Jun 18, 2019
UVA Arts

Arts Grounds Day
Saturday, September 7, 2019
Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds
Open to all UVA Faculty, Staff & Students


  • 6 – 8:30: Picnic & Arts Festivities:  Food, Information Tables, Music, Performances!
        • Musical Performances all evening!
        • Department Happenings:  
          • The first 200 people to sign up for the UVA Arts Newsletter at the UVA Arts table will get a T-Shirt!
          • Creative Writing Table: Opportunities for Student Writers and Poems-on-Demand on old school typewriters
          • Meet Kate from the Creative Arts, Media, & Design Career Community with SWAG Giveaways
          • Start thinking of what art means to you to share with the Miller Arts Scholars 
          • Pick up SWAG from The Fralin, Virginia Film FestivalVirginia Festival of the Book + many others!
          • Kluge-Ruhe will be on hand with Posters for the taking
          • Music will be there with a T-Shirts Raffle 

    Visit the Virginia Curiosity Shop with Matthew McLendon, J. Sanford Miller Family Director of The Fralin Museum of Art from 6:00 – 7:00pm.

    UVA Arts invites all UVA faculty, staff, & students to the Betsy and John Casteen Arts Grounds for a FREE picnic from 6:00 to 8:30pm with 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.

    Graciously sponsored in part by the UVA Arts Council

    Picnic:  pulled chicken and pork BBQ, vegetarian falafel sliders, fresh country coleslaw, vegetarian baked beans, macaroni and cheese, hush puppies + lemonade, tea & water!

    Participating Departments & Programs:  Architectural HistoryArchitectureArt HistoryArts LibrariesCreative WritingDanceDramaThe Fralin Museum of ArtKluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art CollectionLandscape ArchitectureMiller Arts ScholarsMusicStudio ArtUniversity Career CenterUrban & Environmental PlanningUVA ArtsVirginia Festival of the BookVirginia Film Festival, & WTJU Radio

    Please note: The Culbreth Parking Garage will be open & FREE, but Culbreth Road will be closed for the event, access will be available from University Avenue (not Rugby).

    Rain Location: Drama Building: Food in the Lobby; Tabling will be in Helms Theater; Bands & Movies will move inside to Culbreth Theatre.


    Moonlight Movie presented by the Virginia Film Festival: Black Panther

    2016. USA. 2h 14mim
    Director: Ryan Coogler
    Featuring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o

    Marvel Studios’ Black Panther follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life. Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, with Angela Bassett, with Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis. The film is directed by Ryan Coogler and produced by Kevin Feige with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nate Moore, Jeffrey Chernov and Stan Lee serving as executive producers. Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole wrote the screenplay.


    UVA Arts Grounds Day Poster