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Co-Directors Nomi Dave (left), Bonnie Gordon (center) and Anne Coughlin (right) will lead the Democracy Initiative's newest lab focused on exploring the role or art and narrative in the legal system and claims for justice. Image by Molly Angevine

New Democracy Initiative Lab Explores Creative Advocacy

As a collective of students, researchers, lawyers, artists and community partners, participants in the Sound Justice Lab will work across the boundaries of their individual disciplines and institutions to examine the impact narrative storytelling and audio-visual media can play in advocating for underrepresented individuals and communities and in shaping claims for justice for those whose stories and voices are often excluded from legal or institutional proceedings.

https://www.as.virginia.edu/news/new-democracy-initiative-lab-explores-creative-advocacy

Virginia Theatre Festival
Drama

Heritage Theatre Festival Returns With a New Name and Exciting Season!

Heritage Theatre Festival Returns With a New Name and Exciting Season Including Kate Hamill’s Adaptation of Little Women; No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone, a Powerful One-woman Show Highlighting the Life and Art of One of the 20th Century’s Most Influential Artists; And a Staged Reading

April 6, 2022
Lauren Schmidt
Music

Student Spotlight: Lauren Schmidt

When Lauren Schmidt, a double major in chemistry and music in the University of Virginia’s College of Arts & Sciences, is feeling a bit high strung, she tunes up and tunes in to her inner sense of calm. Since her first year at UVA, she has found release – and community – as a violinist with the Charlottesville Symphony, one of the few faculty-student-community member symphonies in the country.

https://news.virginia.edu/video/student-spotlight-lauren-schmidt

Meet the UVA Alum Author Behind the 2022 ‘Girl of the Year’
Creative Writing

Meet the UVA Alum Author Behind the 2022 ‘Girl of the Year’

Wendy Wan-Long Shang, an award-winning children’s book author and Double Hoo, has stories to tell about being of Asian descent. One of them is that of Corrine Tan, American Girl’s 2022 Girl of the Year.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/meet-uva-alum-author-behind-2022-girl-year

Telstra Bark Painting Award by Napuwarri Marawili

Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala

When the only museum in the U.S. dedicated to Indigenous Australian art launches a national touring exhibition of bark paintings in fall 2022, we can fully expect that the museum world will radically change. Traditional ways of thinking about and exhibiting works of Indigenous art will never be the same.

https://giving.virginia.edu/stories/madayin

WTJU 91.1 FM Since 1957
Music

WTJU 91.1 FM Celebrates 65 Years of Community Radio on April 1

On Friday, April 1, WTJU will celebrate its 65th birthday with a special three-hour broadcast from 6 - 9 p.m. The first hour features an audio documentary about WTJU, followed by a two-hour live broadcast showcasing four live performances.

March 14, 2022
2021 Festival Opening Night at The Paramount Theater | Photo by Ézé Amos
Film

2022 Virginia Film Festival Set for November 2-6

Today, the Virginia Film Festival announced that the 35th annual VAFF will take place from November 2-6, 2022. The Virginia Film Festival is a program of the University of Virginia and the Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts.

March 8, 2022