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The Paramount Theater with Virginia Film Festival on the Marquee with beautiful lights
Film

2025 Virginia Film Festival Set for October 22-26

The Virginia Film Festival announced today that the 38th annual VAFF will take place from October 22-26, 2025. The Virginia Film Festival is a program of the University of Virginia and the Office of the Provost and Vice Provost for the Arts. “We are excited to return this year from October 22-26 following an extraordinary 2024 VAFF in which films presented during the Festival and in our year-round program received 34 Academy Award nominations across 17 categories – including Best Picture nominees Anora, Emilia Pérez, and I’m Still Here,” said VAFF Executive Director Jody Kielbasa.

https://virginiafilmfestival.org/2025-virginia-film-festival-set-for-october-22-26/

Kirsten Hemrich_Draft_2023_Oil on canvas_16 x 20 inches.jpg Artist name: Kirsten Hemrich Artwork title: “Draft” Year created: 2023 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 16 x 20 inches
Visual Art

Kirsten Hemrich's 'Signs of Life' at Second Street Gallery

Second Street Gallery is pleased to present 'Signs of Life', a solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by New York-based artist Kirsten Hemrich, in the Dové Gallery from February 7 - March 21, 2025. Hemrich’s work is inspired by the poetry and humor of all things. She draws the world around her every day. Abstraction, spirituality, and joy inform her attempts to shape the things we can't quite name.

https://www.secondstreetgallery.org/kirsten-hemrich

Cassie Guy_Clementine_2024_Mixed media on wood panel_16 x 20 inches.jpg Artist name: Cassie Guy Artwork title: Clementine Year created: 2024 Medium: Mixed media on wood panel Dimensions: 16 x 20 inches
Visual Art

Cassie Guy: 'Liminal' at Second Street Gallery

Second Street Gallery is pleased to present 'Liminal', a solo exhibition of new work by Charlottesville, Virginia-based artist Cassie Guy, in the Main Gallery from February 7 - March 21, 2025. 'Liminal' explores transitional spaces and challenges the boundary between reality and imagination through conceptual abstraction and reinterpretation of ordinary subjects. The exhibition signifies the artist's personal journey within these thresholds of reality and encourages visitors to engage with uncertainty and the coexistence of various perspectives.

https://www.secondstreetgallery.org/cassie-guy-liminal

A.D. Carson photo by Jeremie Bailey
Music

A.D. Carson Drops Groundbreaking Composition with Open Access Publisher

Clemson University was proud of its doctoral student. It was 2017, and the university announced the achievement with fanfare: A.D. Carson had produced an original piece of music as his dissertation and successfully defended it to receive a Ph.D. Carson went on to receive tenure in the University of Virginia’s music department. At UVA, he’s continued to compose original music, do research, and teach students to write music.

https://c-ville.com/a-d-carson-drops-groundbreaking-composition-with-open-access-publisher/

The Bard on the Hill: Arts on the Hill with Shakespeare on the Lawn (SotL)
Drama

THE BARD on THE HILL: Arts on the Hill with Shakespeare on the Lawn (SotL)

Arts on the Hill will be held at Carr's Hill, home of President and Mrs. Ryan, on Monday, February 24 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm (doors will open at 5:00 pm). All UVA faculty, staff, and students are eligible to enter the lottery. The deadline to enter the lottery is 11:59 pm on Thursday, February 20. Winners will be notified by no later than 5:00 pm on Saturday, February 22.

February 3, 2025
Five performers dressed in black act in a classroom in front of an audience.
Drama

Comedy Holy Trinity” Delivers a Divinely Hilarious Start to the Semester

The Incident, Amuse Bouche and The Whethermen — a triumvirate of prominent comedy groups on Grounds — joined forces Friday night for their debut performances of the semester.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/01/comedy-holy-trinity-delivers-a-divinely-hilarious-start-to-the-semester?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

A projector screen hangs in a room with blue walls and reads "MILPA" with a stop-motion border.

Milpa Exhibit Brings Aboriginal Australian Artwork to Life

Beginning this past December and continuing until June 1, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is hosting Milpa — a stop-motion animation exhibit named after the Anangu people’s traditional practice of sand drawing, an artistic and storytelling medium in Australian Indigenous art.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/01/milpa-exhibit-brings-aboriginal-australian-artwork-to-life?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

The members of The Mighty smile and pose for a group photo in a gym.
Dance

The Mighty Breaks Down Barriers in Discovering Dance

Founded in 2012, The Mighty is a student-run and mainly student-taught dance organization that provides beginner-friendly dance workshops for students interested in experimenting with the art form.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/01/the-mighty-breaks-down-barriers-in-discovering-dance?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

Ruffin Gallery at the University of Virginia is pleased to announce A Continuous Storyline: Four Decades of UVA Painters, curated by Professor of Art Megan Marlatt and featuring the work of eight of Marlatt’s former UVA students from across a thirty-five year career at UVA.
Visual Art

Arts This Week: A Continuous Storyline – Ruffin Gallery

Ben Larsen: The University of Virginia art department is hosting an opening reception at the Ruffin Gallery as part of an exhibition honoring one of its professors. For Arts This Week, we spoke with Megan Marlatt.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-a-continuous-storyline-ruffin-gallery/

A photo of Nici Cumpston, smiling at the camera, next to a photo of the outside of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, a white building that resembles a house.
Visual Art

Australian Artist To Head UVA’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection

An artist, educator and writer specializing in Australian indigenous art will be the next director of the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, a search committee announced Thursday.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/australian-artist-head-uvas-kluge-ruhe-aboriginal-art-collection

A classroom in which students sit at tables arranged in a circle.
Creative Writing

Do You Prefer AI Poems or Poets?

A study in the journal Scientific Reports suggests readers like AI-generated poems more than those written by poets like Sylvia Plath and T.S. Eliot.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/do-you-prefer-ai-poems-or-poets

Two people using printmaking equipment.
Visual Art

Arts This Week: Children’s Printmaking at Kluge-Ruhe

The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is hosting a Children’s Printmaking Workshop on Saturday, January 18th from 11am to 1pm. For Arts This Week, we spoke to the workshop’s instructor, Josef Beery.

https://www.wtju.net/arts-this-week-childrens-printmaking-at-kluge-ruhe/