Greenville Open Studios Video
Greenville Open Studios is coming November 5 - 6, 2011.
The hours will be:
Saturday, November 5, 10am - 6pm
Sunday, November 6, Noon - 6pm.
Some artists will also be open Friday, November 4, 6 - 9pm. These artists will be indicated with a door icon and an "Open Friday" on their web page.
Presented by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and SEW Eurodrive, Greenville Open Studios (GOS) is a weekend event which opens the studios of local visual artists to the public. The event showcases artists at work in their studios. Now beginning its tenth year, Greenville Open Studios began as an idea cast about during a casual conversation between a small group of artists several years ago; they discussed doing something to raise awareness in the greater community of the tremendous creative energy in the area. The idea has evolved into a full-fledged annual event.
The goals of 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. It is the organizers’ desire that the project will open up the world of visual artists to everyone – from the seasoned collector to the first-time art buyer to the curious general public. Specifically, the objectives of the Greenville Open Studios weekend are:
- To provide an educational experience to the entire Greenville community by inviting the general public to experience the life of local artists at work in the studio environment by giving people the chance to learn about the artistic process as well as sources of artistic inspiration,
- To give the artists an opportunity to market their work to the local community,
- To enhance the experience of collecting art by helping people to begin art collections or enhance existing ones, and
- To create greater awareness of the diversity and quality of local visual arts among the general public.
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The Board of Directors and staff of the Metropolitan Arts Council and the 124 participating artists would like to thank those business entities and individuals for making the tenth-year anniversary of Greenville Open Studios the absolute best weekend ever. We appreciate their commitment to the arts in Greenville and look forward to working with them in the future. A big round of applause to the following for ensuring the success of Greenville’s premier weekend for the visual arts:
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- Brian Rogers & Chris Fincher – Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Juergen Blickle, Christopher Blickle & Betty Bercowski – SEW Eurodrive
- Bill Pelham – Pelham Architects, LLC
- Jim Evers - AT&T
- Don & Zelma Waggoner – The Don & Zelma Waggoner Foundation
- Frances MacIlwinen, Steve & Susan Lambert, Bill Bridges & Cary Beckwith – The Graham Foundation
- Herb Johnson – Michelin North America
- Susan C. Priester – The Priester Foundation
- Tom & Susan O’Hanlan – Sealevel Systems, Inc.
- Adam Landrum, Jeff Carver & Will McBee - Merge
- Janette W. Wesley & Renato Vicario
- Mark Nantz - Bon Secours St. Francis Health System
- Ben Rook – Design Strategies
- Rick Davis & Mike McGuigan - Elliott Davis, LLC
- Mark Reilly – GE Energy
- Craig Brown, Mike deMaine & Nate Lipscomb – The Greenville Drive
- Phil Hughes - Hughes Investments, Inc.
- Jeff Lawson – Piedmont Arthritis Clinic, P.A.
- Stewart Spinks, Linda Gysin & Melodie Hudson – The Spinx Company
- Roberta Evans & Max Metcalf – BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC
- Cheryl Smith – Fluor Foundation
- Jeannette Goldsmith, Ed McCallum & Mark Sweeney – McCallum Sweeney Consulting, Inc.
- Megan Riegel – Peace Center for the Performing Arts
- John Creech & Fred Suggs – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
- Duff & Margaret Bruce
- Dave Peterson - 3M
- Jonathan Pait, Dan Rundle, Louisa Stephan & Dan Wooster - Worthwhile
- Patti Brady, Mark Golden & Jodi O’Dell - Golden Artists Colors
- Brad Halter, Stephen Edgerton & Jane Harrison Fisher - Coldwell Banker Caine
- Richard & Gwen Heusel
- Marsa Jarrett – WYFF TV - 4
- Steve Brandt, Susan Schwartzkopf, Pete Martin & Jennifer Land – The Greenville News
- Mark B. Johnston & Jack Bacot – The Community Journals, The Greenville Journal & Town Magazine
- Randy Cable - Entercom Radio
- Don Waldrop & Tracy Stepp – Century Printing & Packaging, Inc.
- Angie Prosser – City of Greenvilel Special Events Department
- Mike Zeller – Jackson Marketing Group
- Watson Nealy – Budweiser of Greenville
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