Raised/Razed, a Maupintown Media Production
Lorenzo Dickerson and Jordy Yager proudly present Raised/Razed, a documentary film about the life and destruction of Vinegar Hill, one of the oldest African American neighborhoods in Charlottesville, Va.
https://theconversation.com/hip-hop-can-document-life-in-america-more-reliably-than-history-books-249532
https://hyperallergic.com/994202/virginia-museum-receives-transformative-gift-of-haitian-art/
https://drama.virginia.edu/uva-drama-present-spring-dance-concert
https://news.virginia.edu/content/breaking-algorithms-rhythm-these-students-give-music-human-touch
Lorenzo Dickerson and Jordy Yager proudly present Raised/Razed, a documentary film about the life and destruction of Vinegar Hill, one of the oldest African American neighborhoods in Charlottesville, Va.
The University of Virginia Chamber Singers joined ensembles from five other universities and conductor Murry Sidlin for a special performance of the Verdi Requiem, as part of the Defiant Requiem project.
Live Arts Theater’s 2021/22 reIGNITE Season closes with Dario Fo’s hilarious political farce ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST in a translation by Jon Laskin and Michael Aquilante, directed by Live Arts Artistic Director Susan E. Evans.
Virginia Film Festival Announces 2022 Call for Entries | Early Bird Deadline For Filmmakers Set for June 6; Regular Deadline June 22
Thanks to a chance connection on Twitter, Paola Sánchez Valdez, a 2018 alumna of the University of Virginia, now lives in Houston and works alongside research professor and well-known emotions expert Brené Brown.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/qa-she-works-brene-brown-heres-what-shes-learned-about-human-connection
Virginia Film Festival announces the appointment of Ilya Tovbis as Senior Programmer. Tovbis comes to VAFF after a decade as Artistic and Managing Director of JxJ: the Washington Jewish Film and Music Festival; acclaimed industry veteran’s experience also includes Mill Valley Film Festival, The picture House, and more.
Poet Rita Dove and the location known as “the Black Bus Stop” are the latest subjects of the University of Virginia’s recent initiative to commemorate important people, places and events that have helped shape UVA over the past approximately 50 years.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-adds-dove-portrait-and-bus-stop-marker-honor-recent-history
UVA Drama to Present Mary Elizabeth Hamilton’s '16 Winters, or the Bear’s Tale'. High-spirited Play with Music Imagines the 16 Years Between Acts of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale and Offers Springboard for Timely Issues Like Long-Term Isolation.
FIRST-EVER Arts on the Hill: Battle of the Bands | April 14, 2022
Drama Auditions: April 20-24 for Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen, directed by Marianne Kubik - opens October 20 in the Ruth Caplin Theatre.
Spend a day in the life of A.D. Carson, assistant professor of hip-hop and the Global South.
https://news.virginia.edu/content/day-grounds-ad-carson-professor-hip-hop
Many of UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences alumni with degrees in studio arts, drama or music go on to successful careers in arts and entertainment, in the world’s great museums or educating the next generation of creative minds. However, the number of arts majors who become leaders in business, law, technology and other areas suggests that the skills they learned in the studio and on the stage are helping them thrive in a wide range of pursuits.
https://give.as.virginia.edu/news/story/art-success