On The Cabell Screen

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 […]

Showing in the fall semester. VCU Libraries Digital Collections are now housed on Scholars Compass, marking a milestone toward a more integrated and accessible digital library experience.  These digital collections include photographs, posters, maps and other content. Since September 2023, a team migrated 67 collections of 30,856 items from an outdated digital platform to Scholars Compass, VCU’s institutional […]

In partnership with the VCU Global Education Office, VCU Libraries presents “Study Abroad Snapshots,” an exhibit on the Cabell Screen. These photo were taken by VCU students and faculty during their experiences abroad over the last year. Images in the exhibit provided by: The Fall 2024 Global Learning Fair will be held on the Commons […]

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 […]

An exhibit of book illustrations runs September 9-20 VCU Libraries hosts “Meg and Me: An evening with Meg Medina” on September 17. Register Now In honor of Medina’s appearance, the Cabell Screen exhibits illustrations from two of her recent picture books. No More Señora Mimí, published this year, salutes to the caregivers who shape a […]

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 […]

Showing through the summer 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 River, searching for evidence of illegal sewage dumping into the river. Ancarrow, who is perhaps best remembered today for […]

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 […]

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 […]

 Showing on the Cabell Screen March 20, 2024-April 19, 2024 “A Place Called Home” will run concurrently with Coalescence, the 58th annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) meeting in Richmond March 20-23, 2024. The theme of this exhibition is “home,” which can be interpreted in many ways. Experiences, […]