Annual UVA Arts Welcome Picnic

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UVA Arts Welcome Picnic
Sunday, September 7, 2025 • 6:00-8:00pm
Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds
Open to all UVA Faculty, Staff & Students

We can't wait to WELCOME YOU!!

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UVA Arts invites all UVA faculty, staff, & students to the Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds for a FREE picnic from 6:00 to 8:00pm with performances, information tables, and food and drinks!! Come learn about curricular, extra-curricular, programmatic, and volunteer opportunities from the Visual & Performing Arts & Architecture departments, programs, and community.

Performances all evening! Stay Tuned for the FULL Line-up!!

Department Happenings (subject to changes & more to come):

Photo Booth all evening! Come take some awesome photos and leave with a copy…
The first 400 people to sign up for the UVA Arts Newsletter at the UVA Arts table will get a FREE T-Shirt!! Plus Totes, Stickers, Buttons & More!!
Arts Libraries: SWAG & Mobile Zine-Making Station
Creative Writing Table: Leave with your very own personal Horoscope Haiku created on-site! Learn about the New Creative Writing Minor!
Miller Arts Scholars: Swing by for Stickers, Postcards, Candy, Buttons, and a limited number of LED Glow Glasses!
WTJU & WXTJ: Dig through free CDs and vinyl records! Spin the wheel for all kinds of prizes: posters, t-shirts, tote bags, stickers, temporary tattoos, zines/books, branded soaps, and maybe even a mini radio!!
Virginia Film Festival & Virginia Theatre Festival: Sunglasses, Stickers, Pens & T-Shirts!!
Play a LAWN JENGA with the School of Architecture!
The Fralin and Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection will have LOTS OF GOODIES for the taking!
Pick up SWAG from Dance & Drama, Music, Art, Arts Administration, the Arts Libraries, the Career Center, UVA Acts + many others!
UVA Acts: Sunglasses, Pens, Frisbees, Lip Balms & Student Actor Interest Sign-up!!
Student Health & Wellness: Come make and decorate small cards with a strength or intention & add to a Community Doodle!

Picnic from Harvest Moon: Grilled Hamburgers, Veggie Burgers, and Hot Dogs; Smoked Pulled Pork BBQ; Southern Style Cole Slaw; Herbed Potato Salad, Grain Mustard Vinaigrette, Cornichons and Pickled Red Onion; Watermelon Slices; Assorted Cookies and Brownies + FREE KONA ICE!!!

Participating Departments & Programs: Architectural History, Architecture, Art History, Arts Libraries, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, The Fralin Museum of Art, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, Landscape Architecture, Miller Arts Scholars, Music, Public Service Pathways, Student Council: Arts, Student Health & Wellness, Studio Art, University Career Center, Urban & Environmental Planning, UVA Acts, UVA Arts, UVA Arts Box Office, Virginia Film Festival, Virginia Theatre Festival, WTJU 91.1FM, & WXTJ Radio

Please note: The Culbreth Parking Garage will be open & FREE, but Culbreth Road will be closed for the event, access will be available from University Avenue (not Rugby Ave).

Rain Location: Drama Building: Food in the Lobby; Tabling will be in Helms Theater

Graciously sponsored in part by the UVA Arts Council. THANK YOU!!

Performances all evening! Stay Tuned for the FULL Line-up!!

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