Category: Partner News

  • » ART CALL: WELCOME TO ROANOKE Exhibition

    Share your images of Roanoke as a compassionate, diverse, and welcoming community. Submissions due at midnight on Tuesday, August 31. The Roanoke Arts Commission seeks exhibition-ready art for a ten-month exhibit in the City of Roanoke Municipal Building.  The exhibition, Welcome to Roanoke: Images of a Compassionate, Diverse, and Welcoming…

  • » Artists Say EVERY CORNER IS A CROSSWALK!

    Have you seen the new signal box wraps? As part of the City’s Pedestrian Safety Campaign, five artists were selected in 2020 to have their designs share the message that EVERY CORNER IS A CROSSWALK. If the street is 35 MPH or under, it is your responsibility as a driver…

  • » NO NEED TO SPEED Signal Box Art Call

    » NO NEED TO SPEED Signal Box Art Call

    The City of Roanoke is accepting submissions for the Color Your Corner Contest. Five selected artists will have their artwork installed on a signal cabinet in Roanoke for the community to see! This art contest is part of the 2021 Roanoke Pedestrian Safety Campaign, which is led by the City…

  • » ART CALL! Window Mural to Celebrate Small Businesses

    » ART CALL! Window Mural to Celebrate Small Businesses

    Our partners at the Roanoke Regional Small Business Development Center (RRSBDC) are seeking an artist(s) to create site-specific original artwork for National Small Business Week. The RRSBDC is located in the business district of Downtown Roanoke, physical address: 210 South Jefferson Street, Roanoke, VA. This opportunity is open to established…

  • » Congratulations to our 2021-22 Grantees

    We’re pleased to announce that the Roanoke City Council supported a consistent level of funding for arts and cultural programming at $336,500. The Agency Funding Advisory Committee (AFAC) worked hard this spring reviewing applications for the coming year. They looked at past performance and the work of our partners. They…

  • » Behind the scenes with Fashionista Roanoke’s Garland Gravely

    “It’s important as a community that we know how to come together and work together,” says Garland Gravely, a founder of Fashionista Roanoke.   The Roanoke native says it’s all about multiculturalism as the organization develops creative collaborations to benefit nonprofit partners.  Established in 2008, Fashionista Roanoke produces fashion shows for…

  • » Artist Opportunities in the Healing Arts at Carilion Clinic

    » Artist Opportunities in the Healing Arts at Carilion Clinic

    The arts and humanities are doing important work in wellness and healthcare, and there are avenues for artist involvement. Locally Carilion Clinic’s ongoing Healing Arts Program has several opportunities. Artists with ties to Virginia are invited to create an interactive healing sculpture that can travel to Carilion healthcare sites in…

  • » On the Podcast: Heather Marshall and Practices of Mind in the Studio

    As a realist, artist Heather Marshall observes the world around her through her painting. She also teaches studio practice to high school students. In doing so, she shares the Eight Studio Practices of Mind, concepts elucidated in Studio Thinking 2: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education by Hetland et al. “You’ll…

  • » RCPS Elementary Students say WE ARE ART

    » RCPS Elementary Students say WE ARE ART

    Roanoke City Public Schools students have created works of art inspired by a recent Roanoke City Libraries and the Roanoke Arts Commission video. In person and virtual art students chose lyrics from the WE ARE ART Rap Cypher that resonated with them and sparked their imaginations to create unique artworks. Students chose to…

  • » Keeley Healing Arts seeks healing sculpture

    The Carilion Clinic Foundation invites artists to submit a proposal for a portable sculpture/vessel to be utilized as a focus for ceremonies of healing in various healthcare and community settings. The sculpture must be interactive, durable, and one-of-a-kind. The chosen work will be of a scale and material suitable for…