Sister Cities Artist in Residence

Artist Katherine Devine is the 2022-23 Sister Cities Artist in Residence. Below she appears at left with Roanoke Valley Sister Cities volunteers before the inaugural Ginkgo Tree Festival in Century Plaza. The artist conceived and implemented the event as one part of her residency.

Katherine Devine received her undergraduate degree in art from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and her Master’s degree from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.She received the Woman of Achievement Award in Art from DePaul Community Resources in 2011, and the People’s Choice, Top Three Best Local Artists, from the readers of Roanoke’s City Magazine in 2013,and is currently an Artist in Residence for Roanoke’s Year of the Artist.   She has over 25 years experience teaching art to all ages and has exhibited original artwork and facilitated art workshops at schools, museums, art shows, festivals and community events throughout the Roanoke Valley. She works in a small studio, but she dreams big.