• Learning from BeijingDance/LDTX

    By the time contemporary Chinese dance group BeijingDance/LDTX graced our stage in November, they’d already spent tons of time with Virginia Tech students! One of the greatest aspects of working with this presenting arts organization is the opportunity to connect our community members (from the Virginia Tech community as well as the wider Blacksburg community and beyond) to the […]

  • A bridge in the Grand Lobby?

    A bridge in the Grand Lobby?

    Odili Donald Odita’s artwork brightened the spaces in the Miles C. Horton Jr. Gallery during the Evolving Geometries: Line, Form, and Color exhibition, which closed late last month. His paintings, so full of color, so vibrant and energetic, were a complete pleasure to have here in the Moss Arts Center. But luckily, we don’t have […]

  • “Young Artists” bring creativity, rainbow of colors to gallery space

    “Young Artists” bring creativity, rainbow of colors to gallery space

    There’s a life-size, newspapered horse in the Miles C. Horton Jr. Gallery. Seriously. The fabulous artists and creative minds of Roanoke’s Community High School are exhibiting work now as part of this semester’s Young Artists exhibition, open now through Sunday, February 1, 2015, and if you missed the opening reception on Friday, Dec. 5, you missed […]

  • Sam Krisch: “I’m an adventurer”

    Sam Krisch: “I’m an adventurer”

    Antarctica. The Mojave Desert. Greenland. The Drake Passage. Bhutan. Roanoke photographer Sam Krisch has traveled all over the world, after taking up photography as an art form in 2008. Before then, he was a writer, predominantly of screenplays. Krisch addressed the enthralled crowd in the Ruth C. Horton Gallery regarding how he captured his stunning landscape images. […]

  • Betsy Bannan: “You have to find a way into the work”

    Betsy Bannan: “You have to find a way into the work”

    Our halls and gallery spaces were full last Friday night as we celebrated the opening reception for the latest round of exhibitions. We don’t know about you all, but we’re pretty blown away by the incredible local talent lining the walls in the center right now. Roanoke artist Sam Krisch shows off breathtaking landscape photography in […]