On The Cabell Screen

The Cabell Screen will display 33 selected works through the summer. Student media at VCU is big and broad–from legacy publications like the student newspaper that’s been around since the school was formed to cutting-edge digital publications. The Student Media Center houses various student-run media outlets available on multiple platforms — newspaper, radio, literary and […]

Throughout April, VCU Libraries will exhibit artwork from this year’s Jurgen Comics Contest on the Cabell Screen.  Students from across VCU were challenged to choose a specific historical incident of art suppression or censorship and create the cover for a comic book telling the story of the event. The winners’ full pieces are displayed on […]

In partnership with the VCU Global Education Office, VCU Libraries presents “Study Abroad Snapshots,” an exhibit on the Cabell Screen. These photos were taken by VCU students and faculty during their experiences abroad last fall.  Images in the exhibit provided by: Students interested in studying abroad should contact [email protected].

Zakari Yonkers, "Assumed Identity"

VCUarts Art Foundation Assistant Professor Roberto Jamora’s collection of abstract paintings will be on display on the Cabell Screen through February 2025. Personal Effects is a new iteration of Roberto Jamora’s abstract painting series An Inventory of Traces. This collection of paintings was on display at the Cody Gallery at Marymount University from Sept. 16 […]

A portrait of Dr. King is showing on the Cabell Screen on Jan. 20, 2025, from 6 a.m. to midnight. The photo was taken after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 “for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population.” A university-wide planning committee has organized a robust group of […]

Images from last year’s annual Jurgen contest are showing on the Cabell Screen through Jan. 31, 2025. This exhibit showcases comic arts from a VCU Libraries-sponsored contest in the last academic year. These student artists brought wit, imagination and passion to the challenge of creating comics on the topic of censorship and self-censorship. This exhibit […]

Showing through January 2025 Student media at VCU is big and broad–from legacy publications like the student newspaper that’s been around since the school was formed to cutting-edge digital publications. The Student Media Center houses eight student-run media organizations available on various media platforms — newspaper, radio, literary and arts journals, digital only-publications, video, comics […]

Asia Rorick’s contest-winning opossum sticker will be on the Cabell Screen from November 1 – 8, 2024. Rorick, a VCUarts alum, thinks the opossum encompasses Richmond perfectly. “I think their silly, fun, unconventional nature just connects with Richmonders. Plus, they live a dual life of city and nature dwelling, and I think Richmond encompasses that […]

Showing on the Cabell Screen beginning July 16, 2024 The exhibit celebrates the unique character of Virginia Commonwealth University and Richmond’s urban environment. Artists submitted paintings, illustrations, animations and photographs that capture, suggest, or evoke feelings of wonder, appreciation, and joy in the singular places and people who make up VCU and Richmond, Virginia.  This […]