The permanent collection enables a daily encounter with the arts, opening us to what is challenging and beautiful.
Roanoke College's permanent art collection is one of the most important symbols of palpable creativity. The collection is comprised of more than 1,300 works of art, ranging from the 19th century to works created by today's nationally and internationally acclaimed artists.
In Plain Sight
Art is everywhere on the Roanoke College campus. At Roanoke, we value its careful placement for student, faculty, staff and guests.
The collection is the living expression of our belief that encounters with art enrich daily living and that daily living deserves art.
Legacy
Rob Wynne’s Teardrops appear once a year during Alumni Weekend “to represent everyone we have loved and lost — and with whom we have shared our remarkable Roanoke College experience”
-Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo
The Tree of 40 Fruit
The Tree of 40 Fruit located in the Olin Hall Courtyard is a project by artist Sam Van Aken that is part artwork, part research and part conservation effort.
Norma the Art Car
“Norma” is a 1992 Cadillac Brougham d’Elegance purchased by the Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc. to support programming for the Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo Center for Art at Roanoke College.