UVA Arts, University of Virginia

Vol 07 Winter 17 Library
Letter

Welcome Back from Jody Kielbasa

All of us who know and love the Arts at UVA understand the essential role they play in both the history and the daily life of the University.
Feature

Why Not Me? The Remarkable Story of A.D. Carson

One of the most heralded arrivals on Grounds this fall, A.D Carson, the new Assistant Professor of Hip Hop and the Global South, arrived at UVA as a pioneer in many ways.
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Dance Minor Enters Second Decade

The UVA Dance Program is doing some celebrating of its own as it enters the second decade of its dance minor by continuing to provide students across Grounds and across academic interests and disciplines with a dynamic and vibrant platform for learning, discovery, and artistic expression.
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UVA's Bicentennial Launch Celebration

In partnership with UVA Arts, the Bicentennial Launch Celebration featured performances by more than 750 UVA students and faculty alongside special guests including Tony Award-winning actor and singer, Leslie Odom Jr., Grammy Award-nominated artist, Andra Day, and the Goo Goo Dolls.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 

Designing the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers
STUDIO ART

Introducing Federico Cuatlacuatl
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

Mollie Crosby Burch (College '13)
COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 

New Class of Arts Fellows Selected
UVA ARTS 

Mark Dion’s Virginia Curiosity Shop
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE  

Highland’s Past and Our Future
CAVALIER MARCHING BAND 

A Few Incredible 4th Years
ART HISTORY 

Undergraduate Student Internships
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Cultural Landscapes: Race and Space
ARTS ADMINISTRATION

The Digital Psyche by Dallas Simms
CHARLOTTESVILLE SYMPHONY 

The Wait is Over! Benjamin Rous is the New Music Director
CREATIVE WRITING 

Student Voices: Quince
THE FRALIN MUSEUM OF ART

Shelley Niro and ElizaBeth Hill
DRAMA

The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel
THE FRALIN MUSEUM OF ART

From the Grounds Up: Thomas Jefferson's Architecture and Design
DRAMA

UVA Drama Welcomes Donald Margulies
HERITAGE THEATRE FESTIVAL

Welcome New Artistic Director Jenny Wales
THE KLUGE-RUHE ABORIGINAL ART COLLECTION 

Kluge-Ruhe Mayadin
MUSIC

The Gassmann Fund for Innovation in Music
THE KLUGE-RUHE ABORIGINAL ART COLLECTION  

An Expanding Collection
MELLON INDIGENOUS ARTS PROGRAM 

Songs of a Secret Country and Student Curators
STUDIO ART

The Big Head Brigade Marches on the Lawn
VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES

Khzir Khan to Headline the 24th Annual Virginia Festival of the Book
STUDENT GROUP

Photography Club Exhibits in the Rotunda
VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL

Virginia Film Festival and James Madison's Montpelier Explore Race in America
WTJU RADIO

WTJU To Go

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Hoos for Art: Nick Acquavella (College '00)

Hear more from UVA alum, Nick Acquavella, as he shares his insights into the Arts at UVA, his career, and beyond.
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Bryan Cranston, President's Speaker for the Arts

On a special evening last April, a crowd of more than 3,500 at the John Paul Jones Arena had a chance to see one of the great actors of his generation in the role of, well, himself, when Bryan Cranston took the stage as the latest in the UVA President’s Speaker Series for the Arts.
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