Category: Explore Together

  • 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
  • Stone in Love: Walking with Our Ancestors

    Stone in Love: Walking with Our Ancestors

    In this 90-minute engagement, artist Jane Gabrielle will share her interest in history and ancestor connection with your neighborhood. Roanoke’s ancestors reside in cemeteries in every part of our city. How often do we consider them? What did they dream about? How are we the living embodiment of those dreams?…

    Ages:
    All
    Participants:
    Six to 29 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