Art education professor appointed to Richmond History and Culture Commission
Mayor Levar M Stoney has appointed Melanie Buffington, associate professor of art education, to the city’s History and Culture Commission. The commission is tasked with advising Mayor Stoney on...
View ArticleNEA awards $25,000 Art Works Grant to fund sculpture professor’s artwork
The National Endowment for the Arts has approved a $25,000 Art Works Grant to fund “Atmosphere,” a site-specific work by Michael Jones McKean, associate professor of sculpture. The project is part of a...
View ArticleVCUarts Music hosts international Experiencing Villa-Lobos festival in March
From March 21 to 23, the VCUarts Department of Music will proudly host the international Experiencing Villa-Lobos festival for the second time. The celebration showcases musicians and scholars from...
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Leaving New York, Transforming Richmond
At 27 years old, Richard Carlyon (MFA ’63) was living in New York City with 2¢ to his name. Two pennies had arrived in the mail with a Reader’s Digest advertisement, asking him to spend the money on a...
View ArticleVisualizing 22 Percent
As Hallie Chametzky dances in front of images of data and maps, she tells a story of shifting landscapes, of loss and of gain, of percentages and identity. It’s a story she’s wanted to explore for...
View ArticleAn interview with pianist Sonia Rubinsky
Sonia Rubinsky is a Grammy Award-winning classical pianist who will perform Friday at the Experiencing Villa-Lobos festival hosted by VCUarts. Rubinsky began her career as a child prodigy, performing...
View ArticleDance alum Eleanor Smith featured in New York Times for her intimate duets
Eleanor Smith (BFA ’06) and collaborator Molly Lieber have been choreographing and performing intimate dances together for more than a decade. Their latest works, which incorporate nudity and verbal...
View ArticleApril message from the dean
To the VCUarts community, For 90 years, one thing has remained constant at the School of the Arts: the powerful voices of our alumni. Alumni tell the VCUarts story through the lives they lead and the...
View ArticleTheatre alum returns to Richmond on ‘Book of Mormon’ tour
Actor Josh Marin (BFA ’12) joins the cast of the uproarious Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon on the Altria Theater stage this week. As a member of the ensemble cast, Marin is part of the...
View ArticleTheatre student competes to be the next ‘American Idol’
Theatre sophomore Seth Lyons advanced far enough through the early rounds of ABC’s American Idol singing competition that he was invited to Hollywood to continue filming the series. A tenor, Lyons is a...
View ArticleDean Brixey speaks at international arts and culture conference in Qatar
A program of events in Doha known as Qatar Creates has invited influential individuals in arts and culture from around the world to speak at a series of panel discussions, tours and workshops. Shawn...
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The journey of Van Gogh’s only etching
For decades, a print of Vincent van Gogh’s only etching hung unrecognized on the walls of VCU. The print is a black-and-white portrait, a stark contrast to the rich colors of the painter’s more famous...
View ArticleTwo alumni chosen as artists-in-residence at NYC arts center
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council has announced this year’s artists-in-residence—which includes two VCUarts alumni—who will work in the newly renovated Art Center at Governor’s Island when it opens...
View ArticleVCUarts announces annual fashion show, “Shimmer”
Honored guests include Manhattan-based designers Abdul Abasi and Greg Rosborough of Abasi Rosborough, and fashion illustrator Richard Haines RICHMOND, Va. (April 1, 2019) – Virginia Commonwealth...
View ArticleListening in on the secret music of insects
In order for bugs to communicate with potential mates, they move rapidly across plant leaves to create vibrations decipherable only to the insect world. A new show at Sediment Arts offers listeners a...
View Article‘Swirling,’ a coral reef narrative, opens at the Arts Research Institute
Hope Ginsburg, associate professor of painting, has created a four-channel audio and video installation for the Arts Research Institute that places visitors at the center of a project to restore a...
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Theatre students chat with Chad Coleman of ‘Walking Dead’ and ‘Orville’ fame
“Self-mastery makes you a better actor.” That was just one core lesson that Chad Coleman wished to impart on his student guests. On March 29, VCUarts Theatre majors gathered at the Shafer Street...
View Article‘Performance Today’ names choral director a finalist for Classical Woman of...
Erin Freeman is both the director of choral activities at VCUarts Music and the director of the Richmond Symphony Chorus, and her extraordinary leadership has earned her national recognition....
View ArticleThe sound of Star Wars
Music alumnus Gordy Haab (BM ’00) has built a career composing for films, television shows and video games. Haab is particularly known for his sweeping symphonic works—deeply influenced by his musical...
View ArticleMemo on Diversity and Inclusion
Dear VCUarts students, faculty and staff, Please take a moment to read the attached memo on diversity and inclusion from me and Gypsy Denzine, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Sincerely, Shawn...
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