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The Art of Success: for Many College Alumni, Arts Degrees Have Paved the Path to Success in a Wide Range of Careers

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

Ian Baucom

Transformational Leadership

After eight transformational years in the College, the esteemed A&S Dean moves on to a larger role at UVA as Provost.

https://give.as.virginia.edu/news/story/transformational-leadership

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