Student Media Showcase
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 […]
VCUarts alum’s winning design for ‘I Voted’ contest on display for Election Day
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 […]
Richmond Folk Festival Posters and Ties to VCU
Showing September 23-30 The biggest show in RVA in the fall is the annual Richmond Folk Festival, Sept. 27-29. The multi-day event brings some 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 festival offers more than 30 performers, a […]
‘UNcommon/UNconventional,’ celebrates unique people, places and images of VCU and RVA
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 […]
Student Media Showcase 2023-24
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 nine student-run media organizations available on various media platforms — newspaper, radio, literary and arts journals, digital only-publications, video, comics and more. These outlets […]
Call to artists: Submit by June 17 to ‘UNcommon/UNconventional’ exhibit
To celebrate the unique character of VCU and RVA, VCU Libraries seeks visual works of art for a curated exhibit for The Cabell Screen. The art selected for “UNcommon/UNconventional” should capture, suggest, or evoke feelings of wonder, appreciation, and joy in the singular places and people who make up Virginia Commonwealth University and the urban […]
“Reflections” exhibit celebrates new space and local artists’ work
To celebrate the opening of its new Reflection Room, VCU Libraries offers “Reflections,” an exhibit of student, faculty, alumni and community art on the Cabell Screen. The exhibit debuts Jan. 16 when classes resume on the Monroe Park Campus. The Reflection Room in James Branch Cabell Library is a new space designed to help students […]
Emeritus faculty Chuck Scalin: 50+ years of collage and assemblage works 1971-2023
Showing on the Cabell Screen through fall semester. “A Career of Collage” celebrates the multi-layered artistic life of longtime educator Chuck Scalin. In addition to the Cabell Screen show, some of these works are on exhibit at the Boyd Realty Art Gallery, 6784 Forest Hill Ave., through Sept. 16. Scalin makes his mixed-media collages with […]
Communication Arts students explore the boundaries of the field
Showing through March Comm Arts students focus on widely varying projects in a vast array of mediums—such as animation, digital, painting, illustration, character/prop design, environmental design, children’s book illustration, scientific illustrations, storyboarding, and so much more. With this exhibition, the group of student curators sought to reflect everything taught in Comm Arts classes through the […]