Roanoke increasingly gains recognition for the valley’s natural beauty and outdoors recreational opportunities. At the same time, public art displays can be spotted around town more often in recent years.

Now, Virginia Western Community College has an added element that ties together these trends and simultaneously elevates campus aesthetics: a new mural on the side of Chapman Hall.

Virginia Western commissioned Corey Thrasher, an artist and graphic designer who is a Visual Design Program alumnus from the class of 2011, to create the mural, which combines serene outdoors locations and a glimpse of campus scenery through the STEM Building, the College’s newest facility that opened in 2019.

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