Workshop | Portfolio Essentials: Documenting Your Work
Wednesday, February 25th, 12:30 pm at The Workshop, Cabell Library
Artist Lecture | Nina Stössinger
Thursday, February 26th, 12:30 pm at the ICA | Nina Stössinger is the Senior Typeface Designer at Frere-Jones Type, an independent typeface design studio in Brooklyn, and a Critic for typeface design at Yale School of Art.
Workshop | VCUarts AI Workshop: Custom Generative AI Model
Friday, February 27th, 2:00 pm at the Academic Learning Commons (MCALC), Room 4100 | Attendees will be shown how to create a custom, copyright-free Generative AI model and how to use it in a creative project.
Workshop | Sonic Meditation: Mindful Mornings session
Saturday, February 28th, 10:00 am at the ICA | During this month’s Mindful Mornings session, mindfulness practitioner and designer Thurmond Alford Jr. will teach participants to view the noises of the built environment as opportunities for intention and awareness.
The Anderson | Communication Arts Showcase
Friday, February 6th - Saturday, February 28th | The Anderson and VCUarts Department of Communication Arts is pleased to present the 2026 Communication Arts Showcase, a group exhibition highlighting the work of twenty four current students.
The Anderson | I'm So Glad I Met You
Friday, February 6th - Saturday, February 28th | The Anderson and the Queer Arts Collective partnered together for the I'm So Glad I Met You exhibit centered around the theme of chosen family and its role in the survival of the queer community.
The Anderson | Black Fidelity
Friday, February 6th - Saturday, February 28th | The Anderson and Black Art Student Empowerment presents Black Fidelity: Crafted in the Storm. The exhibition explores themes of creative agency, relief in times of anguish, and radical joy.
Bond Millen Gallery | Viewfind XIV
Thursday, January 15th - Saturday, February 28th | VIEWFIND 14 will showcase photographic works from Peter Cochrane, Jeri Eisenberg, Dale Goffigon, Riley Goodman, Thoman Jackson, Amanda Means, Mejung Park, and Phoebe Shuman-Goodier.
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
Saturday, November 22nd, 2025 - Sunday, March 1st, 2026 | The Giants exhibition from the collection of musical and cultural icons Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys is expansive and features more than 130 works of art by 36 Black artists from Africa, Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean.
The Anderson | Primordial Birth
Friday, February 6th - Wednesday, March 4th | Primordial Birth explores autistic listening as part of an ongoing investigation into the way sound affects visual perception, as well as the presumed dichotomy between Self and Other by Kinetic Imaging graduate student kodiCrone (aka Miri Sluis).
Chasen | Capital Prize Inaugural Exhibition: Round One
Opening Reception: Friday, March 6th, 5:00 pm at Chasen (2922 W. Marshall St.) | VCUarts and Capital Square are partnering for the inaugural edition of the Capital Prize, with prizes totaling $5,000. The Capital Prize will provide significant career opportunities for both emerging and established VCUarts Painting + Printmaking alumni artists.
Eric Schindler Gallery | Liminal Space by Ward Saunders
Friday, February 13th - Saturday, March 14th | Artist Ward Saunders will has his exhibition, Liminal Space, on view which focuses on drawings remaining open and unsolved, using them as a starting point for layered mixed-media exploration.
The Branch Museum of Design | Undeniable
Saturday January 17th – Sunday, March 22nd | Designer Christian Siriano and artist Ashley Longshore work together to show how fashion and art can change how we see ourselves and the world.
"True Romance" (1993) Cinema Club Film Screening
Wednesday, February 25th, 7:00 pm at 1609 W Main St
"Common Ground" (2023) Screening | RVA Environmental Film Festival
Friday, February 27th, 5:30 pm at the ICA | VCUarts Cinema is pleased to host a screening of Common Ground, at the VCU Institute of Contemporary Art as part of The Richmond Environmental Film Festival.
"The Act of Killing" (2012) Hard Light Cinema Film Screening
Sunday, March 1st, 2:00 pm at the Richmond Public Library
Artist Lecture | Camino-Kristen Cavallo
Friday, February 27th, 8:30 am at The Martin Agency | Kristen Cavallo is a global leader in branding and advertising. A dynamic speaker, she is known for driving transformational growth, developing leaders, and defending the integrity of original creative ideas.
Artist Lecture | Derrick Adams and Valerie Cassel Oliver
Friday, February 27th, 6:30 pm at the VMFA | Join us for a conversation between artist Derrick Adams and VMFA's Valerie Cassel Oliver, Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. They will explore Adams's studio practice and his determined effort to provide a creative haven for Black artists through The Last Resort Artist Retreat, his project in Baltimore, Maryland.
Call for Proposals | National Gallery Open Call: $3000 for Your Idea
Submission Deadline: Saturday, 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.
Call for Submissions | PWATEM 2026 Spring Anthology
Submission Deadline: Sunday, March 1st | Are you a writer? Want your work to be published? Submit your writing to PWATEM! Now accepting submissions for poems, short stories, proses, and essays; as well as illustrations, sculptures.
Call for Submissions | UnBound! at Candela Gallery
Submission Deadline: Friday, March 13th | Candela Gallery's Unbound! exhibition highlights photographic artworks and artist books from 40-50 fine art opportunities. It generates opportunities and exposure beyond the traditional group or juried show by providing collection and funding opportunities for artists.
Call for Submissions | Container Media Open Call: Temporary Storage
Submission Deadline: Sunday, March 15th | The online and group site-specific contemporary art exhibition in a Catholic church for Temporary Storage explores the thematized duration of creating, processing, and viewing work.
Fellowship | VCU Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Summer Fellowship
Application Deadline: Monday, March 16th | The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) funds a limited number of undergraduate student fellowship awards for projects mentored by VCU faculty. Successful student applicants will receive a cash stipend of $1,500 and their Research Fellowship will appear on their official academic transcripts. The student's faculty mentor will receive an additional $500 to defray expenses associated with the fellowship project or to use for professional development.
Call for Submissions | AXA Art Prize US 2026
Submission Deadline: Monday, March 16th | The AXA Art Prize is open to figurative paintings, drawings and printmaking created by undergraduate and graduate art students. It carries a First Prize of $10,000 and a Second Prize of $5,000.
Grant | Innovate Grant
Submission Deadline: Thursday, March 19th | The Innovative Grant Winter 2026 Cycle is now open, supporting artist and photographers through quarterly $1,800 grants
VCU Internship Funding Program
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, March 31st | Apply for funding for your summer semester experience through the VCU Internship Funding Program! It can be used to supplement the costs for your initial travel to your internship, daily commuting via public transportation, housing, childcare, professional attire, supplies, and other expenses.