Arts at W&M

On select Monday evenings throughout spring 2025, join us at the Muscarelle to hone your observational and drawing skills. Each session will focus on a different aspect of figure drawing, so choose one session or register for them all!

These Sacred Hills Film Screening: Facing an existential threat from a proposed green energy project, the Rock Creek Band of the Yakama Nation fights to protect their sacred sites and cultural resources. 

Save the date for a special preview just for Muscarelle Members (including all William & Mary faculty, staff, and students) of Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine. More details to come!

The week-long Ampersand Festival features special guests, films, music, theater, dance, author talks, and professional workshops.

Abby Rapoport, cofounder and publisher of Stranger’s Guide, will deliver the 2025 McSwain-Walker Lecture, "Place-Based Journalism: Perspectives from Independent Media."

Exhibition curator Adriano Marinazzo will introduce Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine, sharing new insights from his extensive research on the subject. 

The Lone Bellow in concert, featuring featuring Zach Williams (guitar/vocals), Kanene Donehey Pipkin '07 (multi-instrumentalist/vocals), and Brian Elmquist (guitar/vocals).

Hang out with Murr from Impractical Jokers as he tells hilarious stories, answers your questions, and has some surprises in store. 

This workshop will dive into the creative world of Aura CuriAtlas Physical Theatre and Human Landscape Dance through guided movement improvisation, partnering, and collaborative creation.

Join the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra, “the premier American Ragtime ensemble” as hailed by The Washington Post, for a musical time machine back to the fun and excitement of the early 20th century. 

Performance by Aura CuriAtlas Physical Theatre and Human Landscape Dance

Join the artists of Aura CuriAtlas and Human Landscape Dance who offer performances with strong physical connections to explore human emotions and desires.

Like Minds is a comedy quiz show that takes the fact-filled fun of a pub quiz and combines it with the quick-witted comedy of an improv show.

Hip-hop icon, DJ, and preacher Rev Run is one of the most iconic figures in music, and will be attendance at the 2025 Ampersand Festival as a keynote guest.

Performance by Aura CuriAtlas Physical Theatre and Human Landscape Dance

Join the artists of Aura CuriAtlas and Human Landscape Dance who offer performances with strong physical connections to explore human emotions and desires.

Omaid Sharifi, President and Co-founder of ArtLords, will speak about the role of art in fostering freedom and democracy, for the third event of the Spring 2025 Scholarly Perspectives Series on Arts & Democracy. 

Join us for an immersive and engaging three-hour workshop designed specifically for homeschool art students of all ages at the Muscarelle Museum of Art.

NEW DATE!  Artist, activist, and bestselling author, Katie Holten to speak on the Language of Trees and what it means to love a forest.

William & Mary students are invited for an exclusive after-hours experience at the newly expanded Muscarelle Museum of Art!

Performance Arts Students’ Headshots will be offered on Wed., March 26 in PBK Room 163, with sign ups for 15 minute slots between 11 AM and 4 PM.

Director David Brashear will join New York Times-bestselling author Ross King for a Zoom-based conversation about his book Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling.

Iman Zaki, cultural manager, researcher, consultant, and theater maker, is the third artist of the Spring 2025 Scholarly Perspectives Series on Arts & Democracy. 

On select Monday evenings throughout spring 2025, join us at the Muscarelle to hone your observational and drawing skills. Each session will focus on a different aspect of figure drawing, so choose one session or register for them all!

Join Phil Hanley for a night of unpredictable humor and crowd-pleasing wit as he brings his unique blend of storytelling and comedy to Williamsburg, promising an unforgettable evening of laughter and entertainment!

It's 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington.

POSTPONED: Due to Inclement weather, the artist talk and reception will take place on Friday (2/21) from 4-7pm.  The Lecture will begin at 5pm at the Muscarelle Museum of Art conference hall next door.