Action items
Key to abbreviations
- RAC
- Roanoke Arts Commission
- ACC
- Arts and Culture Coordinator, City of Roanoke
- ACOs
- Arts and Culture Organizations
- CC
- City Council
- CM
- City Manager
- CCS
- Council of Community Services
- CHS
- Community High School of Arts & Academics
- CofC
- Chamber of Commerce
- CUs
- Colleges and Universities
- DRI
- Downtown Roanoke, Inc.
- ED
- Economic Development Department
- FAs
- Funding Agencies
- GC
- Greenway Commission
- GRTC
- Greater Roanoke Transit Company (Valley Metro)
- LAs
- Local Artists
- PB&D
- Planning, Building and Development
- P&R
- Parks and Recreation Department
- PW
- Public Works Department
- RCPS
- Roanoke City Public Schools
- REG
- Office of the General Registrar
- RPL
- Roanoke Public Libraries
- RHEC
- Roanoke Higher Education Center
- RNA
- Roanoke Neighborhood Advocates
- RRP
- Roanoke Regional Partnership
- RVARC
- Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
- RVTV
- RVTV Channel 3
- SC
- Roanoke Valley Sister Cities
- UWVBR
- United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge
- VBR
- Visit Virginia's Blue Ridge
Nurture what's next
Priority 2: The path from school to career
Fund youth filmmaking and media education
RCPS
ACOs, RVTV
Mid
Stewardship
Priority 2: Run it well
Give young people a formal role in arts governance
RAC
CHS, RCPS
Short
Make space for everyone
Priority 4: Everyone sees themselves
Give young people grounding in their own cultural traditions and exposure to others
RCPS
ACOs, SC
Mid
Nurture what's next
Priority 1: Learning the craft, at every age
Give youth access to real studios and live performance, not only classrooms
ACOs
LAs, RCPS
Short
Make space for everyone
Priority 2: People know what's happening
Grow and actively promote the City’s arts newsletter
ACC
RAC
Short
Celebrate along the way
Priority 1: Neighborhood events and festivals
Grow and update the Daisy Art Parade
ACC
RAC, RNA
Short
Nurture what's next
Priority 3: Working artists can make a living here
Help local artists promote and tour work outside Roanoke
RAC
LAs, VBR
Mid
Imagine what's possible
Priority 2: Places to show work
Help residents find and buy from local artists
ACC
DRI, LAs
Short
Celebrate along the way
Priority 3: Showcasing our own
Hold public exhibitions of youth work, including a citywide student art show
RCPS
CHS, RAC
Short
Imagine what's possible
Priority 2: Places to show work
Host live painting and making events where the work sells to benefit the artist and a local cause
RAC
ACOs, LAs
Short
Nurture what's next
Priority 2: The path from school to career
Identify and pursue the incentives that would make Roanoke competitive for film production
ED
RRP, VBR
Mid
Imagine what's possible
Priority 3: Reuse what's already here
Identify vacant and underused buildings suitable for arts use
PB&D
CCS, ED
Mid
Make space for everyone
Priority 3: Getting there, and being able to stay
Improve physical access at City-supported venues
PB&D
CM, PW
Mid
Bring people together
Priority 1: One place to find out what's happening
Include City arts meetings, grant deadlines, and public comment opportunities
ACC
CM, RAC
Short
Make space for everyone
Priority 2: People know what's happening
Include cost, parking, and accessibility in every listing
ACC
ACOs, PB&D
Short
Make space for everyone
Priority 4: Everyone sees themselves
Include culinary, beauty, fashion, and craft traditions in arts programming and grants
RAC
ACC, LAs
Short
Nurture what's next
Priority 2: The path from school to career
Include design, architecture, and fabrication as creative career paths
RCPS
CUs, RHEC
Mid
Nurture what's next
Priority 2: The path from school to career
Include gaming and digital art in arts programming and grants
RAC
CUs, LAs
Mid
Stewardship
Priority 1: Pay for it
Include public art in school renovation budgets
RCPS
PB&D, RAC
Mid
Stewardship
Priority 1: Pay for it
Increase and stabilize general arts funding
CM
CC, RAC
Mid
Imagine what's possible
Priority 1: Places to make work
Increase the supply of affordable studio and shared workspace
ED
LAs, PB&D
Mid
Imagine what's possible
Priority 4: Art built into the city itself
Integrate art into bus stops, crosswalks, and street furniture
PB&D
GRTC, RAC
Mid
Make space for everyone
Priority 4: Everyone sees themselves
Invest directly in young Black creatives through grants, visibility, and programming designed with them
RAC
FAs, LAs
Short
Celebrate along the way
Priority 2: A city with something on
Invest in developing local musicians, not only booking touring acts
RAC
CUs, LAs
Mid
Imagine what's possible
Priority 1: Places to make work
Invest in maker spaces and creative technology labs
ED
CUs, RHEC
Mid
Bring people together
Priority 3: The arts sector working as one
Involve neighborhood businesses in planning cultural events, not only in sponsoring them
RAC
CofC, DRI
Short
Celebrate along the way
Priority 3: Showcasing our own
Involve young people in designing the programs meant for them
RAC
P&R, RCPS
Short
Make space for everyone
Priority 2: People know what's happening
Label public artworks with the artist and the story behind them
ACC
LAs, RAC
Short
Stewardship
Priority 2: Run it well
Lower the barriers that keep new and small organizations from applying
RAC
ACC, CCS
Short
Imagine what's possible
Priority 4: Art built into the city itself
Maintain and restore existing murals
ACC
LAs, PW
Short
Stewardship
Priority 1: Pay for it
Maintain support for established institutions alongside new initiatives
CM
ACOs, RAC
Mid
Make space for everyone
Priority 3: Getting there, and being able to stay
Maintain the public spaces where arts programming happens
PW
DRI, P&R
Short
Make space for everyone
Priority 4: Everyone sees themselves
Make board diversity a consideration for City arts funding
RAC
ACC, FAs
Short
Make space for everyone
Priority 4: Everyone sees themselves
Make exhibition space available for media that traditional galleries don’t accommodate
ACOs
CUs, LAs
Mid
Stewardship
Priority 3: Prove it
Make the case directly to employers and the business community
RRP
CofC, RAC
Mid
Bring people together
Priority 2: Institutions and neighborhoods in partnership
Make the case for arts investment to Roanoke Valley governing bodies, not only City Council
RAC
CM, RVARC
Mid
Celebrate along the way
Priority 2: A city with something on
Mix local and touring work in City-supported programming, including acts that currently bypass Roanoke
ACOs
LAs, RAC
Mid
Bring people together
Priority 2: Institutions and neighborhoods in partnership
Move school arts partnerships from single visits to sustained, multi-year relationships
RCPS
ACOs, RAC
Mid
Bring people together
Priority 1: One place to find out what's happening
Name and fund the organization responsible for keeping it current
RAC
CC, CM
Short
Make space for everyone
Priority 3: Getting there, and being able to stay
Name the best parking option in every event listing
ACOs
ACC, DRI
Short