University of Virginia

Footage from the Ralph W. Fell Collection

UVA Library celebrates "Home Movie Day"

The University of Virginia Library celebrates "Home Movie Day" with a screening of Charlottesville home movies and other films from the Special Collections Library. The public is invited to drop off 16mm, 8mm, and Super-8 homemade films between 3-5pm for possible inclusion
Judy Watson, heron island suite #4, 2009/2010

UVA offers seminar with artists Judy Watson and Megan Marlatt

The University of Virginia presents "On Observation: Artists in the Natural Laboratory," a seminar led by Australian indigenous artist Judy Watson and UVA studio art prof Megan Marlatt. Watson, whose exhibit "heron island suite" is currently on view at the Kluge-Ruhe Aborig
Judy Watson, heron island suite #4, 2009/2010

Australian artist Judy Watson offers artist's talk at UVA

Australian indigenous artist Judy Watson, whose exhibition, "heron island suite," is currently on view at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, presents a slide lecture at the University of Virginia. Campbell Hall, Room 153. 244-0234.
Background image: Tom Burckhardt Brooks Hall photograph: University of Virginia Visual History Collection (RG-30/1/10.011). Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Artist Tom Burckhardt lectures at UVA

Visiting New York-based artist Tom Burkhardt, who is collaborating with UVA studio art students on an artistic interpretation of the Brooks Natural History Museum, which occupied Brooks Hall (you know, the building with the animal heads) from 1877 through the 1940s, offers
VQR editor Ted Genoways. "Kevin's mood could be dark for days, weeks at a time," he says.

The bully pulpit: Documentary explores VQR tragedy

Last summer, the tragic suicide of Virginia Quarterly Review managing editor Kevin Morrissey, who made a 911 call reporting his own shooting down by the Coal Tower on former UVA president John Casteen's last official day in office, made national headlines, including a segme
The Corner Market had been a fixture in the Chancellor Building on The Corner since 1981.

After three decades, Corner Market folds

Say it ain't so! After thirty years, a Corner landmark has quietly vanished: the Corner Market at 1411 University Avenue. The phone has been disconnected, the contents have been emptied, and we've been unable to locate long-time owner Chaney Kent. "Another chapter in the hi

Architecture Week tour of UVA's Milton Airport Hangar

As part of Architecture Week, tour the University of Virginia's Milton Airport Hangar, which now serves as the UVA School of Architecture's ecoMOD building shop. To participate, rsvp at http://aiacv-archweek.org. 249-8573.

UVA Art Museum presents expanded "Flowers Interpret Art"

The University of Virginia Art Museum has expanded its popular "Flowers Interpret Art" annual exhibition, which features floral arrangements inspired by works of art,  to include a jewelry show and benefit sale by artists selected by Angelo. On May 5, the Museum's Volu
Anthony Malkin

UVA Architecture School hosts "Keeping Memory Green" symposium

The University of Virginia School of Architecture hosts a symposium entitled, "Keeping Memory Green: Preservation, Sustainability, and the Built Environment." The gathering kicks off on April 8, 5:30-7pm, with a keynote address by Anthony Malkin, who will discuss "Iconic St

UVA hosts symposium examining Greco-Roman perspectives on gender

The University of Virginia hosts a one-day seminar, "Ancient Cultures, New Perspectives: Gendered Approaches to the Greek and Roman Worlds." Specialists in ancient epigraphy, archaeology, art, and Greek and Roman literature discuss new research and theories about gender in
Syndicate content