Faculty Members Earn Guggenheim Fellowships to Support Music, Filmmaking
A journalist and filmmaker-turned-assistant professor and an award-winning flutist and bandleader who teaches music have earned Guggenheim Fellowships to pursue their arts.
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Barbara Brown Wilson Receives Casteen Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
UVA School of Architecture Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning Barbara Brown Wilson was recently awarded the John T. Casteen III Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award by the university.
Fragile Beauty: A Visual Essay - The Making of a Large-Scale Painting About the Climate Crisis
Dillon McDowell, a fourth-year undergraduate double majoring in architecture and global sustainability, wanted to create an artwork that addressed the dire environmental crisis our planet faces, but one that did so in a hopeful, not a despairing way.
Arts on the Hill: Battle of the Bands with featuring Luke Richard Powers, Logistical Nightmare, & Davy HBF
Arts on the Hill: Battle of the Bands with featuring Luke Richard Powers, Logistical Nightmare, & Davy HBF Tuesday, April 11 • 5-6pm (doors open at 4:30pm) • Carr’s Hill Front Porch • FREE by Lottery
Virginia Film Festival to Welcome Activist, Filmmaker, and Musician Boots Riley for Advance Screening of New Amazon Series 'I’m a Virgo'
The Virginia Film Festival announced that it will welcome visionary filmmaker and musician Boots Riley for an advance screening of four episodes of his upcoming series I’m a Virgo, followed by a moderated conversation and Q&A on Tuesday, April 25 at 7:00 PM at Violet Crown Charlottesville.
UVA Department of Music to Present Free Rotunda Dome Room Chamber Music Concert Featuring UVA Faculty and Faculty from the University of Pécs in Hungary
The UVA Department of Music will present a free chamber music concert in the Rotunda Dome that will feature UVA faculty along with faculty from the University of Pécs in Hungary. The concert, which is part of an ongoing artistic and cultural collaboration between the two universities, will take place on Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 PM.
Local Fiber Artists Fight Against Fast Fashion by Using Sustainable Materials
Between classes, third-year College student Faith Goalder finds herself knitting in the halls of the University’s academic buildings. Knitting needles in hand, Goalder is one of the many young fiber artists working with fabric, yarn or thread as a material to advocate for sustainable fashion.
Prints, Plaits, and Poetry: “Women Making Books” Portrays Personal Narratives by Women Writers Through a Variety of Media
Two glass cases of women’s scrapbooks, zines and mementos line the walls of the First Floor Gallery in the University’s Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. The exhibition, “Women Making Books,” showcases stories ranging from the 18th century to the 21st century that assert bookmaking as a source of female agency in the historically male-dominated world of literature.
UPC Invites a Female Artist to Perform at Springfest for the First Time in 10 Years
Rapper Baby Tate will be the first female artist to perform at the University Programs Council’s Springfest in more than ten years, joining rapper NLE Choppa. UPC also hinted that a third artist will be announced in the future, writing “⅔” in the caption of the announcement post.
V Magazine Showcases Student Artistry and Expression
At a school overflowing with student talent and imagination, one student-run organization offers a space for creators, writers and designers alike to connect and share their passion — V Magazine.
Michael McNulty’s Distinguished Major Recital Ends with a Standing Ovation
Rhythmic jazz and melodious rock filled Old Cabell Hall at the Distinguished Major recital of fourth-year College student Michael McNulty. The evening’s performance was a culmination of years worth of composing and arranging, taking the audience on a journey through McNulty’s time as a musician at the University.
CD Review: John D’earth – “Coin of the Realm”
Trumpeter John D’earth’s new CD, “Coin of the Realm" (Cosmology Records), assembles some of the best musicians from the RVA-Charlottesville axis for a recording that echoes and updates the approach on classic 1960s Blue Note sessions.