On The Cabell Screen

Showing Saturday, April 1. VCU is at the center of activity for Saturday’s Monument Avenue 10K. This race is not really about the exercise. It’s a community event with 30,000 participants, many in costume and many just cheering on the sidelines. Named one of the best races in the country by USA Today, Richmond’s biggest block […]

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 […]

Showing through March 31. Digital Pragmata is a VCU Libraries digital arts and humanities initiative that bring together scholars, students and creators for lectures and teaching presentations. The March 30 installment, “Information in Motion,” examines how animation and motion graphics can be used to visualize and explain data. The presenters come from varied backgrounds in […]

Through March 7. Fans and followers of comic artist Will Eisner (1917-2005) worldwide are celebrating his creativity and contributions to the comic arts field during Will Eisner Week (March 1-7). The centennial of his birth is March 6, 2017. This pioneer in the field of sequential art is considered to be the father of the […]

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, […]

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: […]

Through March 13. The Cabell Big Screen features models of artifacts created by VCU’s Virtual Creation Laborary. From an article by Brian McNeill of VCU News:  A new display at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia features artifact replicas 3-D printed and painted by Virginia Commonwealth University students. The display, “Philadelphia 1787,” opened in January as part of the […]

Through March 3. As students think about their options for study abroad this summer, the Virginia Commonwealth University Global Education Office and VCU Libraries present the Views from Abroad Photo Exhibit on the Cabell Big Screen. Views from Abroad showcases a selection of images from the annual photo competition hosted by the Education Abroad office. The show debuts […]

Showing through November Photographs, ephemera and publications from the Adèle Goodman Clark papers from Special Collections and Archives in Cabell Library are showing on the big screen during Election Month, November. Nov. 20 marks the anniversary of the founding of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. And, November is the month for the annual Crenshaw Lecture, […]

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 […]