Thoughts & Prayers
January 23-March 22, 2026
Opening Reception January 23, 2026, 6-8 p.m.
Thoughts & Prayers is an exhibition that explores power, control, and ideology—examined through the lens of a fictional society. Through sculpture, 2D work, and immersive vignettes, artist Jacob Smith constructs a world that mirrors and distorts the structures of Western culture, revealing the absurdities and contradictions embedded within it.
Thoughts & Prayers is a space for speculation, satire, and critique—a place to see the world not as it is, but as it might appear from the outside looking in.
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2026 Studio Art Exhibition
April 10 - May 1, 2026
Opening Reception April 10, 2026, 6-8 p.m. Awards announced at 6:30 p.m.
The annual Studio Art exhibition showcases work by Roanoke College Art Majors and Minors. Exhibited works are from the artists’ area of focus, which includes ceramics, design, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. This exhibition represents the wide variety of media, styles, and ideas students explore in the college’s Fine Arts Department.
Each year, the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo Center for Art select exhibiting artists to receive Awards in Excellence.
Images left to right, top to bottom: Studio Art 2025 exhibiting artists Adrianna Minor, JLCCA Award recipient, A Mousey Brunch; Liz Righter, O.U.R. Award recipient, To Remain Sacred (series); Kaylen Ayres, O.U.R. Award recipient, Whatever She Wants; Riley Tetreault, The Messiness of Reality 2