Get a fresh perspective! University student organizations and community groups are encouraged to schedule group tours of the museum exhibitions and collection. Our docents are happy to tailor their tour to the interests of your group.

Exposure to art helps medical students build their observational and diagnostic ‘toolkit.’ Launched in 2013 in partnership with UVA's School of Medicine, Clinician’s Eye is based on similar programs at leading medical schools, and includes interactive tours as well as drawing and writing exercises.

As volunteer museum educators, The Fralin docents serve the community by encouraging close-looking with original works of art, as they lead engaging and interactive tours for school groups and community organizations from across the central Virginia region.

Each year, The Fralin holds Early Visions in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia. During the ten-week program, Club members are paired with a UVA student mentor working collaboratively on creative activities that encourage the participants to explore the museum's exhibitions and relate their discoveries to their own lives. Mentors and mentees learn about and from one another while making art together!

Continued exposure to art and music can slow the decline of persons with Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders.

The Museum encourages University faculty to utilize our exhibitions and collection to enhance curricular goals in all subject areas. The Museum's innovative teaching galleries provide unique object-based study and research opportunities for UVA. faculty members across a wide-variety of disciplines.

Faculty are welcome to hold classes in the galleries and access pieces from the Museum's permanent collection relevant to their field—from the humanities to the sciences.

Launched in 2019, Fashion As Art is an annual program engaging the community with art, fashion, and The Fralin. In partnership with the museum’s Volunteer Board, local businesses, and student groups, the events grow awareness of the museum’s mission and activities and showcase the depth and breadth of local and national artists and designers.

Final Friday has been a favorite event of both students and the Charlottesville community for decades. Held on the last Friday of the month during the academic year, all are welcome to come and enjoy art, music, food, and a variety of activities, such as artmaking and student docent-led gallery talks. 

The University Museums Internship Class (undergraduate): ARTH 4951/4952 The University Museums Internship is a two-semester sequence of two three-credit courses. Students will do internships (lasting for an academic year) at either The Fralin Museum of Art or the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.

Teachers are invited to schedule interactive docent-led tours of current exhibitions for K–12 students.

Experience the restorative power of art—join docent June Heintz for a 60-minute exploration of one work of art, including mindfulness practices, slow looking, and contextual information.

Gordon Avenue Library’s Glynis Welte brings diverse, relevant, and arts-related books to life with engaging songs, movement, and more. After story time, everyone is invited to get creative and make art inspired by the books and art explored. Stories are chosen with young museum goers in mind with the goal of enriching their experiences of the exhibitions and art on view. 

Our Student Docents facilitate close-looking with original works of art, gain vital experience as museum educators, and serve the community by leading tours for thousands of area school children every year. 

The Fralin offers teacher professional development workshops on a range of topics, including arts integration and creative writing. We are happy to work with school districts, content teams, and individual schools to develop workshops that meet the learning needs of your teachers.

Click here for a list of our PD offerings.

The Student Engagement Council (SEC) at The Fralin Museum of Art is dedicated to deepening and diversifying University student engagement with the museum.

Launched in the summer of 2021, The Fralin’s Little Museum of Art was inspired by a desire to engage with the community during the museum’s

The Fralin teaching galleries provide unique object-based study and research opportunities for UVA faculty across a wide-variety of disciplines, and the museum encourages University faculty to utilize our exhibitions and collection to enhance curricular goals in all subject areas.

Writer’s Eye challenges writers of all ages to use visual art in The Fralin as inspiration for the creation of original poetry and prose.