In an interview with Madame Architect, Margaret talks about her sources of inspiration, including play and modern and contemporary art, as well as her aspirations to focus on service and mentoring throughout her graduate studies and in her future design career.
“N’Dakinna Landscapes Acknowledged,” a new exhibition at The Fralin Art Museum at the University of Virginia, offers visitors a chance to gain a different perspective of the peaceful vistas in the diminutive landscapes painted by members of the North Conway artists’ group led by Benjamin Champney at a moment on the cusp of a revolution to be brought by photography.
If you tuned into “Saturday Night Live” a few weeks ago, chances are you unwittingly spied a 2022 University of Virginia graduate who was worked into a skit with “The White Lotus” star and former NBC page Aubrey Plaza. In her opening monologue in January, Plaza reminisced about her time working at “SNL” and decided to give the audience an impromptu tour of the famous studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
A new song written by a Charlottesville singer-songwriter was inspired by a moment of profound silence. John Kelly said he watched from a rise above the University of Virginia’s South Lawn while thousands of students gathered to honor UVa football players and fellow students Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry, who were shot and killed Nov. 13 after returning from a field trip.
A new exhibit at the University of Virginia has offered artists who identify as current or former members of the “undocumented spectrum” a place to showcase their work, and soon the exhibit organizers will be offering a place for those artists to create as well.
At the core of the University and Charlottesville’s famously rich musical culture lies the student organization Indieheads — a home for local artists and all lovers of indie music.
The two-day Aesthetics of Undocumentedness symposium and exhibition highlights the kaleidoscope of ways individuals experience and are affected by undocumentedness.
The University of Virginia announced designer, urbanist and spatial justice advocate Liz Ogbu as one of two inaugural University Fellows this semester. The new program brings expert practitioners to Grounds to engage with the UVA community on today’s most challenging problems and inspiring opportunities.
UVA School of Architecture's Master of Urban Design candidate Vishal Jayan (MUD '23) was recognized at the 10th Annual Tamayouz Excellence Award Ceremony, hosted by the Oman Society of Engineers in Oman's capital city of Muscat earlier this month.
ARTS ON THE HILL: Beethoven Up Close with Members of the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia and Music Director Benjamin Rous • Tuesday, February 14 • 5-6pm (doors open at 4:30pm) • Carr’s Hill • FREE by Lottery
Something about WTJU appeals to the radio station’s DJs. Really appeals to them. Such that some have spent decades hosting weekly shows on the station, licensed to the University of Virginia and on the air since 1957. In October, the station’s longest-volunteering DJ hosted his last regular show. Dave Rogers, known through his WTJU show and across the regional music community as “Professor Bebop,” ended a run of nearly 50 years as leader of a jazz-centric weekly show.
