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The WVU Symphony Orchestra invites the community to the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre on April 30 at 7:30 p.m. as it closes the spring semester with a program of varied orchestral works.

The WVU Clay Club’s spring pottery sale will take place May 1 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Douglas O. Blaney Lobby of the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center.

Angela Uriyo, Assistant Professor of Fashion and Design Merchandising at the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts and Media, has been selected as the 2026 Council on Undergraduate Research – Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee.

The WVU School of Theatre and Dance presents the uproariously funny musical “Something Rotten!” from April 23-26 at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.”

The Art Museum of WVU invites the community to take a last look at our exhibitions and enjoy an exclusive gallery talk with "Soft/Cover" co-curator DJ Hellerman, as well as a discussion with artist Aimee Koran, Thursday, April 30, from 4-7 p.m. Light hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served.

For the students in Teaching Associate Professor Ashton Marra’s spring 2025 investigative reporting class, a full semester’s worth of data collecting, analyzing and reporting paid off in the best way possible. The 22 journalism students in the WVU Reed School of Media and Communications worked together on a project that became known as “The Price of Recovery.”

Three WVU Music Business and Industry students interned at the 2026 Country Radio Seminar, the premier national gathering of country music industry professionals. Audrey Hasley, Jarett McHale and Matteo Pandolfi spent three days in Nashville, Tennessee, supporting one of the most influential events in the country music ecosystem and making industry connections.

In March, Friends of the Art Museum of WVU traveled with several museum staff to Phoenix, Arizona, for several days of guided art tours, exclusive studio visits and musical performances.

The WVU School of Art and Design’s Fashion Design and Merchandising program presents its 2026 fashion show “An Evolving Narrative” in the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center’s Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre May 7 at 7:30 p.m. High school students are invited to a special behind-the-scenes opportunity beginning at 3:30 p.m.

In March, 19 WVU Dance majors and several faculty members traveled to Athens, Ohio, for the American College Dance Association East-Central Conference, hosted this year by Ohio University. During the conference, students and faculty have opportunities to present their own creative work for adjudication and feedback; attend workshops, classes and panel discussions with dance professionals; network with artists in the field and build connections and friendships with dancers from other higher ed institutions.