In 2022 and 23, the Roanoke Arts Commission (RAC) aggregated a variety of funds to emphasize the role of creative Roanoke residents in making the community a better place. This report pulls together the outcomes of the Artist in Residence Program and the Art Matters Grant advancing justice, wellness, and inclusion. Both initiatives received funding through the National Endowment for the Arts. Policy changes advanced by the Roanoke Arts Commission now allow the RAC to use Percent for Art funds to hire artists to work along side city staff in planning and advancing community projects.
Download the 2022-23 YOTA Report PDF here.
Read the May 2, 2022 Roanoke Times editorial, or watch this episode of Blue Ridge PBS’s What it Takes with Tom Landon to learn more about the strategy.
- Read the press release here.
- Download the flyer to help spread the word.
- Read about the effort in the Roanoke Times (Jan. 23, 2022) (Grab a PDF here)
- Watch the February 23 Art Works for Virginia presentation
- Blue Ridge PBS, What it Takes
- Read about our first Art Matters grantees
- See the full list of all grantees.
