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Event Series Cartography ca. 1570

Cartography ca. 1570

Daura Museum of Art, Dillard Fine Arts Center

Facsimiles of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), Flemish scholar and geographer This event is free and open to the public. Dillard Lobby Gallery

Free

LIFE@Lynchburg: Climate Viewed Through the Painter’s Eye

Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall

Artists see the world in many ways. This talk will briefly describe the complex factors that influence climate and then focus on how landscape painters chose to describe the world around them during a recent climate event called the “Little Ice Age.”   Cost: Semester pass: $85 Annual Membership: $150 Single Event Pass: $12 Sign […]

The Beauty of the Land: Watercolor Landscapes of Pierre Daura

Daura Museum of Art, Dillard Fine Arts Center

Pierre Daura, Burning Brush, (detail), watercolor on paper, ca. 1945-70 When Pierre Daura first saw the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, they impressed him as “grandiose as nothing I had ever known.” He saw his landscape paintings as “an important contribution to help people discover the beauty of their land...to inspire men with a love […]

Free

Cultural Witness: Art, Artifacts, and Social Order Selections from the Daura Museum Collection

Daura Museum of Art, Dillard Fine Arts Center

William Gropper, John Henry, from the American Folklore portfolio, lithograph, 1953 Cultural Witness examines works of art from the sociological perspective such as Rites of Passage, Shelter, Sustenance, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Spirituality and Religion, Personal Adornment as Rank and Prestige, Transmission of Social Mores, and Music, Dance, and Storytelling. This event is free and […]

Free
Event Series Cartography ca. 1570

Cartography ca. 1570

Daura Museum of Art, Dillard Fine Arts Center

Facsimiles of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), Flemish scholar and geographer This event is free and open to the public. Dillard Lobby Gallery

Free

Book Club: “The 1619 Project,” by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Please note: The 1619 Project Book Club meeting on Feb. 2: Chapters 17-18, and previously scheduled for the West Room, has been moved to an online format. On March 24, 2022, the College of Education, Leadership Studies, and Counseling at the University of Lynchburg presented their Rosel Schewel Lecture Series featuring the author of The […]

Free

The Beauty of the Land: Watercolor Landscapes of Pierre Daura

Daura Museum of Art, Dillard Fine Arts Center

Pierre Daura, Burning Brush, (detail), watercolor on paper, ca. 1945-70 When Pierre Daura first saw the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, they impressed him as “grandiose as nothing I had ever known.” He saw his landscape paintings as “an important contribution to help people discover the beauty of their land...to inspire men with a love […]

Free

Cultural Witness: Art, Artifacts, and Social Order Selections from the Daura Museum Collection

Daura Museum of Art, Dillard Fine Arts Center

William Gropper, John Henry, from the American Folklore portfolio, lithograph, 1953 Cultural Witness examines works of art from the sociological perspective such as Rites of Passage, Shelter, Sustenance, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Spirituality and Religion, Personal Adornment as Rank and Prestige, Transmission of Social Mores, and Music, Dance, and Storytelling. This event is free and […]

Free
Event Series Cartography ca. 1570

Cartography ca. 1570

Daura Museum of Art, Dillard Fine Arts Center

Facsimiles of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), Flemish scholar and geographer This event is free and open to the public. Dillard Lobby Gallery

Free
Event Series Ghost Tours of Historic Sandusky

Ghost Tours of Historic Sandusky

Historic Sandusky 757 Sandusky Drive, Lynchburg, VA, United States

Come hear stories about the unexplained and supernatural events that have taken place at Sandusky. Our student tour guides will give you insights into these occurrences, some of which they’ve experienced firsthand! Tour times: 7, 7:30, 8 and 8:30 p.m. Cost: $12 Purchase tickets Proceeds to benefit the Historic Sandusky Endowment.

$12
Event Series Ghost Tours of Historic Sandusky

Ghost Tours of Historic Sandusky

Historic Sandusky 757 Sandusky Drive, Lynchburg, VA, United States

Come hear stories about the unexplained and supernatural events that have taken place at Sandusky. Our student tour guides will give you insights into these occurrences, some of which they’ve experienced firsthand! Tour times: 7, 7:30, 8 and 8:30 p.m. Cost: $12 Purchase tickets Proceeds to benefit the Historic Sandusky Endowment.

$12

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