Category: Public Art News

  • » Updates on the ARCHES placemaking project

    Keep up to date on what’s happening on site under Memorial Bridge at the Arches. All the information on the project, funded by the City of Roanoke and the National Endowment for the Arts is available on the project blog at www.arches.art.blog.

  • » Roanoke says END RACISM NOW

    The 200 block of Campbell Avenue, SW, is the canvas for a community organized street mural project implemented on Sunday, July 12.  Deploying a dozen artists, the community is expressed its stance that racism has no place in Roanoke. The message: END RACISM NOW. Campbell Avenue will be closed for viewing…

  • » GUIDANCE TOWER dedicated

    » GUIDANCE TOWER dedicated

    Blue Hills Communications Center is now home to the City of Roanoke’s E911 services. They’ve got a new roomie, too. In an innovative public/private partnership, the state-of-the-art facility will be shared with Virginia 811 — the call-before-you-dig folks. To mark the occasion and to honor the important work that takes…