On The Cabell Screen

Providing a showcase and a sharing space for student artwork is a key role of the Cabell Big Screen. This Student Showcase, on display through June 30, shows work produced in 2022. Students, please contact us if you have ideas for projects or simply want to share some of your work. Works were self-submitted by students […]

Showing through May 2022 A collection of digital and traditional work from the Class of 2022, Communication Arts graduating students. All of the work shown and more will be on display during the CommArts Senior Expo, April 8 through April 9, located in the Richmond Salons in the Student Commons. Come by for a chance […]

Showing through May 2022 Murry N. DePillars, Ph.D., served as Dean of VCU’s School of the Arts from 1976 until 1995. DePillars nurtured a fertile period of progress at VCUarts. Under his leadership, enrollment nearly doubled and the faculty grew in size and stature. DePillars’ vision and action are largely credited with establishing the school […]

Showing through May 2022 Student artists explored the complex relationship between art and society in VCU Libraries’ inaugural Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.  Supported by generous funding from the Cabell Library Associates, this year’s contest focused on the events and issues surrounding the 1920 censorship of James Branch Cabell’s Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice by […]

Showing through April 2022 Cutting-edge Nigerian-American artist Mimi Ọnụọha, who explores issues of race, fairness and data in her work, is the first speaker in the new series Creative Inquiries that VCU Libraries is launching March 24.  This exhibit showcases Ọnụọha’s work which asks provocative questions about the relationship between people and data. “Ọnụọha looks beyond […]

Showing through April 2022 March 7-11 is Open Education Week, an international celebration that aims to raise awareness about the positive impact of open education on teaching and learning worldwide. Open education is comprised of resources, tools and practices created through the use of free and openly licensed materials.  These materials, known as Open Educational […]

Local artist Barry O’Keefe works in printmaking, painting and public art. He teaches in Communications Arts with VCUArts. O’Keefe also works with several nonprofits in Richmond including Milk River Arts, Art 180 and the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.  Thematically, his work engages with cultural amnesia, neglected public spaces, and the design of the contemporary […]

Providing a showcase and a sharing space for student artwork is a key role of the Cabell Big Screen. This Student Showcase, on display through Jan. 31, shows work produced in 2021. Students, please contact us if you have ideas for projects or simply want to share some of your work. Works were self-submitted by students […]

During Art Review, a Fall 2021, five week Honor College module course, students visited prominent Richmond art sites, like the VMFA, the ICA, Kehinde Wiley’s Rumors of War statue, and Monument Avenue. Learning Photoshop basics, and the basic principles and elements of art and design, students incorporated photo documentation with Photoshop tools to create a […]

In an age where every 60 seconds 140,000 images are uploaded to Facebook, image production and literacy are more important than ever.  Learn how to use the photographic tools we already have with us everyday, to create compelling images, stories and videos that will cut through the digital clutter of our daily image feeds. John […]