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George Keith Martin served as the first African American rector of the University. His portrait now hangs in the second floor of Wilson Hall. (Contributed photo)
Visual Art

New Portraits, Markers Honor Important Stories and Figures in UVA History

The University of Virginia this month launched an effort to highlight events and people who have broken barriers, sparked change, and shaped UVA into the university it is today. The initiative, which includes installation of portraits and markers commemorating important people, moments, and places, began with the unveiling of a portrait of former Rector George Keith Martin and the installation of a historical marker commemorating the “Coat and Tie Rebellion.”

https://news.virginia.edu/content/new-portraits-markers-honor-important-stories-and-figures-uva-history

Law student Ryan Kurtiak, center, who previously worked at Walt Disney World as a “Star Wars” villager, saw law school as a way to channel his creative energy. (Contributed photo)
Drama

Q&A: Former Disney Cast Member Channels Creativity as UVA Law Student

The Force is strong with Ryan Kurtiak. The second-year University of Virginia School of Law student, who previously worked at Walt Disney World as a “Star Wars” villager and grew up wanting to design theme parks, saw law school as a way to channel his creative energy.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/qa-former-disney-cast-member-channels-creativity-uva-law-student?utm_source=DailyReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

Detail of the Memorial to Enslaves Laborers

Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Creation of UVA Institute for Black, Indigenous Studies

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $616,670 grant to the University of Virginia to create a research institute for interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and cultural projects related to the intersection of feminist Black and Indigenous Studies.

https://www.as.virginia.edu/news/mellon-foundation-grant-supports-creation-uva-institute-black-indigenous-studies

Lisa Russ Spaar’s “Madrigalia: New and Selected Poems”
Creative Writing

“Revived Again, Again, Again”: On Lisa Russ Spaar’s “Madrigalia: New and Selected Poems”

“To write the life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others,” James Boswell said, referring to the great 18th-century person of letters, Samuel Johnson, “may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task.” Exactly thus do I approach, with humility not unmixed with awe, Lisa Russ Spaar’s Madrigalia: New and Selected Poems

https://lareviewofbooks.org/short-takes/revived-again-again-again-on-lisa-russ-spaars-madrigalia-new-and-selected-poems/

Music Note Graffiti
Music

Democracy Initiative Announces New Rotating Lab, Working Groups

The Democracy Initiative has selected a new rotating lab to begin in the fall, led by co-directors Nomi Dave (Music) and Bonnie Gordon (Music), and Anne Coughlin (UVA School of Law). The Sound Justice Lab will explore what "justice" means to ordinary people around the world, how they pursuit it through and beyond formal legal mechanisms, and what role the arts can and do play in articulating and advancing claims.

February 23, 2022
Collaborative Efforts Giving New Life to the Mayan Book of Creation

Collaborative Efforts Giving New Life to the Mayan Book of Creation

“Language preservation and documentation were important before, but it has a new urgency,” Allison Bigelow, an associate professor in the University of Virginia’s Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, said recently.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/collaborative-efforts-giving-new-life-mayan-book-creation

Connaughton Gallery Features First McIntire Graduate and Highlights Local Artist
Visual Art

Connaughton Gallery Features First McIntire Graduate and Highlights Local Artist

This season, the McIntire Art Committee chose to display artwork by Nick Alexander, art therapist and children’s counselor, as well as Susie Juárez Rodriguez, Class of 2021 McIntire alumna, in the Connaughton Gallery, located on the third floor of Robertson Hall.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2022/02/connaughton-gallery-features-first-mcintire-graduate-highlights-local-artist?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured