A Forum of Ideas
Showing Sept. 30-Nov. 20 During the spring 2016 semester, graduate and undergraduate VCU interior design students took their studies beyond the studio and into the university’s high-profile construction project, the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) at the corner of Broad Street and Belvidere Avenue. In this collaboration among ICA staff, VCU School of the Arts Interior Design faculty and the […]
Inaugural Student Showcase
Showing beginning Sept. 30 Providing a showcase and a sharing space for student artwork is a key role of the Cabell Big Screen. The inaugural Student Showcase is on display from Sept. 30-Oct. 2, coinciding with VCU Family Weekend. Students, please contact us if you have ideas for projects or simply want to share some of your […]
Alumnus Reilly Brown: Comic artist and writer
Showing Friday, Sept. 23 as part of gala events surrounding the launch of the Make It Real Fundraising campaign. Selected works of Reilly Brown will appear on the Big Screen until 4 p.m. today. Reilly Brown (B.F.A ’03/A) is a comic-book artist and writer. (“Spiderman,” left.) Brown joins with fellow fellow artist and alumnus Charles […]
Alumnus Charles Vess: Illustrator and artist
Showing Friday, Sept. 23 as part of gala events surrounding the launch of the Make It Real Fundraising campaign. Selected works of Charles Vess will appear on the Big Screen until 4 p.m. today. Charles Vess (B.F.A ’74/A) is a fantasy artist and comic-book illustrator who has specialized in myths and fairy tales. (“A Chance […]
Alumnus Matt Lively: “Helium Ghost”
New exhibit beginning Sept. 19: Images from Matt Lively’s current show, “Helium Ghost” at Glavé Kocen Gallery (1620 W. Main St.), are haunting and ethereal. Lively (B.F.A./ ’93, A) studied sculpture at VCU and he is the first alumnus to exhibit on the Cabell Big Screen. He has enjoyed an active career. Close ties to his alma […]
From a new digital collection: Wildflowers!
Showing starting September 12 Between 1968 and 1971, Richmond environmentalist and James River advocate Newton Ancarrow snapped thousands of photographs of wildflowers, documenting more than 400 species, as he walked along the banks of the James, searching for evidence of illegal sewage dumping into the river. Ancarrow, who is perhaps best remembered today for his […]