Category: Explore Together

  • Picture This: An All-Level Photography Workshop & Neighborhood Photo Walk

    Picture This: An All-Level Photography Workshop & Neighborhood Photo Walk

    In this 90-minute workshop and photo walk, a Roanoke-based group of photographers will lead a 45-minute, all-level photography skill-building session in collaboration with the neighborhood. This informational session will focus on composition, light, and subject. That will be followed by a 45-minute group photo walk around the neighborhood with photographers…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Three to 30
  • Embroidered Memories

    Embroidered Memories

    In this workshop with the Roanoke History Museum, bring neighbors together to embroider and embellish a photograph. It can be a cherished family photograph or a found photograph—one with no names, locations, or personal meanings. Learn the importance of preserving and labeling photographs while reminiscing and creating new memories in…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Five to 25
  • Enabling Creativity: A Poetry Workshop for Disabled Writers of All Experience Levels

    Enabling Creativity: A Poetry Workshop for Disabled Writers of All Experience Levels

    In this 2-hour writing workshop, Roanoke poet Michelle Acker will guide participants through writing poetry based on their lived experiences of disability and chronic illness. Through a series of mini-lessons and writing exercises, participants will produce an original work of poetry to express how they relate to themselves and the…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Three to 10
  • Mapping the Neighborhood with Compasses, Maps and Fun Activities

    Mapping the Neighborhood with Compasses, Maps and Fun Activities

    Bring neighbors together to explore the neighborhood from a new point of view in this two-hour workshop. Roanoke-born artist Polly Branch loves working with neighborhood groups. She’ll share different kinds of maps to explore, engage participants in fun conversation prompts about creating maps, and host some activities using a compass…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Four to 20
  • Our Green Spaces, Our Stories: Celebrating Our Neighborhood Parks, Trees & Trails Through Poetry & Art

    Our Green Spaces, Our Stories: Celebrating Our Neighborhood Parks, Trees & Trails Through Poetry & Art

    Does your neighborhood have a treasured tree? A park or playground that makes you proud? Let’s celebrate it through poetry and art! In this collaborative project, a writer, an artist, and an educational specialist will join your community to craft a professionally designed book commemorating your celebrated green space, with…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Two to 10 adult participants and five to 15 students
  • Poets in the Park: An Introduction to Nature Writing

    Poets in the Park: An Introduction to Nature Writing

    Beginner and seasoned writers alike will gather in a neighborhood park for an hour of poetry inspired by the natural world of your neighborhood! In this hands-on workshop, local artist and writer R.A. Morris will provide instruction on how to use nature as inspiration for poetry. After a free-writing period,…

    Ages:
    16+
    Participants:
    Five to 15 adult participants, or youth age 16 and older
  • Roanoke Neighborhood Tours

    Roanoke Neighborhood Tours

    In partnership with the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation, the Roanoke History Museum invites your neighbors on an architectural history tour of your neighborhood! In this 30- to 60-minute walking or driving tour of Roanoke’s earliest neighborhoods, you can take a step back in time and learn the stories behind some…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Five to 15 participants
  • Star City VoiceBox: A Magical Mobile Storytelling Space

    Star City VoiceBox: A Magical Mobile Storytelling Space

    Star City VoiceBox will provide an innovative and interactive way to share and preserve stories from your neighborhood. Using thought-provoking prompts, two people (friends, neighbors, family, total strangers, etc.) will sit together in conversation. The VoiceBox will be a safe space designed to foster connection, empathy, and deep listening. The…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    10 to 50 participants
  • Tiny Magic Doors: A Collaboration of Witty Wizards and Cheeky Goblins

    Tiny Magic Doors: A Collaboration of Witty Wizards and Cheeky Goblins

    In this creative community project, join Skye Hartwell in the installation of five tiny doors in your neighborhood! Help set up these cute magical portals of fantasy. Create a miniature setting on 5 separate sites with a tiny door at each using tools and paints. Neighbors will pick and choose…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Three to 10 adults to serve as the development team
  • We CAN DRAW! An Introduction to Sketching from Life to Observe the Neighborhood

    We CAN DRAW! An Introduction to Sketching from Life to Observe the Neighborhood

    Local artist and community friend Polly Branch guides this participatory drawing workshop to help your neighborhood see itself. The workshop focuses on making our mark on paper and contemplating how we see from our own points of view. Participants will interpret and record a moment, practicing new drawing skills. The…

    Ages:
    Teens and adults. Parents are welcome to attend with children over seven to help them focus.
    Participants:
    Four to 20