Weekly Community Art-Making

These are our regular recurring sessions. Come once, come every week. There's always something to work on and people to work alongside.

STARTING IN SEPTEMBER: Mondays, 5pm — Community Workdays
Large-scale builds, puppets, and parade prep. Currently building for Oct 24 Old Southwest Lantern Parade and Nov 21 Grandin Christmas Parade.

Tuesdays, 5pm— Printmakers Collective
Posters, t-shirts, postcards — screen printing, linocut, and large scale block cuts for a future steamrolling print event!

Wednesdays (bi-weekly) — Sketchbook Social
Artist Paul Vivier has kept a sketching practice for two decades and wants to help others do the same. Bring your sketchbook every other Wednesday, work in it, and share pages if you want to. Think of it less as a class and more as an accountability group for your own practice, a reason to keep showing up in your creative practice.

• August 19, 5p

• September 12, 12p

• September 16, 5p

Art by Night — First Fridays

Every first Friday of the month, we open our doors alongside downtown Roanoke's gallery corridor. Come see what's on the walls in the Side Gallery, meet the artists, and spend some time in the building.

Our solo show series through the end of the year:

September 4 — Mujdah Rasikh (Hollins student artist)
October 2 — Jose not José (sculptor)

Neighborhood Activations

Old SW Lantern Parade — October 24
We're partnering with the Old Southwest Neighborhood Group to bring puppetry and performance to the second year of this neighborhood celebration.

The APR Block Party Fundraiser — December 4

Live steamroller printmaking on the street, a postcard show, food trucks, music, performance, and a holiday market. We're closing down the block to do it right.

More details coming. Mark your calendar.

Daisy Art Parade 2027

The parade comes back every Mother’s Day weekend Saturday — and we're the year-round home for the krewe that builds it. If you want to be part of it from the beginning, Monday open studios are where that happens.

Want to know when things are added or updated? Follow us on Instagram at @artprojectroanoke