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'The Arts' of Greenville County, SC

We have a lot to offer here in the Upstate when it comes to the Arts. We have Visual Arts, including The Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, The Greenville County Museum of Art, and several more listed below. For Music, we have the Carolina Pops Orchestra, Carolina Youth Symphony, Greenville County Youth Orchestra, and the Greenville Symphony Orchestra. For Dance & Theatre, we have the Centre Stage, Greenville Little Theater, and Warehouse Theatre. In the literature department, internationally known author and composer William Rowland, novelist and educator Robert Powell, and renowned playwright James Rasheed all live in Greenville.

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  • Events

    ARTISPHERE, First Fridays Online.
    • ARTISPHERE
      image of the ARTISPHERE logo is an annual signature event for Greenville, SC, showcasing the arts, reflecting the area's international flair, and maximizing existing arts programs by providing a diverse menu of experiences centering around the visual and performing arts. ARTISPHERE is Greenville's multi-cultural offering that appeals to citizens throughout the region, and visitors from around the world.
    • First Fridays Online
      image of the First Friday's logoTo promote visual art awareness in our community and provide a venue for showcasing emerging and established artists in our area. To combine resources of gallery owners and artists to create beneficial exposure for both.

  • Galleries and Studios

    Catherine Hayes Art + Sculpture, Christopher Park Gallery, Greenville Open Studios (GOS), Guy Stevens Art, Hampton III Gallery, Julia Peters Studio, Mary Praytor Gallery, Standridge Studios, Upstate Visual Arts (UVA), Village Studios and Gallery, and VITTI Tile & Pottery.
    • Catherine Hayes Art + Sculpture
      image of the Catherine Hayes Art and Sculpture logoCatherine Hayes Art + Sculpture specializes in European Fine Art, representing an array of accomplished European and American artists. Six years of living abroad in Italy prompted Catherine Hayes Art + Sculpture to promote the original artworks of current artists, to make unique works of art accessible to private and commercial clients, and to foster cultural and artistic exchange through a mix of styles and medium from traditional to contemporary.
    • Christopher Park Gallery
      image of the Christopher Park Gallery logoWe offer art that is visually pleasing, even happy in nature. No goth or deep thinking here. You're going to live with your purchase, so it might as well make you feel good when you walk into the room.
    • The goals of Greenville Open Studios (GOS)
      image of the Greenville Open Studios are to provide free and convenient community access to visual arts, to educate and create a dialogue between artists and the general public by opening artists’ place of work and inviting the community-at-large to participate in the creative process, and to create new marketing opportunities for artists.
    • Guy Stevens Art
      image of the Guy Stevens logoEmploying flamboyant colors, his flat lyrical shapes suggest qualities of both primitive and impressionistic art. He often adopts an elevated viewpoint giving his work a tilt in perspective that channels an extraordinary energy and movement.
    • Hampton III Gallery
      image of the Hampton III Gallery logoHampton III features the work of a number of artists who work in a wide variety of media. Browse the work online by selecting one or more artists.
    • Julia Peters Studio
      image of the Julia Peters Studio logoGallery - Classes - Framing - Julia works mostly in watercolors or oils and her work has been commissioned by both residential and corporate clients. She has participated in Art In The Park for many years as an artist and volunteer. Her work has placed in many juried shows.
    • Mary Praytor Gallery
      image of the Mary Praytor Gallery logoMaryPraytorGallery.com is the online incarnation of Mary Praytor Gallery. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, we've been doing business around town, around the country and around the world since we opened our doors in 1987. We got our start in outsider and folk art, while always showing a strong stable of contemporary, often representational artists.
    • Standridge Studios
      image of the Standridge Studios logoA native of Greenville, Standridge has left his mark in this community as the founder of South Carolina Children's Theatre and as a Recruiting Director for the SC Governor's School for the Arts. His paintings have been exhibited in countless galleries throughout the Southeast and his works are highly sought after by both private and corporate collectors.
    • Upstate Visual Arts (UVA)
      image of the Upstate Visual Arts (UVA) logoUpstate Visual Arts began officially in 1991, when a small group of area business and cultural leaders resolved to serve both area artists and the community by celebrating the vast talent of local artists. UVA now exists as a thriving non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, almost 500 members strong.
    • Village Studios & Gallery (VSG)
      image of the Village Studios & Gallery (VSG) logoVillage Studios and Gallery is located in the Village of West Greenville. It was founded in 2005 to provide affordable studio space for artists and a gallery to showcase the work of all artists in the Village of West Greenville.
    • VITTI Tile & Pottery
      image of the VITTI Tile & Pottery logoI studied pottery at O.C.C. in Royal Oak, Michigan with Charlie Blosser and Jay Przepiora, and at Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, Michigan with David McGee. I since have relocated to Greenville, South Carolina, an area rich in ceramic tradition, to follow my passion.

