Roanoke City Art Show

I'm very excited to blog today about the Roanoke City Art Show because it reminds me of the time that I was in the Juried Student Show at Radford University. Long story short, it was the first time I had ever been in a show and my work wasn't even that impressive - if you ask me. I had done a drawing of three fish changing into seaweed and guess what...I won the purchase award! Isn't that cool? So now my work is part of the permanent collection at Radford University and I even had the piece featured in my Exit Show.

But here I am blabbing on about myself when I should be telling you about the City Art Show! It's coming up this week - opening night is this THURSDAY the 1st. Be there - at Center in the Square - we're on the second floor - so now you know where...Well that answers the question of why I'm a poet and not a rapper.

Well I guess if I want you to attend, I'd better give you a little more info. As I said, the opening night is Thursday and the show will run October 2nd to November 8th. Gallery hours are 11 AM to 4 PM - and again, we're on the 2nd floor of Center in the Square. Look for our black and white City Art Show poster as well as our red and white Arts Council posters.

I hope to see you all there, I'll probably be the one with the camera!

Annual Meeting and The Count Down

Thanks to all of you who came out and supported us at our Annual Meeting on Tuesday night. We had a wonderful time seeing the Betty Branch exhibit and especially had fun listening to Carol Dalhouse talk about the Art Council's beginnings. While I was busy snapping photos, Ron B. was out in the audience, formulating what would later become a post on his blog. We really appreciate all you bloggers out there and all the work you do in the means of spreading the word. If you are a blogger and write about us sometime, be sure to email a link to me at msmith@theartscouncil.org.

For those of you who were not in attendance at the Annual Meeting SHAME on you.

...Just kidding. We prefer to look to the future rather than play fire and brimstone and we earnestly hope you'll join us for some of our upcoming events:

• 40+40 Fest will run October 1st to November 9 and will include innumerous events, shows, and other fun things to attend. Be sure to pick up a copy of the 40+40 booklet around town or download it here.
• Roanoke City Art Show - Opening night is October 1st and the show runs Thursday - Saturday 11am-4pm, and Sunday 1pm-5pm.
• Run for the Arts - The race will begin on October 17 at 9 AM, quickly followed by the beginning of the walk at 9:15 AM. Make sure to register by October 7th to save $10 and recieve a t-shirt!

Be sure to visit our website for more information on how to register and get tickets for the Roanoke Arts Festival!

~Meagan Smith
Marketing Director
The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge

Roanoke Arts Festival

Hello you faithful readers!

First off, let me introduce myself for I am not the Laura Rawlings you know and love. My name is Meagan Smith and I am the new Marketing Director here at The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge. I've worked here just over a month and have been given the task of really charging up our outreach. But enough about me! You're reading this to find out what great DEALS I have for YOU, right?

...Right. And what a great deal it is! Now I'm sure you all are fans of the 4040fest on Facebook or regular visitors to 4040fest.com and therefore already know what I'm talking about.

For the first week of October, you can purchase a Roanoke Arts Festival City Soul! ticket. At this point I'm sure you're expecting me to say what event the ticket is for - but that is where you would be mislead. This ticket not only gets you to one event, but 5! Not to mention the 1/2 price admission to The Taubman Museum of Art and other free events.

For only $57.50, you'll enjoy: Studio Roanoke Soul of the Studio, Southwest Va Ballet - Ties, Event Zone's Big Lick Blues Festival, Christian McBride at the Jefferson Center, and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra's Opening Night. That's nothing to shake a stick at (I'm so bad with sayings, did I get it right?).

To purchase a ticket, pick up the phone and call 342-5790 ext 4 or visit our site.

Thanks for reading, hope to hear from you soon!

PS: Make sure to check us out in Mike Allen's blog!