The Dance Program is pleased to present the work of two guest choreographers this semester: Cara Hagan and Ruth Olga Sherman. The Spring Dance Concert is on April 20, 21, and 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the Ruth Caplin Theatre. The spring concert will feature both live and screendance works by students, faculty, and guest artists for an evening of dance that explores multiple perspectives and themes through the practice of performance.
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.
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.
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 Tuesday, April 11 • 5-6pm (doors open at 4:30pm) • Carr’s Hill Front Porch • FREE by Lottery
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
