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Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village The Creation of an Architectural Masterpiece
University of Virginia Art Museum
September 12, 2009 - January 13, 2010
Tuesday - Sunday, 12 - 5 pm
The exhibition brings to light photographs of African objects by American artist Man Ray produced over
a period of almost twenty years, in addition to providing fresh insight into Man Ray's photographic
practice and raising questions concerning the representation, reception, and perception of African art as mediated by the camera lens.
Celebrating the centenary anniversary of Carr's Hill.
Symposium
Jefferson, Palladio, and the Fine Arts in America November 20-21 Campbell Hall & Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library More >
Blog
Building a Living Legacy: Jefferson's Academical Village Read >
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John Waters Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts
November 6, 2009
4:30 pm
"This Filthy World." Actor, writer, visual artist and filmmaker crowned the "Pope of Trash", Waters brings the underground sensibility to the cultural mainstream with such films as Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom and Hairspray. This joyously devious one-man show celebrates his film career, early negative influences and fascination with true crime, fashion lunacy, exploitation films and contemporary art world extremes. A call to arms for connoisseurs of trash across grounds!
The Imaginary Invalid By Molière Directed by Colleen Kelly Department of Drama
November 12-14, 17-21
8 pm, Helms Theatre
If you think today's debate over health care is confusing, wait until you see it through the wide and winking eyes of Molière and his tale of a hopeless hypochondriac whose "habit" is supported by all manners of medical practitioners. So when it comes time to marry off his daughter, is it any surprise that he sees it as the ultimate chance to gain a doctor for a son?
Treasures Rediscovered Chinese Stone Sculpture from the Sackler Collections at Columbia University
University of Virginia Art Museum
September 12, 2009 - January 13, 2010
Tuesday - Sunday, 12 - 5 pm
Highlighting one the most notable collections of Chinese stone sculpture in the U.S. the full figures, heads of divinities, and funerary sculpture from the Han through the Tang Dynasty are cultural manifestations of the imperial authority, religious fervor, and aesthetic ideas of one of
China's most vibrant historical period.
Cultural Crossings Conference Thursday, March 11 - Saturday, March 13, 2010 Details >
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Wu Man Residency McIntire Department of Music
January 24, 2010
Old Cabell Hall Auditorium, 8 pm
Pipa virtuoso Wu Man gives this ancient instrument a new role today: in solo and quartet works, theater productions, film, dance and collaborations with visual artists. Wu Man is recognized as an outstanding exponent of the traditional repertoire as well as interpreter of contemporary pipa music.
AXIS Dance Residency Department of Drama & Dance Program and
School of Engineering
Tuesday, March , 2010
Master Class for Community Members Master Class for U.Va. Students
Friday, March 26, 2010
Lecture and Demonstration for Middle & High School Students
Friday, March 26, 2010
Live Performance The Paramount, 7:30 pm
Focused on creating and presenting contemporary dance by artists with and without disabilities, AXIS is bridge between contemporary dance and physically integrated dance. During their weeklong residency, AXIS will work with students and community members.
Janine Antoni Residency McIntire Department of Art
Public lecture Thursday, March 18, 2010
153 Campbell, 6 pm
Exhibition Janine Antoni: At Home in the Body
March 16 - June 13, 2010
University of Virginia Art Museum
Internationally renowned visual artist Antoni blurs the distinction between performance art and sculpture addressing themes of mortality, desire and the body. Everyday activities such as eating, bathing, and sleeping are transformed into ways of making painting and sculpting.
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