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Art Project Roanoke is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community art space located at 101 Campbell St SW, in the heart of downtown Roanoke.

We’re in the early stages, but with your support, this space will become a permanent home for Roanoke’s creative future.

05/28/2026

Wow! What fun we had with the VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment group who joined us for some making yesterday!!! We turned squiggles and shapes into collaborative creatures and imagined up monster families and even did a little paper weaving! Thank you for sharing your colorful creativity with us ❤️🫶🧡

05/26/2026

Last week’s first Printmakers Collective: good conversation, an impromptu exquisite co**se, and a group of curious, community-minded people ready to see where this goes.

More of that today with some gel printing tools to go along with it ... starts at 5. Come through!

05/18/2026

Feeling a little hole in your art-making heart now that Daisy Art Parade is past? We got you ...

Our mission is fostering social cohesion through the exuberant act of making art together. Which is a fancy way of saying we really just want you to come make stuff with your neighbors and see what happens.

Right now that’s looking like puppetry on Monday nights: shadow puppets, full-body puppet construction, performance work, led by the wonderful Mike Moran, and a free, open-studio printmaking collective on Tuesdays led by Brian Counihan, who you may know as the creator of the Daisy Art Parade.

Both are drop-in, both welcome total beginners, and both are exactly the kind of thing we started this place for. No experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to show up. We’d love to see you there!

05/08/2026

Tomorrow is the 4th annual Daisy Art Parade!!! 🌼 First-ever carnival, and this year Art Project Roanoke became its official year-round home base. We’re building off this energy straight into puppetry workshops on Mondays and a Printmakers Collective launching Tuesdays. Come find us under our tent first — we’ll have the official Daisy Art Parade t-shirts!

Carnival 10am · Parade 12 noon · River’s Edge Park North

05/01/2026

Save the date! 😊This year’s Daisy Art Parade is Saturday, May 9th. The carnival is 10 am - 5 pm and we will parade at NOON! The entire event is At Rivers Edge Park North (where Victory Stadium used to be) 302 Wiley Drive SW, Roanoke, VA 24014.
Join for a day of art making, community, and free family fun! All welcome!

Learn More:
www.daisyartparade.com

04/30/2026

The Roanoke Times stopped by last week and we love that the Daisy Art Parade is the reason why.

Giving the parade a home this year has been a true privilege. At its core, the Daisy Art Parade is exactly what Art Project Roanoke is about: people showing up, making things together, and finding joy in the process. Hosting build sessions, displaying the parade art, and opening our doors more often has given us momentum, purpose, and a clearer sense of what this space can be for this community … plus a lot of wonderful new friends along the way. :)

Thank you Brian Counihan for creating something that so wonderfully captures the creative spirit that lives in this quirky Blue Ridge city. 10 days until parade day!!!

04/25/2026

This weekend is Open Studios Roanoke! Check out some of our artist friends on this year’s tour including .gallery and . They’ll be at home studios throughout the city from 10-5 both Sat & Sun! Play the Passport Card this year to be entered to win a lineup of fantastic work from local artists.

04/08/2026

Arts and culture aren’t feel-good extras for a city. They’re what makes a city worth living in! They bring people together, drive economic activity, and build the kind of identity that makes Roanoke Roanoke.

Art Project Roanoke is working to help grow that engine here and we need people who want to be part of it.

We’re hosting two Volunteer Interest Meetings this week. Come hear what we’re building and figure out where you fit in.

📅 Today, April 8 @ 5:30 PM
📅 Sunday, April 12 @ 2:00 PM

In person at APR (101 Campbell Ave SW) or via Google Meet. Link in bio for details and our interest form.

04/01/2026

April at APR! Parade prep, open hours, neighbor nights, marathon weekend, and a community supply shelf that’s there when the creative urge hits. See a gap in the calendar you want to fill? Email [email protected] 🌼

03/29/2026

What fun we had making masks for with a local group of first through fifth graders! From sketch to build to glue to paint, these little artists faced each step with enthusiasm, practicing patience and diligence over the course of six weeks! Some saw their original sketches through to final product while others pivoted along the way, discovering joy in creative improvisation and learning that art is all about process over perfection. Can’t wait to show these off on May 9th!

03/27/2026

Something new is taking root in Roanoke.

The Spring Equinox Puppetry & Movement Slam brought together local artists across theatre, music, spoken word, and visual art and what happened in that room felt like the beginning of something.

This is the first of what we’re building as a seasonal tradition. Summer Slam is coming — mark your calendars for June 27!

Thank you to every artist and everyone who showed up for night one. 🧡 (And check out that view from the newly reopened 1st St!)

Address

101 Campbell Street SW
Roanoke, VA
24014

Website

http://www.artprojectroanoke.org/

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