Annual UVA Arts Welcome Picnic

SAVE-THE-DATE

UVA Arts Welcome Picnic
Sunday, September 8, 2024 • 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.

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

• CREATURES Celeste & Kiki!! 
• Ektaal A Capella
• HooGrass
• AKAdeMiX Dance Crew
• FLUX Poetry & Spoken Word
• UVA Marching Band Small Group
• WTJU/WXTJ DJs

Department Happenings (subject to changes):  

• 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!! 
• WTJU: Dig through free CDs and vinyl records! Spin the wheel for all kinds of prizes: posters, t-shirts/sweatshirts, stickers, temporary tattoos, zines/books, branded soaps, and maybe even a mini radio!! 
• Creative Writing Table: Leave with your very own personal Horoscope Haiku created on-site! 
• 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!! 

Graciously sponsored in part by the UVA Arts Council. 

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 + KONA ICE!!! 

Participating Departments & Programs:  Architectural History, Architecture, Art History, Arts Administration, 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, 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

THANK YOU!!

Ektaal A Capella: Founded in 1999, Ektaal is the University of Virginia's premier competitive South Asian-American Fusion A Cappella group. They perform a variety of songs that fuse together elements of South Asian and Western Pop tunes, bringing a fresh and unique voice to the A Cappella scene.

Founded in Spring 2010, AKAdeMiX Dance Crew is a dance crew at the University of Virginia highlighting diversity in talent and styles.

The Cavalier Marching Band, affectionately known as the CMB, is the premier marching ensemble at the University of Virginia. They truly consider each other family, and for many members of the Cavalier Marching Band, the best friends they make in their entire college career, they met on the first day of their first band camp. It is extremely common for band members to live together, to take classes together and to even join other extra-curricular activities together.

WTJU 91.1 FM enriches the culture of Virginia and extends the educational mission of UVA by bringing together diverse individuals and communities through exceptional music and conversation. WXTJ 100.1 FM is UVA’s freeform student radio. Students do it all, from hosting radio shows to organizing live music events to connecting with UVA’s music community. WXTJ started as a webstream in late 2013. Since April 13, 2016, it has been pushing out 23 watts of pure freeform power from its transmitter on Observatory Hill.