Have you, your colleagues, your lab, or your collaborators created a striking image, schematic, model or other visual element in relation to produced research?
Do you ever wish you had a wider audience for a compelling visualization within an article, chapter, or book?
“The Art of Research,” from the Art in Library Spaces Committee, invites participants and viewers to reconsider the visual components of research — charts, diagrams, maps, illustrations, microscopic imaging, radiography, models, and more — not only as technical tools, but as creative acts of interpretation and inquiry. The Committee invites submissions for a special exhibition in its Dean’s Gallery (fifth floor east and west corridors), celebrating the visual language of research at the University of Virginia.
Who can submit?
Anyone producing research with any form of visual component at UVA is eligible for this exhibition: Faculty, instructors, physicians, Academic Division and Medical Center staff, graduate and undergraduate students.
What should I submit?
Interested researchers should submit:
- One image from their research. Types of visualizations could include:
- Scientific models and diagrams
- Data visualizations, charts, and graphs
- Maps and geographic renderings
- Microscopic and radiographic imaging
- Conceptual schematics
- Archival or humanities-based visual frameworks
- And more!
- 100–150 word description contextualizing your image and the research from which it is derived.
- Link to associated research, if applicable.
Submissions should be derived from existing research. No new creation of works is required.
The deadline for submissions is May 29, 2026.
Welcoming cross-disciplinary submissions
“The Art of Research” aims to highlight the aesthetic dimension of scholarly research and the breadth of research produced across UVA, while also creating unexpected points of connection across disciplines. The emphasis is not on aesthetic “beauty,” but on images that invite contemplation, reveal complexity, and provoke curiosity about how knowledge is constructed.
Submit your work for “The Art of Research” exhibition by May 29, 2026.
