Makaela Johansen: The artist behind Three Notch’d’s latest beer labels
Between various graphic design projects and a mural at Crozet Pizza, the recent University graduate is making her mark on Charlottesville.
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Inside Their World: New Exhibit Connects Harlem Renaissance to Today
“Their World As Big As They Made It,” an exhibition at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, opens to the public on Wednesday. It examines the works in the period of Black artistic and intellectual activity centered in a New York neighborhood. The Harlem Renaissance began in the early 1900s as racist violence and diminishing economic opportunity pushed Black Southerners to head north in a movement known as the Great Migration.
This A-School Mural Gets a Boost From the Power of Pink
A new mural has gone up in the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, thanks to the work of professor Sanda Iliescu and three architecture students. The mural stands out in the school’s Campbell Hall home, where neutral tones abound, and that’s the point.
UVA Has an Outsized Presence at Famed Sotheby’s Auction House
When Frankie Mananzan landed a job at the esteemed Sotheby’s auction house after graduating from the University of Virginia in 2021, you might forgive her for feeling a little daunted. After all, the company is known for auctioning unique items and national treasures, with prices often reaching six or seven figures. But the nervousness abated when she ran into another Wahoo working there. And another. And another. And another.
Why Did the Rotunda’s Marble Shatter? UVA Series Explores Grounds’ Quirky History
Welcome to UVA Obscura, an unconventional historical examination of UVA’s quirks and oddities. It’s a product of UVA Communication’s Digital Strategy team, a group that steers the University’s social media channels, creates art and illustrations for UVA Today and performs other duties as needed.
Say Farewell to the ‘Kings’: Cold War Relics To Leave Grounds
After more than nine years on Grounds of the University of Virginia, four panels of the Berlin Wall are set to come down in the coming weeks. The rare pieces of Cold War history, called “Kings of Freedom,” made clear the stark division between communist East Germany and democratic West Germany during the 45 years of Berlin’s partition.
Art Is All Over Grounds, if You Know Where To Look
If you’re looking for art at the University of Virginia, you probably already know about The Fralin Museum of Art, the exhibit spaces at the Rotunda, the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library and the Ruffin Art Gallery. But beyond museums and official exhibits, there’s far more art to explore across Grounds – if you know where to look.
UVA Art Professor Joins a Big Debate Over a Tiny Detail
A historian thinks he’s solved one of the Mona Lisa’s mysteries. University of Virginia art history professor Francesca Fiorani completely disagrees.
Queer Behavior: Scott Burton and Performance Art by David Getsy Wins the 2023 Robert Motherwell Book Award
David J. Getsy (Eleanor Shea Professor of Art History, Department of Art) received the 2023 Robert Motherwell Book Award for outstanding publication in the history and criticism of modernism in the arts, given by the Dedalus Foundation, for his book 'Queer Behavior: Scott Burton and Performance Art.' The award carries a $10,000 prize for its author.
Flying the Flag Darkly: Staff and Students Use Art To Ask Gun Violence Questions
The melancholy painting “Dark Flag,” rendered in tones of black and dark gray, is a richly textured American flag and a meditation on the tragedy of gun violence in America.
How a UVA Instagram Post Helped Launch a Painting Career for Alum Clare Spooner
In June of 2018, Clare Spooner was settled into her work as an interior designer in New York City. Though she loved to paint, the University of Virginia alumna had no expectation at that point that art could become her career.
Eye-Catching REDress Project Memorializes Indigenous Women
The REDress Project, launched in 2010 by the mixed-ancestry Métis artist Jamie Black, honors Indigenous victims in the United States and Canada.