Pattern Language for a Social Fabric
Showing through October. “Pattern Language for a Social Fabric” is an experiment in open-printing and artistic collaboration. The process was intended to develop a creative practice that eliminated any possibility of isolating singular contributions within a collaborative whole, while simultaneously allowing artists to engage the work as primary creators. In the summer of 2016, images were […]
Alumni Month Show: Sally Bowring
Showing through April. In honor of Reunion Weekend April 7-9 and Alumni Month, April, the Big Screen features the work of alumna Sally Bowring (M.F.A., ’83). She teaches painting at Virginia Commonwealth University and is an active and engaged artist in metro Richmond. (Image: April Winds) Her many notable accomplishments include being a recipient of […]
Celebration of the Torah
Showing March 30. In honor of today’s celebration of the gift of a Holocaust Torah to VCU Libraries, the Big Screen shares some images of this beautiful and meaningful religious relic and teaching tool. This Torah scroll, on parchment in the customary Hebrew, was composed in Romania around 1750. During World War II, it was confiscated […]
Intersections II: Science & Art
Showing through spring semester. A new art show at the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University is featuring medical and scientific illustrations by students and alumni of the Department of Communication Arts in the School of the Arts. “Intersections II” features the work of 16 students and alumni of the Department of Communication Art’s scientific and preparatory medical illustration track, […]
Black Lives Matter: A community outpouring
Through March 24. A multicultural art show of local artists explores the theme of Black Lives Matter at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond, 1000 Blanton Ave., Richmond, 23221. The exhibit runs through March 24. It debuts on the Big Screen Sunday, Feb. 19, noon to 6 p.m. The show was organized by three Richmond artists: […]
East-West Connects: Alumnus Wei Dong
Showing through January, 2017 Wei Dong (M.F.A. ’88/A), who says he is the first Chinese national to study art at Virginia Commonwealth University, earned a bachelor’s degree in Beijing. China was opening its doors to the west and Dong applied to U.S. schools for graduate study. Drawn to VCU’s School of the Arts because of […]
Business School Artist Scalin Creates Walker Portrait
Showing beginning Oct. 19. Nationally renowned artist Noah Scalin, the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business’ first ever artist-in-residence, presented his first pop-up installation at the school in October. Scalin began “Portrait of Innovation: Maggie Walker” in the Snead Hall Atrium, 301 W. Main St., on Oct. 10. The artist and several VCU School of Business […]
“Unmasked” by Alumnus Nickolai Walko
Showing beginning Oct. 17 Inspired by anatomy and the human form, Nickolai Walko, a graduate of the VCU School of the Arts, has developed a unique and eye-catching form of image-making that hybridizes classical drawing and pop art. After placing a layer of black masking tape on a brightly colored panel or wall, covering the surface […]
Folk Fest Art and VCU Ties
Showing Oct.3 – Oct. 9 The biggest show in RVA this week is the annual Richmond Folk Festival, Oct. 7-9 2016. Last year, according to the festival website, the multi-day event brought 200,000 people to the riverfront “to celebrate the roots, richness and variety of American culture through music, dance, traditional crafts, storytelling and food.” The […]
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 […]