Charlottesville is a hub for the arts — and paired with the University, the possibilities for artistic expression are extensive. Arts Grounds Day is an event that recognizes and celebrates the many arts opportunities within the community.
An open house of the arts buildings preceded an arts activities fair. Visitors approached tables set up with academic, extracurricular and volunteer opportunities from the Visual and Performing Arts and Architecture Departments, as well as other academic programs and the outside community. The evening included musical performances and a short video presentation from the Kluge-Ruhe Culture Couture. The event culminated in a screening of “Moonrise Kingdom.”
Now in its second year, the event has gained much attention from students. Free stickers, posters and one-on-one conversations with professors were just some of the benefits of attending this fun and energetic event. Students had ample opportunities to talk to people representing academic departments, the Career Center and organizations such as the Virginia Film Festival, the Virginia Festival of the Book and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.
Free items may have been an incentive to draw in more students, but they also provided unique advertising and increased awareness about arts opportunities. A poster might be all it takes to encourage more people to visit the Kluge-Ruhe. Volunteer opportunities with the Virginia Film Festival and Virginia Festival of the Book and job opportunities in the Fine Arts Library may have gone unnoticed were it not for the publicity of Arts Grounds Day.
The event certainly offered unique insight into various possibilities surrounding the arts. No matter how involved one is, there is always something new to explore. In a part of Grounds that is almost unknown for many students, theatrical productions occur, artists perfect projects at all hours of the night and future architects innovate. Arts Grounds is a place worth exploring.
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