Affiliates
Smith Mountain Arts Council Affiliates are independent organizations that share the mission of supporting the arts. SMAC and its Affiliates seek opportunities to engage in mutually beneficial activities which further each organization’s mission and vision. These activities may include publicizing and encouraging support for each other’s events and reciprocal Website links.
Annual Affiliate memberships run from January 1 – December 31.
Current SMAC Affiliates
Click on the Affiliate name or logo to connect to their website.
Alexander/Heath Contemporary, located in downtown Roanoke since 2015, provides local, regional, and national artists for month long exhibitions with a wide variety of work and styles.
We are a small art gallery in downtown Roanoke. We have themed shows and rotate art weekly. We have art, fused glass and handmade jewelry.
Art Visions Gallery and Studio was formed by a group of 10 artists to share artistic ideas and visions and to be active participants in the local art community. The Gallery provides a unique venue for these artists to show and sell their work, as well as provide a place for the artists to paint and to conduct classes. We are looking forward to our eleventh year. If you are in the area stop in to browse, watch the artists at work or just chat. We are the only gallery at Smith Mountain Lake, VA
The Bald Knob Artists is a local art guild based in Rocky Mount/Franklin County, Virginia bringing together visual artists from the Blue Ridge region. This group is open to artists working in various mediums and encourages creativity, peer learning and community outreach.
The Harmeneers’ Mission is to sing four-part Barbershop harmony of a caliber that gives enjoyment to our members and audiences while promoting a true spirit of fellowship within our Chapter.
Bower Center for the Arts strives to makes the arts available and accessible for the the Central Virginia Region through concerts, classes, exhibits, summer camps, and arts outreach initiatives.
At the Bower Center for the Arts our mission is to make visual and performing arts available to all residents in our region. We foster creative expression and encourage our community to gather, connect, learn new skills and gain confidence through the process of making and enjoying art.
We are a small group of volunteers looking for more community members to join us in fulfilling our purpose to support the library financially with programs, books and supplies.
Goose Creek Studio offers quality custom framing and hospitable exhibition space featuring regional artists and artists working at the intersection of faith and creative expression. Our gallery features a wide variety of art and crafts from over 30 local and regional artists. We also have an art lover’s vintage shop on the second floor.
The Harvester Performance Center is an indoor, mid-sized music venue serving Rocky Mount, VA, and surrounding areas with great live performances in all kinds of genres.
Food and drink may be taken freely throughout the venue, including during performances unless otherwise designated.
HFA is an SML art studio blending creativity & design through art experiences like fluid & resin art, charcuterie boards, mosaics & beach scenes. Guests enjoy workshops like cowboy hat embellishment, slime labs & paint parties that inspire creativity. We offer Kids Camp during school breaks.
Hook, Line and Singers ia a 501(c)(3) organization established in Smith Mountain Lake, VA. We are dedicated to supporting local charities through two annual festivals – the SML Wine Festival and SML Songwriters Festival.
Visit our web page at smlsongwriters.com or their Facebook page.
Lake Quilters Guild is a 501c3 organization that provides quilted donations to various organizations in Franklin and Bedford Counties. We also provide quilting and sewing education to the public.
Lakeside Strummers
If you’re a ukulele player, consider joining the Lakeside Strummers uke ensemble. Contact Dennis Bennhoff (703-927-3718) for details…or just enjoy the group’s music as they perform in conjunction with SML Steel Drum Band concerts.
Left of Center Art Space has six working studio spaces, a gallery and class space. The artists who make up the center in painting, weaving, and pottery include Meridith Entingh, Miki Overcast-Kallan, Patti Kapral, Kelly Smith-Price, Susanne Sellars, and Susan Egbert.
The Let’s Dance Band provides “Swing era Music” and updated easy listening for dancing and special events.
Website:
TheLetsDanceBand.com
LinDor Arts is a fine arts gallery, bringing you the latest works by our better regional artists.
LinDor Arts is involved in our community and participates in or with Roanoke City, Taubman Museum, WBRA TV, Roanoke Sidewalk Art Show, The O. Winston Link & History Museum, Art by Night, Downtown Roanoke Arts Collective and the Eleanor D Wilson Museum at Hollins University.
“Our Mission is to provide live theatrical productions for the education and enrichment of the community”
The Market Gallery is located on Roanoke’s historic downtown market and has exhibited fine art directly from regional artists since 2003. Our mission is to provide an aesthetic environment for member artists to display their original artwork and to enrich the cultural environment of Southwest Virginia.
info@roanokemarketgallery.com
Carla Fosbre’s passion is to preserve the tradition of mountain music through performing and teaching folk music on the mountain dulcimer. She is available for intimate gatherings and lectures. She also teaches lessons in piano and the dulcimer. You can locate her on Facebook at THE PIANO STUDIO AT SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE. her email is fosbrecarla@gmail.com.
Reprise Instruments
Reprise Instruments is a small home-based business which repairs and resells used band instruments and provides lessons for students beginning their musical journeys.
SHOP AT THE NINES features a variety of unique artisan crafts from local artists, Fair Trade items, vintage, and much more. If you like original art work, you will find it at 9999 Brook’s Mill Road, Wirtz, VA.
Since 1985, Smith Mountain Eagle has been the lake’s newspaper, serving up information about government, sports, politics, dining, recreation, lifestyles/leisure and entertainment.
Mission/Vision – To create and operate a facility that offers unparalled opportunities for education, entertainment, tourism, and business activities, thereby enhancing the SML Region’s growth and overall Quality of Life.
The Smith Mountain Lake Woodturners is a chapter of the American Association of Woodturners (AAW). We are a group of wood turners that have joined together to share ideas and techniques and to use our knowledge to educate others in the art of the lathe and woodturning. We meet monthly at the Skelton 4-H Center, 775 Hermitage Rd., Wirtz. Specific dates and times to be posted on our website.
SML Steel Drum Band
Group of community amateurs learning and performing the music of steel bands.
We are an association of approximately 50 members from varying musical backgrounds who like each others’ company enough to meet once a month to socialize, talk about songwriting, and critique each others’ songs, all in the interest of becoming better songwriters.