The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia announces the establishment of The Ruth C. Cross Endowment for Acquisitions and Collections Care. The $1 million endowment is created by the late museum donors’ family. The Fralin Museum of Art’s longstanding patron, volunteer, and friend, Ruth Cunningham Cross passed away in 2021.
The “Music Box on Main Street” is a grand installation of artwork now being fastened to the Dewberry building at 200 East Main on the Cville Downtown Mall, featuring the paintings of acclaimed guest artist Eric Waugh.
The University of Virginia this month launched an effort to highlight events and people who have broken barriers, sparked change, and shaped UVA into the university it is today. The initiative, which includes installation of portraits and markers commemorating important people, moments, and places, began with the unveiling of a portrait of former Rector George Keith Martin and the installation of a historical marker commemorating the “Coat and Tie Rebellion.”
The Virginia Center for the Book at Virginia Humanities is pleased to announce the 2022 Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence: Puerto Rican poet, book artist, and small-press publisher Nicole Delgado.
Check out the current and upcoming exhibitions at The Fralin Museum of Art through July 2022.
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.
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.
With assistance from Special Collections Library curators, we present sweet greetings from eras past.
New Gift of Castillo-Brown Collection Expands Kluge-Ruhe!
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!
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.
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.
