Arts

In The NewsDecember 9, 2024Florence As It Was Chosen for National Competition

The interdisciplinary research project has been selected to participate in an open competition among medieval digital humanities projects for K-12 students.

Lifelong LearningOctober 9, 2024‘W&L After Class’ Podcast Releases New Episode Featuring Melissa Kerin

In this month’s episode, Kerin, professor of art history, discusses how following her curiosity of the ways in which people tell stories opened her to opportunities to study remote Buddhist shrines in the Himalayas and examine how we live and die as the director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics.

Faculty FocusSeptember 26, 2024Inspiring Minds

George Bent, Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts, has spent his career at W&L inspiring and being inspired by his students.

My W&LSeptember 20, 2024Impacting Lives Through Words

Veronika Kolosova ’25 has explored the liberal arts experience at W&L through campus involvement and an interdisciplinary approach to her studies.

Summer OpportunityJuly 26, 2024Reconstructing the Past

Summer Research Scholars are spending their summer helping to bring one of the world's oldest cities to life through modern technology.

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Lifelong LearningJuly 15, 2024‘W&L After Class’ Podcast Releases New Episode Featuring Jenefer Davies

In this month’s episode, professor Davies talks of creating and building W&L’s dance program to be a place where preconceived notions dissipate and the liberal arts education flourishes.

Class of 2024May 9, 2024A Choir That Cares

This year's graduating class of Washington and Lee's University Singers reflects on their college experience.

My W&LMarch 21, 2024W&L Student Performs at Havana Jazz Festival

A meeting with a Broadway legend allowed engineering major Zaria Daniels ’26 to take her vocal talents to Cuba.

HappeningsFebruary 13, 2024Alumni and Students Connect Through Choreography

The W&L Repertory Dance Company’s alumni-student dance performance in New York City’s Center for Performance Research returned after a four-year hiatus.

On CampusNovember 8, 2023The Space to Be Brave

W&L’s recent staging of ‘Speech & Debate’ brought its cast, crew and audience an opportunity to engage with an innovative, collaborative approach to theater.

On CampusSeptember 27, 2023W&L Students Curate Fall Art Exhibition

“Mohammad Omer Khalil: Musings,” co-curated by four Washington and Lee students as part of a seminar course in museum studies, will be on display in the Watson Galleries Sept. 28, 2023 through June 1, 2024.

Museums at W&LJune 28, 2023Collection Connections

Washington and Lee’s Museum Artist-in-Residence Program welcomed photographer Stephanie Shih to campus in May to create new work based on the Museums’ art collection.

Spring Term June 8, 2023Live from Sweden

W&L students in this Spring Term’s “Swedish Theater” course were immersed in culture during their three weeks in Stockholm, Sweden.

Around TownApril 28, 2023Opening Minds Through Art

W&L neuroscience students recently partnered with an innovative art-making program offered at Kendal at Lexington.

Museums at W&LApril 26, 2023New Exhibition Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

“OPEN FLOWERS BEAR FRUIT” opens May 1 in the McCarthy Gallery in Holekamp Hall.

On CampusApril 17, 2023Staniar Gallery Presents Delilah Montoya: Contemporary Casta Portraiture

The solo exhibition will run from April 24 to May 25 in Staniar Gallery inside Washington and Lee University’s Lenfest Center for the Arts.

Museums at W&LMarch 27, 2023Lighting a Fire

The Museums at W&L invites visitors to reflect on “Born of Fire: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists,” on display through April 29.

Museums at W&LMarch 13, 2023Museums at W&L Expands Its Collection

W&L’s most recent museum exhibition, “Mother Clay: The Pottery of Three Pueblo Women,” brought new artists into the university’s collection and connected the campus community in unexpected ways.

HappeningsNovember 28, 2022From Screen to Square Film Screening: Hidden Figures

The upcoming screening is the second installment in the DeLaney Center's ongoing film series.

On CampusNovember 16, 2022W&L Celebrates the Holiday Season

’Tis the season for holiday events on campus and in the local community! Check out what’s happening and make your plans to ring in the holiday season.

In The NewsNovember 15, 2022W&L’s University Singers Win Multiple Awards at City of Derry International Choir Festival

University Singers placed third in the festival’s International Open Competition and received the prestigious Visit Derry Award for their final performance.

Nov 7November 4, 2022W&L Presents DeLaney Center’s Film Series

The first From Screen to Square event will take place on Monday, Nov. 7.

