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Performances

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    The cast of Circa's "Opus" perform on stage wearing black leotards or pants. Four people stand on the shoulders of four others, while the pairs each hold a person's feet. The two people, upside down, clasp hands in the center. A string quartet plays in the background.
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    FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 7:30 PM: With a bold and sophisticated approach to cirque, Australian-based Circa is joined live by the Debussy String Quartet for "Opus," a red-hot fusion of acrobatics and lyrical movement set to three Shostakovich quartets.

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    Violinist Theotime Langlois de Swarte, a young white man with medium length straight dark brown hair, wears a navy blue patterned button down shirt in an ornate hallway. He holds his violin sideways and holds his bow horizontally, perpendicular to the violin, across the frame.
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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 7:30 PM: Internationally renowned early music ensemble Les Arts Florissants takes the stage with one of today’s most sought-after young early music stars, violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte, to perform Vivaldi’s masterpiece, "Four Seasons."

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    Playwright george emilio sanchez, a middle aged Indigenous man with long grey hair, wears a white button down shirt and lifts both hands in a near shrug, the projection of a desert tumbleweed behind and across him.
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    THURSDAY, APRIL 24-FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 7:30 PM: Writer, performance artist, and social justice advocate george emilio sanchez confronts the ways the courts have historically diminished the tribal sovereignty of Native nations, juxtaposing this against his experiences navigating generational trauma and Indigenous identity.

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Exhibitions

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    Shaunté Gates' "The Four Huntresses II," 2023, a collage that shows a Black woman centaur, bow pulled taut in her hands.
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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 23-SUNDAY, MARCH 30: Washington, D.C.-based artist Shaunté Gates’ solo exhibition features mixed-media paintings and densely layered works that combine photography, painting, collage, and found materials, resulting in surreal, dreamlike compositions.

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    Charisse Pearlina Weston's "are there other pits deeper down?," 2024, a canvas etched with glass, frit, oil stick, silicone carbide, and epoxy. The canvas looks like a stiff sheet of fabric covered in black texture.
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    THURSDAY, JANUARY 23-SUNDAY, MARCH 30: New York-based artist Charisse Pearlina Weston’s solo exhibition engages with themes of surveillance and tactics of Black refusal by transforming materials associated with observation and control through repetition and reuse.

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    The lead art for the SOVA Faculty Triennial exhibition, "Assembly," featuring the School of Visual Arts' rainbow-colored logo.
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    THURSDAY, APRIL 10-SATURDAY, APRIL 26: Featuring works by Virginia Tech’s School of Visual Arts faculty members, including adjunct faculty, "Assembly" celebrates a wide range of media, from traditional to digital, as well as sculpture, video, drawing, and painting.

Experiences

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    Moss Arts Center Curator Brian Holcombe leads a gallery tour and speaks into a microphone in front of a group of gallery visitors.
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    SECOND THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH, 12 PM: Elevate your art experience during free monthly noontime tours with Curator Brian Holcombe, who provides insight and context, offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the gallery processes, and answers your questions.

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    The cast of Circa's "Opus" perform on stage, clustered together and holding a man upside down. In the background, two members of a string quartet play while blindfolded.
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    WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 5:30 PM: This free workshop led by members of Circa focuses on a particular scene and movement language from "Opus." Learn new circus skills!

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    The lead art for the SOVA Faculty Triennial exhibition, "Assembly," featuring the School of Visual Arts' rainbow-colored logo.
    Opening Reception | SOVA Faculty Triennial: "Assembly" , article

    THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 4-6 PM: Join us for a free reception celebrating the opening of our the 2025 SOVA Faculty Triennial, "Assembly."

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Faculty

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