Category: Exhibits
Bees Butterflies, Other Pollinators, and You (Book Display)
Posted April 23, 2025
Exhibit Opening Reception on April 11: Symphony of Abstraction
Posted March 31, 2025
You’re invited to the opening reception of a new art exhibit in the Music Library featuring art that illustrates the complexity, tension, and beauty of music. Music possesses an inherent beauty and structure that can deeply impact a person’s mood […]
All Bodies Are Good Bodies (Book Display)
Posted March 7, 2025
Our newest book display, All Bodies are Good Bodies, is now online and in Rose Library. Whether we realize it or not, we often see messages that there is a singular body type that is healthy, more desirable, more virtuous, […]
Unlearning Ableism Together: Disability Advocacy Week (Book Display)
Posted March 7, 2025
Our new book display, Unlearning Ableism Together, is now in JMU Libraries Express and online. Learn more!
Lost & Found: How to Land Your Dream Job (Book Display)
Posted February 18, 2025
Our newest display in Rose Library is Lost & Found: How to Land Your Dream Job, created by the University Career Center to promote the University Career Fair. We hope you’ll attend the fair on February 18 & 19 and to check out the display for inspiration […]
Sea Changes Poetry Exhibit and Reception at Furious Flower
Posted February 17, 2025
Dive into Sea Changes, an immersive exhibit of Black poetry now on display at the Furious Flower Poetry Center. Curated by Bethany Nowviskie and Kimberly Gillette of JMU Libraries, this broadside exhibit explores powerful themes of endurance through shifting tides […]
Reception for New Exhibit in the Music Library: Fri 11/8 at 4pm
Posted October 8, 2024
Join us for a reception to open a new art exhibit in the JMU Music Library! “Discord and Harmony” features art by students in the JMU School of Art, Design, and Art History (SADAH) and the School of Media Arts and Design (SMAD). […]
Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month and Health Literacy Month (Book Display)
Posted October 8, 2024
October is LGBTQ+ History Month and Health Literacy Month! Health literacy is the ability of individuals to find, understand, and use information to make health-related decisions for themselves and others. There are numerous health literacies, including sexual, mental, and personal. […]
Discord & Dialogue: Civic Engagement and Civil Discourse on Campus and Beyond (Book Display)
Posted September 27, 2024
How do people move from discord to dialogue? How can civil discourse help us move forward despite disagreements? How can complex issues and challenges be explored and debated productively? There are no easy answers to these questions, whether in the […]
Celebrating the Worlds of Black Poetry (Book Display)
Posted September 13, 2024
The first Furious Flower Poetry Conference was held in 1994, bringing together dozens of Black poets, including the legendary poet Gwendolyn Brooks, to James Madison University’s campus. Due to the overwhelming success of that initial conference, the Furious Flower Poetry Conference has been […]