HappeningsOctober 10, 2022W&L Presents ‘Selections from The Lindsay Webster Collection of Cuban Posters at Wofford College’

The show will be on display in Wilson Hall’s Lykes Atrium in conjunction with Esteban Ramón Pérez’s solo exhibition “Distorted Myths,” which will be on view in the Staniar Gallery Oct. 10 through Nov. 2.

HappeningsSeptember 16, 2022Author Malika Booker to Give Glasgow Endowment Reading at W&L

Booker will give a lecture on Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. in in Leyburn Library’s Northen Auditorium.

HappeningsSeptember 6, 2022W&L’s Staniar Gallery Presents Fall 2022 Programs and Exhibitions

The first of three fall exhibitions at Washington and Lee University’s Staniar Gallery is now open to the public.

HappeningsAugust 30, 2022Museums at W&L: Fall 2022 Programs and Exhibitions

The Museums at W&L invite the public to their opening reception for "Museum Menageries" on Sept. 15 at 6 p.m.

My W&LDecember 10, 2021‘The Honor of Learning’

Lauren Hoaglund '22 has parlayed her passion for medieval and Renaissance history, literature, classics and theater into a busy but rewarding four years at W&L.

ArtsMarch 26, 2021The Show Must Go On Camera

The cast and crew of W&L’s upcoming Bentley Musical, “Little Women,” tackled a host of pandemic-related challenges to produce a film version of the show that will be screened for audiences March 30-April 2.

AcademicsMarch 17, 2021Banding Together

Students and faculty in the W&L Music Department refused to let COVID-19 silence them, instead embracing creative protocols to continue making music together in person.

Experiential LearningMarch 10, 2021Blending the Past and the Present to Produce Stimulating Art

In a recent in-class project, seven W&L students used materials found around campus to discuss a broader historical narrative and create a piece now on display in Staniar Gallery.

From the CollectionsNovember 23, 2020Art That Talks

Theater students at W&L were challenged to select a piece from the university's art collection and give it voice.

Museums at W&LApril 30, 2020Social Distancing on Ceramics

A new gift to the Reeves Museum of Ceramics documents how one artist is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Theater, Dance, and Film StudiesApril 28, 2020‘EVERYBODY’

Despite a COVID-abbreviated run, the cast of W&L's "EVERYBODY" celebrates the "positive, self-affirming experience" of putting on the show.

Museums at W&LApril 27, 2020Thinking Outside the (Gallery) Box

“To See Color First,” the first comprehensive study of Louise Herreshoff Eaton’s bold and expressive watercolors, opens April 27 as a virtual exhibition.

University SingersApril 14, 2020‘It’s OK to Be You’

Final performances of "Considering Matthew Shepard" had to be canceled because of COVID-19, but the University Singers will never forget the powerful experience of telling Shepard's story.

From the CollectionsApril 10, 2020Squirrels and Grapes on the Dinner Table

This plate, a recent gift to W&L's Reeves Museum of Ceramics from local collectors Joan and Jay Crawford, provides a window into Chinese culture and the material lives of one of Virginia’s most prestigious families.

Don't Miss It November 6, 2019W&L Repertory Dance Company to Perform “W&L Dancers Create…”

Call the Lenfest Center box office today at 540-458-8000 to reserve tickets.

From the CollectionsNovember 1, 2019W&L Collections Feature Native American Artists

As Native American Heritage Month kicks off, University Collections of Art and History invites you to see artwork by Native American artists and featuring Native American people and cultures.

Faculty MentorshipJuly 15, 2019Getting Their Start in Art

For Darcy Olmstead '21 and Lindsey Hewitt '21, analyzing art in the Netherlands and the U.S. with Professor Erich Uffelman has been an educational 'dream come true.'

Faculty Accolade July 10, 2019W&L Awarded Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Collaborative Curricula Themed Grant

The grant will help fund a project to bring professors from the six ACS dance departments to participating campuses and create a model for shared teaching.

My W&LJune 17, 2019All the World’s Her Stage

With the support of faculty and fellow students, Charlotte Cook '19 acted in seven theater productions at W&L while juggling a major, two minors and other extracurricular activities.

Spring TermApril 30, 2019Drawing Inspiration from Nature

Students in the Spring Term course Drawing in Place practice observational drawing in a beautiful setting near Lexington.

Spring TermApril 25, 2019Photo Class Pictures the Past

Professor of Art Christa Bowden's Spring Term course, Antique Photo Processes, focuses entirely on 19th-century photo processes.

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