The arts are central to life at the University of Virginia. UVA offers access to world-class art and performances at Old Cabell Hall, The Fralin Museum of Art, the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection and three state-of-the-art theaters.
Through UVA Arts and signature events, such as the Virginia Film Festival, the University cultivates a vibrant community that promotes creative expression and unites artists and performers across the commonwealth, nation and world.
From theaters to studios to labs, UVA Arts offers a variety of spaces where students can learn and explore.
Old Cabell Hall, situated at the south end of the Lawn since 1898, is the University’s principal lecture and concert hall. It seats 851 and hosts more than 200 public performances and events each year. Since 1951, Cabell Hall has housed the Department of Music and the Music Library.
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The Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds is home to three state-of-the-art theaters: the 520-seat Culbreth Theatre with proscenium stage; the midsize 300-seat Ruth Caplin Theatre, bringing intimacy to performances with seating on three sides of the stage; and the 160- to 200-seat Helms Theatre, for smaller productions.
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The Fralin Museum of Art’s permanent collection consists of nearly 14,000 objects, highlighting European and American painting, photography, works on paper, African art, Asian art, pre-Columbian art and Native American art. The Fralin inspires curiosity and understanding and connects our community through the experience of art.
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The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection is the only museum outside Australia dedicated to the exhibition and study of Indigenous Australian art. It has hosted more than 500 Indigenous artists and scholars over the past 25 years. What you’ll find within is bright and bold, both contemporary and reaching back into a tradition more than 60,000 years in the making.
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UVA offers a range of programs that support students within the performing, media and fine arts.
