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Deadline for submissions: Freeman Artist Residency
11:59 pm | Online
The Freeman Artist Residency (FAR) is now accepting applications for 2023-24. Founded by Neal Rock, UVa Assistant Professor of Painting. The Freeman Artist Residency (FAR) is named after Welsh painter and educator Michael Freeman, who mentored Rock during his formative years in South Wales. FAR honors Freeman’s life-long dedication to educational equity and inclusion by giving the gift of time, space and mentorship to artists at a formative stage of their careers. FAR gives priority to BIPOC, LGBTQ+ candidates and first-generation college graduates.
Fellowship Dates and Responsibilities
September 1st 2024 – August 25th 2025. The residency concludes with a public two-person FAR Exhibition, date TBA. Fellows are responsible for all art materials, installation, de-installation and promotion of exhibition.
Michael Freeman. Shipwreck & Cloud. 1985. Woodcut on paper
Cynefin Inaugral Exhibition and Gallery CLOSES
13 Lefkosias Street, 11252 Athens Attica
Cynefin is a Welsh word that does not have an exact equivalent in the English language. Often translated as habitat, the word has a deeper, more nuanced meaning that describes a place of existential belonging; a synchronicity between peoples and their relationship to habitat and cultural history.
This word names an inaugural group exhibition and opening of a new gallery and residency program in Athens, Greece. It marks the expansion of the Freeman Artist Residency program, founded by Welsh visual artist Neal Rock, in Charlottesville, Virginia (2020). Its mission is to provide creative opportunities to artists from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, in memory of the Welsh artist and educator Michael Freeman, whose work is included in the exhibition. Freeman taught outside of formal educational institutions in the provision of adult education classes to working class communities in South Wales, from the 1970s through to the first decade of this century. This exhibition celebrates Freeman's passion and dedication by bringing together artists that curator Neal Rock has forged friendships and dialogues with over the past two decades, including current Freeman Artist Residents in the USA, Vibha Vijay and Virginia Gibson. The artists in this exhibition have led peripatetic lives in their pursuit of cynefin. Having often left their countries and communities of birth, many have created a foundation for a sense of belonging that crosses national, ideological and political borders and boundaries.
Maria Georgoula. Untitled. 2020. Rubber mats, cement cast. Dimensions variable.
UVA Arts Welcome Picnic
6 - 8 pm | Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds
SAVE-THE-DATE
UVA Arts Welcome Picnic
Sunday, September 8, 2024 • 6:00-8:00pm
Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds
Open to all UVA Faculty, Staff & Students
UVA Arts invites all UVA faculty, staff, & students to the Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds for a FREE picnic from 6:00 to 8:00pm with performances, information tables, and food and drinks!! Come learn about curricular, extra-curricular, programmatic, and volunteer opportunities from the Visual & Performing Arts & Architecture departments, programs, and community.
Participating Departments & Programs: Architectural History, Architecture, Art History, Arts Administration, Arts Libraries, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, The Fralin Museum of Art, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, Landscape Architecture, Miller Arts Scholars, Music, Studio Art, University Career Center, Urban & Environmental Planning, UVA Acts, UVA Arts, UVA Arts Box Office, Virginia Film Festival, WTJU 91.1FM, & WXTJ Radio
Musical Performances all evening! Stay Tuned for the FULL Line-up!!
In Pursuit: Artists’ Perspectives on a Nation CLOSES
5 pm | National Liberty Museum
National Liberty Museum Presents the Power of Art as Civic Dialogue as it Hosts an Ambitious New Exhibition Curated by Philadelphia Sculptors
Opening May 10, the National Liberty Museum is hosting an ambitious multi-media exhibition, In Pursuit: Artists’ Perspectives on a Nation, curated by Philadelphia Sculptors. The exhibition features sculptures and large-scale installations by seven internationally acclaimed artists displayed across three of NLM’s four floors.
For the exhibition, Philadelphia Sculptors invited works from cross-disciplinary artist Anila Quayyum Agha, sculptor Angel Cabrales, multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Galanin, visual artist Arghavan Khosravi, social practice and fiber artist Aram Han Sifuentes, multi-disciplinary artist Artur Silva, and the UVA Art Department's own Marisa Williamson.
Made in VA Biennial CLOSES
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
JULY 12, 2024-JANUARY 5, 2025
Since 1994, the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art has celebrated the extraordinary talent of Virginia artists through its annual juried exhibition. Nearly 30 years later, this favorite tradition continues to thrive and evolve together with the immense creative talent found across the commonwealth. Now, Made in VA has transitioned to a biennial event featuring artwork created by Virginia artists in the preceding two years.
Every other year, we’re dedicating an expanded gallery space to the juried exhibition, enabling the Museum to showcase a wider range of artistic voices and visions. This expansion also means more prizes and professional opportunities for participating artists. Now as in 1994, Made in VA reflects the Museum’s commitment to enriching and supporting the artistic communities in our region. This momentous occasion marks a new chapter in the Museum’s long history of fostering creativity and innovation.
UVA Art Department artists: Anna Hogg and Federico Cuatlacuatl
Hank the Aquarian, Wash Me & Comb Me, 2023. Acrylic paint & latex house paint on canvas. Courtesy of the artist
Amy Chan's "Double Happiness" in Alderman CLOSES
Alderman Library 2nd floor lobby
To create the piece "Double Happiness", Amy Chan asked the UVA Asian / Pacific Islander / South Asian American community to submit greetings, proverbs, and colloquial sayings that are important to their cultural identity. Text left to right reads:
Ganbare, Japanese, to persevere
Double Happiness, Chinese, joy and unity
Hwaiting, Korean, you got this!
Padayon, Visayan dialect / Philippines, to carry on
Kya baat hai, Hindi, how amazing!
All places are ours, and all people are our kin, Tamil
Andamu, Telugu, inner beauty
Sudah makan, Malaysian, have you eaten?