The University of Virginia Art Museum exhibits art from around the world dating from ancient times to the present. In addition to its permanent collection, the Museum offers changing exhibitions, accompanied by related programs and publications.
Calendar 2008-2009
Click on the month below to see exhibitions and scheduled events.
Hosted by Vice Provost for the Arts Elizabeth Turner and Vice President for Research Tom Skalak, the event will feature Tony Award-winning dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, who comes to the University as artist in residence the week of Nov. 9-15. While here, Mr. Jones and his dance company will create 100 Migrations, part of a major new dance and theater piece to commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
Other events during that week will include an interview with Mr. Jones by Deborah McDowell in the Newcomb Hall ballroom, a master class at the MLK Jr. Performing Arts Center at Charlottesville High School, a lecture and demonstration at the Paramount Theatre, and a performance on the lower Lawn. A full schedule and other information >
Tuesday, November 11 Lunchtime Talk Japanese Prints and Sunset Over Musahino
by Monica Shenoud
12 pm
In the Museum
Join us for an evening of poetry and performance in honor of the El Lissitzky exhibition. This interdisciplinary celebration of Russian Futurism will feature readings from Khlebnikov, Mayakovsky and Kruchenykh, dancers, musicians and performance art.
Ellen Bayard Weedon Lectures in the Arts of Asia The Art of Ancient India in an Age of Cultural Tourism
by Samuel Parker, PhD, associate professor, University of Washington, Tacoma
5:30 pm
Campbell 153
Thursday, November 27
Museum closed
Gallery Hours Tuesday - Sunday
12 - 5 pm
Location Thomas H. Bayly Building
155 Rugby Road
P.O. Box 400119
Charlottesville, VA
22904-4119
434.924.3592 TEL 434.924.6321 FAX 434.243.2050 GROUP TOURS
