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Spencer Tinkham (American, b. 1992), ”Torah Pointer” (2021). Rabbit made from skateboard.
Visual Art

The Fralin Museum of Art Announces the First Major Gift of Judaica in the University of Virginia’s History

The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia will expand its holdings with a promised gift of more than 150 Torah pointers, or yads, from Clay H. Barr and the Barr Foundation. This marks the first major gift of Judaica in the University of Virginia’s history. Accompanying the bequest is The Clay H. Barr Endowment for Torah Pointers in Memory of Jay D. A. Barr that will enable The Fralin to preserve the collection and support related staff as well as educational programming and touring of the objects. Barr is making the contribution in honor of her late husband who earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia (UVA).

February 16, 2024
Women from above on grass in dance pose Image: Amina Ross
Visual Art

EscapeRoom

The University of Virginia (UVA) is a site of reckoning. The legacies of slavery and white supremacy reverberate throughout its built environment. EscapeRoom confronts frameworks of injustice that contemporary audiences inhabit and inherit in relation to this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

February 16, 2024
UVA Sawmilling Working on a Piece of Wood

A Future for Fallen Trees

The top of Observatory Hill has always been facilities management territory—a place where branches and brush, leaves, and other bio-rubble are hauled away to keep the Grounds looking their best. Some of these piles, now neatly stacked and categorized by UVA Sawmilling, are logs from trees that have fallen, or have been cut down during new building construction, on and around Grounds.

https://giving.virginia.edu/stories/a-future-for-fallen-trees

Gather Round 2024 Folk Marathon
Music

Why are more than two dozen local musicians visiting WTJU?

Come gather ‘round, people, wherever you roam: From February 5 – 11, WTJU’s 2024 Folk Marathon airs round-the-clock folk and roots specials from around the globe. We’re gathering our friends for a raft of musical deep dives.

January 29, 2024
An illustration of Edgar Allan Poe over a orange background that includes the writer's handwriting and signature.
Creative Writing

On Poe’s 215th Birthday, UVA Special Collections Preserves His Spirit

Once upon a midnight dreary, while Edgar Allan Poe pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore in his room on the Range, did he foresee his future standing in literature?

https://news.virginia.edu/content/poes-215th-birthday-uva-special-collections-preserves-his-spirit