VCU Study Abroad Fair
Tuesday, January 20th from 11:00 am- 2:00 pm at Shafer Dining Hall | Learn more about how you could study abroad with VCU this summer! Faculty-leaders will be present at the entrance to Shafer Dining Hall (second floor) to share about their summer program and answer any questions you might have.
Artist Lecture | Chloë Bass
Wednesday, January 21st from 3:00 - 5:00 pm at the ICA | Chloë Bass is a multiform conceptual artist working in performance, situation, conversation, publication, and installation. Her work uses daily life as a site of deep research to address scales of intimacy: where patterns hold and break as group sizes expand.
Global (Local) Game Jam 2026 | VCU Library
Friday, January 23rd - Monday, January 26th at VCU Cabell Library | Participants collaborate to develop original and experimental video games based on a secret theme. There will be multiple sessions across 4 days all located at James Branch Cabell Library.
The Anderson | "Alright can you read this?"
Friday, January 16th - Saturday, January 31st | An experimental documentation of personal conversations through digital screens and physical space, reimagined and materialized as a flipboard.
The Anderson | High Functioning
Friday, January 16th - Saturday, February 7th | A solo exhibition of student artwork by Ryder Paley (Craft/Material Studies). This solo exhibition explores the autistic experience through functional tableware and features work created by the artist through an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).
The Anderson | E4
Friday, January 16th - Saturday, February 21st | A two-person exhibition of artwork by graduate students Erin Ehren(Sculpture + Extended Media) and Daša Kulikova (Painting + Printmaking).
The Anderson | Animal Instincts
Friday, January 16th - Saturday, February 21st | A group exhibition by Craft/Material Studies majors Kristiana Curran, Tzvia Feldman, and Gracie Sager that examines the untamedness of true human nature.
The Anderson | Beyond the Grains Exhibition
Friday, January 16th - Saturday, February 21st | Beyond the Grains is a juried group exhibition that explores experimental woodworking through the hands of craft students at all levels.
ICA | Ayida
June 27th, 2025 - February 22nd, 2026 | "Ayida" is a new group exhibition of five early- to mid-career artists celebrating the Caribbean and its diaspora. Through a combination of new and existing works, the contributors investigate and pay attention to the material, spiritual, and intellectual cultures of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, among other sites.
ICA | Julien Creuzet: Attila cataract your source at the feet of the green peaks will end up in the great sea blue abyss we drowned in the tidal tears of the moon
August 15th, 2025 - February 22nd, 2026 | Julien Creuzet (b. 1986, Le Blanc Mesnil, France, lives Paris) has reimagined his French Pavilion from the 60th Venice Biennale (2024) for the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University. Creuzet has created an immersive video and archipelagic sculptural installation that extends his focus on water as a site of both historical and contemporary traumas and emancipatory futures.
Bond Millen Gallery | STILL LIGHT by Pam Fox
Thursday, January 15th - Saturday, February 28th | Bond Millen Gallery is pleased to present STILL LIGHT, new works by photographer and Photography + Film Alumna, Pam Fox.
VMFA | Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys
Sunday, November 22, 2025 - Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Free admission with VCU Student ID
The Branch Museum of Design | Undeniable: The Designs of Christian Siriano + Ashley Longshore
Saturday, January 17th - Sunday, March 22nd
"The Quick and the Dead" (1995) Nowhere Cinema Film Screening
Tuesday, January 20th, 7:00pm at Studio Two Three
Frames of Reference Film Series: Ephraim Asili
Wednesday, January 21st, 6:00 - 8:00 pm and Thursday, January 22nd, 6:00 - 8:00 pm at University of Richmond
Artist Lecture | Nick Cave
Wednesday, January 21st, 6:30 pm at the VMFA Cheek Theater | Artist Nick Cave is one of the renowned artists featured in Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys.
Performance | Ellen Fullman and JACK Quartet Concert
Friday, January 23rd, 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the VMFA Cochrane Atrium | This musical concert will feature Ellen Fullman performing on her iconic Long String Instrument. She will be accompanied by the New York–based JACK Quartet.
Call for Submissions | VCU Career Services and VCUarts Creative Careers Showcase
Interest Form Deadline: Thursday, January 22nd | VCU Career Services and VCUarts will be hosting the Creative Careers Showcase on Friday, March 27th from 12-3pm in the Student Commons, Richmond Salons. Students can attend to network or apply to table. Tablers must submit a resume + portfolio.
Call for Submissions | VCU Library Jurgen Comics Contest
Submission Deadline: Monday, February 2nd | Imagine a comic book centered around the suppression or censorship of visual art, books, music, film or performance at a particular historical moment. You might tell this story using any one of a number of comic book genres such as real life, comedy, horror, romance, weird/uncanny, fantasy or science fiction. Now draw only the comic book’s cover.
Study Abroad | VCU Brandcenter: Study Abroad at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity
Application Deadline: Sunday, February 15th | Travel to Cannes, France with VCU Brandcenter this June! Visit local towns and gain full access to the Cannes Lions Festival, where students will engage with leading professionals in advertising, design, digital innovation, and marketing.
Call for Proposals | National Gallery Open Call: $3000 for Your Idea
Submission Deadline: Sunday, February 28th | The National Gallery is inviting artists across the U.S. to submit proposals to reimagine one artwork from the museum's collection. Up to 50 will be selected, and top creators will produce a 15-30 second vertical video and receive up to $3000.
Funded Fellowship | 2026 Sundance Institute Ignite x Adobe
Application Deadline: Thursday, February 12th | The Sundance Institute Ignite program identifies and supports new voices and talent from the next generation of filmmakers by providing artistic and professional development to advance filmmakers to the next stage in their filmmaking.