Media Room
The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech communications team is available to assist with media inquiries, including arranging facility tours, coordinating interviews, and providing high-resolution photography of our facility, as well as our performers and exhibitions.
Reporters are welcome to attend our events, but will need to request a ticket at least 48 hours in advance. Media tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please direct any media-related inquiries to:
Susan Bland
Associate Director of Communication
540-231-1986
subland@vt.edu
News
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From a refugee camp in Kenya to Virginia Tech, a journey shared on gallery walls , articleAn unexpected collaboration with Salvadoran-born artist Guadalupe Maravilla gave Virginia Tech student Ajier Ajuong an opportunity to explore migration, memory, and the meaning of home through art.
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Virginia Tech Science Festival returns on Nov. 7 , articleThe 13th annual Virginia Tech Science Festival returns Nov. 7 with more than 50 free, interactive exhibits, including an immersive reimagining of "Arabian Nights", inviting visitors of all ages to explore science as a way of thinking.
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Ju Percussion Group presents percussion without limits , articleWith breathtaking precision and physical intensity, the ensemble brings contemporary percussion music to life at the Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
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The Gate of Knowledge will be one of the newest public artworks on the Blacksburg campus , articleA team of graduate students and faculty members will build a new public art piece, the Gate of Knowledge, on the Blacksburg campus after its proposal was selected by a Graduate School-based advisory committee. The work celebrates graduate education, students, and research at Virginia Tech, and marks the 20th anniversary of the Graduate Life Center.
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Vox Luminis brings Baroque masterpiece to life , articleInternationally renowned Belgian early music ensemble Vox Luminis performs Monteverdi’s dramatic and groundbreaking “Vespers of 1610” at the Center for the Arts on Nov. 11.
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Afro-Cuban All Stars transforms the Center for the Arts into a Havana nightclub , articleThe legendary orchestra, led by a driving force behind the Buena Vista Social Club, celebrates generations of Cuban music at the center on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
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Fearless movement takes flight in Compagnie Hervé Koubi’s 'Sol Invictus' , articleFollowing sold-out tours around the world, the company brings 17 dancers to explore the power of movement and human connection in “Sol Invictus” at the Center for the Arts on Thursday, Oct. 22.
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Behind every extraordinary feat are 'Ten Thousand Hours' , articleEight world-class acrobats and a live percussionist reveal the unseen labor behind breathtaking physical skill. Australian contemporary circus company Gravity & Other Myths takes the Center for the Arts’ stage on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
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Teatro La Plaza reimagines Shakespeare’s 'Hamlet' , articleEight actors with Down syndrome bring their internationally celebrated, deeply personal take on the classic work to the Center for the Arts for two performances, Oct. 7 and 8.
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One of contemporary literature’s most influential voices, two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, comes to Blacksburg , articleThe author takes the Center for the Arts stage Wednesday, Sept. 30, for a conversation about writing, history, and the power of storytelling.
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Award-winning Isidore String Quartet brings music of striking contrasts to the Center for the Arts , articleThe internationally acclaimed young ensemble makes its Blacksburg debut on Friday, Sept. 25, with a program of four distinctive works spanning a century of chamber music.
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Guadalupe Maravilla exhibition explores migration and healing through newly commissioned work , articleMaravilla’s multidisciplinary practice centers on sculpture, sound, and communal healing. The artist’s solo exhibition “Medicine Monster” opens with a reception on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 4-6 p.m.