Technical Director of Drama Steve Warner, along with architecture instructor and fabrication lab director Melissa Goldman and studio art technician Eric Schmidt started the Art of the Moving Creature course in 2012, a two-semester sequence that culminated in the first Festival.
Swallow and Seol returned to Grounds at the end of April for an artist residency that included visits to multiple UVA Drama classes, workshops with students, and a public question-and-answer session with Virginia Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Wales, who was a classmate of theirs in the UVA Drama Department.
The concert’s ensemble consisted of 22 dancers and six choreographers, each with varying levels of involvement in the University and its dance program.
Georgia Hunter’s journey to becoming a New York Times bestselling author and co-producer of the Hulu series based on her book, “We Were the Lucky Ones,” began with an English paper assignment when she was 15.
Founded in 2003, the band has played weddings, school events, student functions, opened for a couple of pro bands and even gigged a venue or two.
The Virginia Film Festival continues its 2024 VAFF at Violet Crown Series this spring with free screenings of a pair of highly-anticipated films from popular distributor A24 (Everything Everywhere All at Once; Moonlight). The 2024 VAFF at Violet Crown Series is presented by Ting Internet.
To bring its 56th season to a close, the Oratorio Society of Virginia has revived a 2020 program that had to be canceled when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. This time, the music is all by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the occasion is the 200th anniversary of one of the works.
Francesca Fiorani (Art History) appeared on Melbourne, Australia's Triple R Independent Radio's "The Party Show" to discuss the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at THE LUME Melbourne: The Party Show — 5 May 2024
John D'earth (Music) is being recognized by the Jazz Journalists Association as a "2024 Jazz Hero" in a national program that celebrates a select group of "advocates who have had significant impact in their local communities." D'earth appeared on WTJU's "Jazz at 100 Now!" for an April 23 program dedicated to his extensive catalog of music recorded over the last 50 years : 2024 Jazz Hero John D'earth
A.D. Carson was recently featured in an American Council of Learned Societies interview as one of two finalists in the Multimodal Category for the ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award for his 2020 mixtap/e/ssay, i used to love to dream (University of Michigan Press): ACLS Open Access Book Prize Finalist Interviews: A.D. Carson and Francesca Coppa
"Reef Generations" by Matthew Burtner is a data artwork about oyster reef restoration on the Virginia eastern shore. Using data collected by University of Virginia environmental scientists working at the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR), the piece synthesizes an audio-visual computer-generated environment that explores the marvelous underwater generation of oyster reefs and their function as a living seawall attenuating wave motion and storm surge from rising sea levels.
The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced casting for its upcoming production of the beloved cult-classic musical Little Shop of Horrors. Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Jeffrey Meanza, will run from July 11-21 in Culbreth Theatre.