  • Museums and Organizations

    Greenville County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC), The Children's Museum, and The Peace Center.
    • Greenville County Museum of Art
      image of the Greenville County Museum of Art logoEducation is the mainstay of our mission at the Greenville County Museum of Art. Teachers from around the region bring their classes to the Museum to give the children a firsthand look at art.
    • Metropolitan Arts Council
      image of the Metropolitan Arts Council logoThe Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC) is the only organization in Greenville, South Carolina working daily to support every discipline of the arts. MAC provides support to area arts organizations and many individual artists through its grants program, through its cultural planning process, by advocating on behalf of all artists and arts groups, and by providing cooperative marketing opportunities promoting arts groups that might not have resources available to them.
    • The Children's Museum
      image of the logo for The Children's MuseumThe Children's Museum exists to ignite a passion for learning & empowering all children to discover their full potential and expand their view of themselves and the world. Their vision is to be a leader in innovative family activities, a dynamic learning center, and a compelling community attraction.
    • The Peace Center
      image of the logo for The Peace CenterThe Peace Center presents the world's finest performers, provides arts education and outreach, and supports local arts organizations. These efforts further cultural advancement, arts appreciation, and the economic development of South Carolina.

  • Schools

    Greenville's Fine Arts Center, S.C. Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities.
    • The purpose of Greenville's Fine Arts Center is to provide advanced comprehensive arts instruction to students who are artistically talented and who wish to take an intensive pre-professional program of study.
    • S.C. Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities
      image of the logo for South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanitiesexists to serve the artistically gifted high school students of South Carolina through programs of pre-professional instruction in an environment of artistic and academic excellence. Two-week summer programs in acting, creative writing, music and visual arts are available for rising ninth and tenth grade South Carolinians.

  • Theatres

    Centre Stage, Upstate Onstage, and Warehouse Theatre.
    • Centre Stage, Greenville's Professional Theater
      image of the Centre Stage logoCentre Stage features a year-round 285-seat professional theater offering a full season of music, comedy, drama, and special events within easy walking distance of the city's beautiful Main Street corridor. Free parking, assistive listening devices, art exhibitions, chamber music concerts, independent film screenings, galas, and more await visitors to this theater's state-of-the-art facility, noted for its unique configuration, comfort, and intimacy.
    • Upstate Onstage
      image of the Upstate Onstage logoUpstateOnstage.com is not an organization of any kind. It simply serves as a meeting point for a variety of theater people, be they backstage, onstage, or in the seats.
    • Warehouse Theatre
      image of the Warehouse Theatre logoThe Warehouse Theatre is a professional theatre dedicated to theatre as a serious art form; to high-quality, diverse and challenging productions; to the training of theatre professionals; to community outreach; and to student education. It is one of only 35 theatres nationally sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts for Shakespeare in American Communities!

If you want your organization, or another one that I accidentally missed, added to this list, my email address is in the footer below.

You can click here to see a photo gallery of ARTISPHERE '08. Note: I took 108 photos, so depending on your browser / download speed, it may take a few seconds. This would be a good time to try out Firefox if you aren't already using it. G/L.