When former UVA President Robert M. O’Neil met in Madison Hall with the man who took his job 20 years ago, the controversy of the moment—and when you’re a university president, there is always a controversy of the moment—was a typically rogue pronouncement by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. He had effectively told state higher ed […]
Near the end of a May 5 vigil that gathered thousands from the UVA community to mourn the death two days earlier of fourth-year student Yeardley Love, Student Council President Colin Hood called for a moment of silence. For precisely 27 seconds, all the ambient noise of the vigil—the sobs of some, the whispered conversations […]
I just finished a large painting commission inside the Darden School of Business. It’s sort of a continuation of my machine painting series
ZOMBIEMANIA Click here to read more about the current zombie craze. “Zombies are hot,” says photographer Billy Hunt. “Zombies are now. Zombies are fresh. I feel like you throw a rock and you hit a zombie these days in Charlottesville.” While that may be better than throwing a rock and missing a zombie, it goes […]
What are you currently working on? Well, I am working on a series of figurative pieces. These are etchings and ink drawings, one of which I was working on when you called, an ink drawing on a white box that I did a figurative piece with, drawing from a model with the image underneath a […]
All the presents in the world won’t keep UVA President John Casteen from stepping down in August. Last week, the head ’Hoo was gifted with a tray of cupcakes bearing his likeness (see above), the Piedmont Virginia Community College Medallion for his support of the school, and an elm tree, which will be planted near […]
You think it’s going to be such an ordeal, this business of getting healthier and living better. You’ll have to trade in your sedan for a bike, give up your favorite TV shows, eschew the brew entirely, and in general become a bore. T’ain’t so! READ MORE Going to health: Or, How I learned to […]
Six local medical professionals tell you how to get (or stay!) healthy.
THIS YEAR’S STARS: • Dahlia Lithwick, Supreme Court Columnist • Fifth Congressional District Seat • Maurice Cox, Architect • Francesca Conte, Ultramarathon Runner • Jack Fisk, Production Designer • Kevin Crowe, Large-scale Potter • Sudhanva Gurumurthi, Assistant Professor of Computer Science • Emily Hodson Pelton, Winemaker [with video!] • Brad Wilcox, Sociologist • Jaffray Woodriff, […]