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Roanoke City Art Show Showcases City Influencers

“It’s Here: The Arts, Entrepreneurship + Placemaking” is now available to view on the first floor of the Noel C. Taylor Municipal Building through September 2024.

Public Art Highlights Roanoke History

There are dozens of public art pieces throughout the Star City. How many are you familiar with?

Diverse Growth in Arts Programming

Local artists create incredible artwork that also cultivates important conversations.

Center in the Square: 40 Years as Roanoke’s Cultural Icon

Center in the Square celebrates a major anniversary as a downtown cultural icon.

Arts & Culture in Virginia’s Blue Ridge

Our local arts and culture community is an explosion of music, dance, art, film and so much more. We’ll see you out and about soon!

Walking (Very) Tall

Meet the stiltwalkers you've awed at in parades, festivals and more.

State of the Arts

Local artists create incredible artwork that also cultivates important conversations.

VBR Life 2023: Arts and Culture

Learn more about the incredible arts and culture throughout Virginia's Blue Ridge, including Botetourt, Franklin and Roanoke counties, Roanoke City and Salem.

Meet Cloud Bobby

You’ve definitely seen him taking photos at festivals and events — now meet the man behind the camera.

State of the Arts

We take a look into the current state of our region’s incredible arts community.

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Attendees view artwork on the first floor of the Noel C. Taylor municipal building.

Roanoke City Art Show Showcases City Influencers

“It’s Here: The Arts, Entrepreneurship + Placemaking” is now available to view on the first floor of the Noel C. Taylor Municipal Building through September 2024.
James Tarpley Mural (Toobz Muir)

Public Art Highlights Roanoke History

There are dozens of public art pieces throughout the Star City. How many are you familiar with?
Ginkgo Festival in Century Plaza organized by Roanoke Valley Sister Cities with help from Katherine Devine.

Diverse Growth in Arts Programming

Local artists create incredible artwork that also cultivates important conversations.
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Center in the Square: 40 Years as Roanoke’s Cultural Icon

Center in the Square celebrates a major anniversary as a downtown cultural icon.
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Arts & Culture in Virginia’s Blue Ridge

Our local arts and culture community is an explosion of music, dance, art, film and so much more. We’ll see you out and about soon!
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Walking (Very) Tall

Meet the stiltwalkers you've awed at in parades, festivals and more.
Maggie Perrin-Key, the 2023 Emerging Artist for Roanoke’s Open Studios tour, is shown here in her downtown studio. “I never thought Roanoke would be a place I could have a career in art,” she admits. “But I’m doing it.”

State of the Arts

Local artists create incredible artwork that also cultivates important conversations.
Historic Fincastle Festival

VBR Life 2023: Arts and Culture

Learn more about the incredible arts and culture throughout Virginia's Blue Ridge, including Botetourt, Franklin and Roanoke counties, Roanoke City and Salem.
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Meet Cloud Bobby

You’ve definitely seen him taking photos at festivals and events — now meet the man behind the camera.
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State of the Arts

We take a look into the current state of our region’s incredible arts community.
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