Art in Roanoke

05/28/2026

🌟 Let’s LEARN TOGETHER, Roanoke!

YOU can connect your neighbors by hosting a FREE art workshop or performance in your City of Roanoke neighborhood through the Arts Connect Neighbors catalog!

Bring creativity to your block and create something amazing — together. Explore the Arts Connect Neighbors Catalog today 😊
www.RoanokeArts.org/Neighbors

Arts Connect Neighbors is an effort of the Roanoke Arts Commission, Art in Roanoke, the Roanoke Cultural Endowment, and Roanoke Neighborhood Advocates, Office of Neighborhood Services - Roanoke VA, with funding from the City of Roanoke, Virginia - Government and the National Endowment for the Arts.

05/28/2026

The 2026 Daisy Art Parade and Carnival was a blast! Thank you to everyone who came out 🎉🌼

It was a joy to see Rivers Edge Park filled with creativity, colorful artworks, music, and joy. From parade participants and artists to volunteers, families, and community partners, Roanoke showed up in a big way!

The arts bring us together, and this celebration was a beautiful reminder of the creativity that lives across our community. 💛

Learn more about The Daisy Art Parade & Carnival:
www.daisyartparade.com

05/24/2026

We love this program!!

05/23/2026

t was a joy to see Roanoke neighbors PARADE ART together at the 2026 Daisy Art Parade & Carnival🎉🌼

On Saturday, May 9, Roanokers filled Rivers Edge Park with creativity, music, and joy. Thank you to all the parade participants, artists, neighborhood leaders, volunteers, families, and community partners who made this day of connection and fun possible!

Arts Connect Neighbors is an effort of the Roanoke Arts Commission, Art in Roanoke, the Roanoke Cultural Endowment, and Roanoke Neighborhood Advocates, Office of Neighborhood Services - Roanoke VA,with funding from the City of Roanoke, City of Roanoke, Virginia - Government and the National Endowment for the Arts.

05/14/2026

Help shape Roanoke’s creative future in 3 easy ways!

Have a few minutes? Add your voice to Plan 26, the community effort guiding Roanoke’s Arts & Cultural Plan.

Pick the version that fits your time today. The full survey goes deeper into experiences, needs, and ideas for Roanoke’s arts and culture. The quick survey takes only a few minutes. You can even just share that idea you've had brewing, a way to make Roanoke even better!

Take the survey today!
www.roanokearts.org/plan

05/12/2026

What a day! 🎉🌼

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Daisy Art Parade & Carnival and helped fill Rivers Edge Park with creativity, colorful artworks, music, and joy. From parade participants and artists to volunteers, families, and community partners, Roanoke showed up in a big way!

The arts bring us together, and this celebration was a beautiful reminder of the creativity that lives across our community. 💛

It was a joy to make and parade art again with you this year!

Learn more about The Daisy Art Parade & Carnival:
www.daisyartparade.com

05/11/2026

At this weekend’s parade and the workshops leading up to it, we were missing our friend and Arts Commissioner Charlene Graves. It was ALS that took her from us last year, and we appreciate this effort by community leaders to raise awareness and improve and extend lives. ❤️

City Council recognized May as ALS Awareness Month with a proclamation to the ALS Association during its Monday, May 4, meeting.

Roanoke is raising awareness of this progressive disease that impacts the nervous and muscular systems. The City has improved accessibility for residents by making all on-street parking free for up to eight hours with a handicap placard, adding a ramp to the Church Avenue entrance to the municipal building and ADA-accessible entry points to the Roanoke River and improving sidewalk infrastructure across the Roanoke.

05/10/2026

What a day!

Roanoke Cultural Endowment