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Installing "Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala" at The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
Visual Art

'Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala' marks historic presentation of contemporary Aboriginal art in the United States

The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire makes history this fall when it debuts 'Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala', the first major exhibition of Aboriginal Australian bark paintings to tour the United States. On view from Sept. 3 through Dec. 4, 2022, Madayin presents an unbroken tradition representing a unique contribution to global contemporary art emanating from a remote corner of Australia from the perspective of those who shaped it.

September 7, 2022
Charlottesville Symphony Hear Together
Music

Charlottesville Symphony Announces 2022-23 Concert Season

A violin concerto, a Beethoven symphony, a choral masterwork, folk tunes, dances, a sonic exploration of the cosmos and more! – Charlottesville Symphony Music Director Benjamin Rous has curated a 2022-23 season that will delight nearly every musical taste.

August 9, 2022
A woman stands at the front of a classroom presenting on a war-related art piece
Art History

Art Supplies a Lens for Studying War, and War Supplies a Lens for Studying Art

Art is as old as war, and vice versa. In Dan Weiss’ course, students view art through this lens of conflict, combat and culture. Yavorska-Antrobius, a Ukranian artist living in Charlottesville, provided an important perspective to the seminar students.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/art-supplies-lens-studying-war-and-war-supplies-theme-studying-art

A blonde person types a poem on a typewriter while someone sits next to them. Students stand in front of the table, chatting and watching.

2021-22 Arts Council Grant: Arts Grounds Day

Arts Grounds Day has been a tradition for the past five years, where UVA Arts invites undergraduate & graduate students & Arts Faculty & Staff to Arts Grounds for a free cookout & open house. Thanks to the help of the Arts Council, the event was a huge success in 2021!

July 26, 2022
Tools are catalogued and carefully stored on wooden shelves at the Charlottesville Tool Library. (Photos by Fang Yi)
Architecture

UVA Volunteers Help Build ‘Tool Library’ for Community’s Benefit

Have you ever started a project, only to be stymied by a lack of the proper tools? The Charlottesville Tool Library might be your solution. “Tool libraries are part of a larger network, part of the do-it-yourself movement and shared resources and the right-to-repair movement,” said Melissa Goldman, fabrication facilities manager at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture and one of the founders of the library. “It helps empower neighbors to start a group within your community to share tools. It provides access and training … to support homeowners and entrepreneurs and blossoming makers of all sorts.”

https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-volunteers-help-build-tool-library-communitys-benefit

Christine Moore and her husband Robert Bartolo are supporting the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science through their estate plans. Moore was a flutist for the symphony as an undergraduate and is now a member of the UVA Arts Council.
Music

A Gift with Resonance

When Christine Moore (Engr ’92) came to the University of Virginia, it was with the plan to become an electrical engineer like her father and a hope to continue playing her flute. “I quickly realized that electrical engineering wasn't the best fit for me,” she remembered. She switched her major to chemical engineering and discovered the tremendous musical opportunities at UVA.

https://giving.virginia.edu/stories/a-gift-with-resonance

An artwork sits in a glass case at the Fralin, with other artworks in the background.
Visual Art

Dreamy Worlds, Boxed: Joseph Cornell’s Display at The Fralin Museum

Joseph Cornell’s creations are visible in several major cities across the U.S., especially New York, but right here in Charlottesville, visitors can view the six Cornell boxes donated to The Fralin’s permanent collection – including four donated from the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation – in a special exhibition, “Enclosing Infinity.”

https://news.virginia.edu/content/dreamy-worlds-boxed-joseph-cornells-display-fralin-museum