Department of Music

On Friday, April 1st Sara Bouchard will present a colloquium in 112 Old Cabell Hall on The Lawn at the University of Virginia.  This event is free and open to the public.

Sara Bouchard is a multidisciplinary artist and composer who uses sound, installation, works on paper and performance to interweave American histories and the landscape. She is currently based in Richmond, VA, where she teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. Born in Stockton, CA, she received her BA in painting from Yale University in 2003. She was subsequently based in Brooklyn, NY, for 13 years where she embedded herself in her local community through socially engaged art practices and American roots music. In 2017 she relocated to Richmond, VA, to study with sound artist Stephen Vitiello, receiving her MFA from VCUarts in 2019. Sara has exhibited internationally, including at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (CT), The Center for Book Arts (NYC) and in the Berlin Underground (Germany). She has performed extensively, including at The American Folk Art Museum (NYC) and numerous festivals. Her work is in a growing number of public collections, including the Princeton University Library (NJ) and the University of Richmond Library (VA). She is a 2018 CultureWorks grant recipient.

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA’s historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda. (map) Parking is available in the central grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Rd, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner.