons, or wild encounters, or even legends.

https://www.louisianalife.com/freedom-of-the-press/

A rug with varied patterns in red, black, and white

The Roanoke Times: Fralin Museum Project Will Enrich our Understanding of Virginia's History

A $250,000 grant given to the Fralin Museum by the Henry Luce Foundation will help those of who live in the Roanoke Valley a better understanding of our pre-colonial history.

https://roanoke.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-fralin-museum-project-will-enrich-our-understanding-of-virginias-history/article_2f9a8a34-e8cd-11ec-ab2c-2bf9a3be70d8.html?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=6.23.22&utm_content=version_A

Selected pages from Studies of Ancient Masters (Gakko-jō) Kano Tsunenobu Japan, ca. 1695 Ink and color on silk and paper Anonymous Gift, 1975.11 Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia
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The Fralin Museum of Art’s Upcoming Exhibition Chronicles the Spread of Buddhism Across Asia

As different traditions of Buddhism spread across Asia in tandem with evolving political dynamics from the 17th through the 19th centuries, art of Buddhist luminaries played a pivotal role. In Earthly Exemplars: The Art of Buddhist Disciples and Teachers in Asia, The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia will exhibit works that facilitated the faith’s constant transmission across the continent from one teacher to the next, creating local versions of sacred history.

June 14, 2022
Dancers in Red

Under Story presents Social Dance

Under Story & The Fralin, are sharing an upcoming immersive performance, Social Dance on May 27. They look forward to bringing this unique experience to the Charlottesville community.

May 12, 2022
Images of students and their later careers

The Art of Success: for Many College Alumni, Arts Degrees Have Paved the Path to Success in a Wide Range of Careers

Many of UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences alumni with degrees in studio arts, drama or music go on to successful careers in arts and entertainment, in the world’s great museums or educating the next generation of creative minds. However, the number of arts majors who become leaders in business, law, technology and other areas suggests that the skills they learned in the studio and on the stage are helping them thrive in a wide range of pursuits.

https://give.as.virginia.edu/news/story/art-success

Co-Directors Nomi Dave (left), Bonnie Gordon (center) and Anne Coughlin (right) will lead the Democracy Initiative's newest lab focused on exploring the role or art and narrative in the legal system and claims for justice. Image by Molly Angevine

New Democracy Initiative Lab Explores Creative Advocacy

As a collective of students, researchers, lawyers, artists and community partners, participants in the Sound Justice Lab will work across the boundaries of their individual disciplines and institutions to examine the impact narrative storytelling and audio-visual media can play in advocating for underrepresented individuals and communities and in shaping claims for justice for those whose stories and voices are often excluded from legal or institutional proceedings.

https://www.as.virginia.edu/news/new-democracy-initiative-lab-explores-creative-advocacy

Telstra Bark Painting Award by Napuwarri Marawili

Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

When the only museum in the U.S. dedicated to Indigenous Australian art launches a national touring exhibition of bark paintings in fall 2022, we can fully expect that the museum world will radically change. Traditional ways of thinking about and exhibiting works of Indigenous art will never be the same.

https://giving.virginia.edu/stories/madayin

People on the Charlottesville Civil Rights Tour

Memory Project Resuming Civil Rights Bus Tour

The Memory Project of the University of Virginia’s Democracy Initiative and its co-sponsor, the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, are pleased to announce the Charlottesville Civil Rights Bus Tour. Scheduled for June 19-26, 2022, the tour will traverse the American South to visit former plantations, Civil Rights historical sites, museums and memorials to inspire honest, inclusive narratives about the ongoing struggles for racial justice.

https://insiderexpeditions.com/charlottesville-civil-rights-tour/

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We Hope This Art Finds You Well

WTJU 91.1 FM, The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, and UVA Music announce a new exhibition and community arts time capsule, We Hope This Art Finds You Well. Check it out now!!

https://www.artfindsyouwell.org/