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Category: Exhibits

Career-Themed Book Display for Students

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 […]

Lost & Found: How to Land Your Dream Job (Book Display)

Posted January 27, 2025

Discover your path to success! JMU’s University Career Center curated a selection of books designed to guide you in finding and securing your dream job. 

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). […]

excerpt of one of the pieces of art in the exhibit

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. […]

photo of the display

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 […]

New Book Display: Americans Who Tell the Truth

Posted August 26, 2024

Visit our new Americans Who Tell the Truth Book Display online or in Rose Library. Portraits from acclaimed artist Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth series are being showcased at JMU and Massanutten Regional Library this fall, and we are honored to co-sponsor and celebrate […]

Reception for Two New Exhibits in the Music Library: Sat 9/21 at 4pm

Posted August 20, 2024

Join us for a reception to open a new double-feature exhibit in the JMU Music Library!  “Beyond the Fourth Wall” is a three-dimensional art exhibit featuring the artwork of JMU student Karis Buchanan. The exhibit focuses on applying the theatrical concept of the fourth wall to […]

Series Starters (Book Display)

Posted July 12, 2024