On The Cabell Screen

Showing through May, watch on the Cabell Library Ramcam at go.vcu.edu/cabellramcam. Started in 2014 with its first anthology, Weird, Vol. 1, Emanata is a student-run publication dedicated to providing avenues for comic creators to publish their work. The staff of Emanata works with contributors to amplify their skills through a personal one-on-one editorial process. Through […]

The fourth version of the Richmond Virginia Black Lives Matter Art Show is all-virtual in 2021 and the Cabell Screen is showing select works from this significant community exhibit. University Public Affairs article about the project The full 2021 exhibition is available for viewing online. BLM RVA ART 2021 includes more than 130 works from […]

Hillary Waters Fayle received a MFA from VCUarts in 2013 , and a BFA from Buffalo State College. She is an Assistant Professor and directs the fiber program in the department of Craft/Material Studies. In Rooted: Botanical Connections she explores concepts of humanity’s interaction with the natural world. Fayle uses leaves as her medium and […]

Showing Jan. 17-18, 2021 related to MLK events at VCU.  In honor of MLK Day 2021, a portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King displays on the Cabell Library Screen. The piece is by Dallas-based illustrator Richie Pope, a former VCU School of the Arts student. The artwork displaying on the big screen is a cropped […]

Showing through March 21 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 […]

Showing on the screen Feb. 7-28 Cartoonist Keith Knight returns to VCU to present “Red, White, Black and Blue,” a cartoon slideshow that tackles racial illiteracy in America for the 18th Annual Black History Month Lecture. The event takes place Feb. 11 from 7 – 9 p.m. in the Lecture Hall (Room 303) at James Branch […]

Showing on Jan. 19-20, 2020  dates related to MLK events at VCU.  In honor of MLK Day 2020, a portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King displays on the Big Screen today. The piece is by Dallas-based illustrator Richie Pope, a former VCU School of the Arts student. The artwork displaying on the big screen is […]

Showing Nov. 22 – Jan. 5 In addition to providing the VCU community with access to information, spaces and resources, the library personnel at Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences also enjoy photography. Showcasing a variety of subjects and locations, “Life Beyond the Library” offers a glimpse into the interests and perspectives of the people […]

Showing on the screen from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 3. More than one in three students experiences food insecurity during their time at VCU. On Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., staff at tables on The Compass outside James Branch Cabell Library will provide information about student hunger and accept financial donations. The […]

Showing Nov. 22 – Jan. 5 History, as nearly no one seems to know, is not merely something to be read. And it does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by […]