Category: What’s New @ UMW

Expressing Light
Monday, February 21, 2011, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ages 9^th grade through adult

Rachel Sawan White, Art and Design Faculty, Orchard House School
This workshop is an exploration of light and its effects on a piece of artwork. Looking at Impressionist and Post-Impressionist work we spend the day seeing color afresh and creating art in which light is a major factor. Participants create two still life paintings, one with the objects as they appear naturally and one with the same objects completely white. Different lighting is explored and discussed.

This program has been organized by the VMFA Office of Statewide Partnerships and is supported by the Paul Mellon Endowment.

Workshop Cost: $20 members/UMW staff; $25 non-members. To register, please contact Education Coordinator Michelle Crow-Dolby at 540/654-1851.

Drawing for the Rest of Us:  An Introduction to Drawing
January 17, 2011, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ages 6^th grade through adult

Anh Do, Faculty member, Virginia State University
If you can write, you can draw! Drawing is just another form of visual communication that is a skill which can be developed by anyone—even you! This workshop is an introduction to basic drawing tools, drawing warm-up exercises, and techniques that can be used to help you build a foundation that will help you experience the joy of drawing.

This program has been organized by the VMFA Office of Statewide Partnerships and is funded, in part, by the Jean Stafford Camp Memorial Fund.

Workshop Cost: $20 members/UMW employees; $25 non-members. To register, please contact Education Coordinator Michelle Crow-Dolby at 540/654-1851.

An opening reception for the UMW Galleries exhibition “Computer Pictures: The Contemporary Language of Digital Media” will be held on Thursday, October 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. in both galleries. Artist Semi Ryu will give a live performance of “Parting on Z, Fredericksburg,” from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in Ridderhof Martin Gallery.  The performance focuses on the real-time emotional and physical interactions between a virtual puppet and its puppeteer.  Read the news release.

Please join us on the third Thursday of every month at 7 pm in the Wellness Resource Center located in the Fitness Center at Goolrick Hall for our Healthy Living Series. The focus of these presentations are on living well and making healthy choices. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend!

Oct. 21st – Open House
Nov. 18th – Nutrition
January 20th – Exercise
February 17th – Healthy Relationships
March 17th – Sleep Hygiene
April 21st – Alcohol

The Series is sponsored by CAPS, the Health Center, Judicial Affairs, and the Campus Rec. Fit.Center. For questions, please call 540-654-1053.

The James Farmer Multicultural Center announces the official opening of the Meditation Space on Friday, October 15, at noon.  The Meditation Space is located in the Hamlet House using the entrance facing the Fairfax House.  The Meditation Space was designed to provide a supportive and spiritually nourishing environment for students from all backgrounds and cultures to pray, reflect, and relax.  Having a quiet space dedicated to individual self-knowledge and renewal will enhance the campus experience for many students.

There also will be an Open House for the Meditation Space on Wednesday, October 20, from  10 a.m. – 2 p.m.  The Open House is an opportunity for campus members to visit and tour the Meditation Space, as well as get more information regarding the facility and its services.

For more information regarding the hours of operation, access to the facility, and guidelines of the Meditation Space, please contact the James Farmer Multicultural Center at 540/654-1044 or at www.umw.edu/multicultural.