They’re here! Treasures from the National Music Museum – The Utley Collection of Brass Instruments. Weird, Wonderful and who knows what.

Seven Centuries; a musical tour like no other. Visitors will see & hear important keyboard examples and will be surprised & delighted to encounter not only the instruments known to Bach, Beethoven, & Chopin, but keyboards of a type used by ‘The Animals’, ‘Led Zeppelin’, & TV show themes such as Seinfeld and others!

Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm

Sunday, 1-5 pm

Sculptor and painter Matthew Clay Baumgardner of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, passed away last year, but his art stands as a memorial to his work as it goes on display in the James B. Duke Library through March 2020.

The exhibition is free and open to the public.

The exhibition, “Matthew Baumgardner Cubes,” features dozens of his cube works, paintings and other artifacts that reflect his process and provide an introduction to his career. Presented by the Furman Department of Art and Special Collections and Archives, the exhibition was organized by students enrolled in ART 281: Curatorial Issues and Practice, a course taught by Furman art historian Sarah Archino.

Archino says the estate of Baumgardner approached the art department due to the mutual respect between retired Furman art professor Michael Brodeur and Baumgardner. “I think [the estate] was looking for an institution with students that could undertake the type of research and writing that was necessary for the project,” she adds.

Born in Ohio in 1955, Baumgardner’s professional career began in the 1970s, while studying under South Carolina artists Carl Blair, Emery Bopp and Darell Koons. In 1982, he earned his MFA in painting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1983, he moved to New York City, where most of his work was created. During that time, he had a family and watched his career climb to new heights.

Baumgardner was awarded a national Visual Arts Fellowship in Painting by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1993 for his birch plywood series, which employed his signature technique of embedded glyphs in multiple layers of pigmented gypsum.

During his 22-year stint in New York, his artwork was exhibited in 14 solo and over 30 group shows, including at internationally known galleries Charles Cowles (New York), Edward Thorp (New York), Jeffrey Coploff (New York), Carrie Secrist (Chicago), and Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth (Zurich, Switzerland), among others.

Baumgardner relocated in 2006 to Travelers Rest where he designed and built a home/work studio on an acre of land, and worked until his death in November 2018.

“Matt’s work looks effortless, but it came at a high personal price,” says Brodeur, who admires Baumgardner’s work. “It’s lushness and ravishing beauty belie the struggle and pain that often reside within the creative artist.”

Said to be “deeply spiritual,” according to his survivors, Baumgardner once described his art this way: “My work imparts a transformative experience that resonates with my longings to channel universal and spiritual planes; I want to transport the spirit, to remind us all that we are perfect beings passing through a transient world. My soul craves expression through poetic and timeless art that beckons the viewer to return time and again to find renewal and fresh experiences.”

The Special Collections and Archives gallery is located on the second floor of the Duke Library, and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment.

In the coming weeks, works by Baumgardner will be featured in the main display cases in the Roe Art Building, forming an auxiliary exhibition. The Roe Art Building is open to the public 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, contact sarah.archino@furman.edu.

Opening Reception: Friday, January 17 | 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

David is a retired attorney, having practiced in Greenville for over 45 years.  He was introduced to photography by his late dad, himself a keen eyed, skilled amateur.

David was the photo editor of his high school yearbook and as a senior electrical engineering student in college, built a high speed xenon flash, triggered by his camera.

Throughout the years his focus has shifted from the technical to the artistic, believing the arts enrich lives and bring joy, especially in these contentious times.

Fine art is his medium, as he attempts to appeal to the deeper emotions and passions of his viewers.  Come immerse yourself in the beautiful – and enjoy.

19 Awards is a unique opportunity to view challenging, thoughtful art produced by student artists from Greenville Technical College’s Department of Visual Arts (DVA). These award-winning student artists were selected from the 2019 Visual Arts Annual Student Exhibit to receive cash awards and recognition at the DVA Halloween Gala on October 30, 2019. The Kroc Center has graciously provided the DVA this opportunity to again acknowledge the craft and dedication of these outstanding students in an additional venue.

The Annual Student Exhibit of the DVA at Greenville Technical College is a juried competition. DVA students committed the time and resources to enter 128 works in the competition. Jurors Sandy Singletary and Elizabeth Snipes-Rochester from Lander University chose 72 works by 36 individual students to include in VA’s Annual Student Exhibit. According to the jurors, “Use of materials and mastery of techniques was apparent across all the media, and work selected for each category was selected based on both this and strength of subject matter…” “Craft, composition, exceptional use of materials, creativity, and professionalism were the determining factors in our choices for awards.“ 19 Awards represents all the art disciplines included in the DVA’s curriculum. The exhibition speaks to the success of the Department of Visual Arts in producing successful employees and transfer students. Best in Show was awarded to Sydnay Greene for her drawing “Grayscale Study.”

The DVA at Greenville Tech offers associate degrees and certificates in art education, fine arts, photography, graphic design and web design. The DVA’s artist/educators ensure Tech’s DVA graduates are prepared to begin a career or continue their academic studies at regional 4-year colleges and universities. Tech’s DVA graduates are highly sought after by local advertising firms and regional universities. 19 Awards showcases the DVA’s varied courses of study; design & color, digital imagery, drawing, graphic design, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and web design. Any high school student interested in continuing studies in visual arts needs to see 19 Awards to discover the quality of Greenville Tech’s locally available art education.

The Kroc Center is located at 424 Westfield Street, Greenville, SC 29601 The Kroc Center is open 7 days a week all day with shortened weekend hours. Please visit their website krocgreenville.org for specific hours. For more information you can call the Kroc Center at 864 527-5948. You may also contact, Fleming Markel, Greenville Tech Gallery Coordinator at fleming.markel@gvltec.edu or 864 250-3051.

As an artist, growth is life. It is inevitable and necessary. Each year that passes includes new experiences that inform and enhance the work that is made.

Join us as we celebrate a decade of inspiration with Kiah Bellows.  An artist talk will take FRIDAY, February 7th at 5:45 with a reception to follow until 8pm.

Preview all available works here.

Join artist, Daydrielane Osorio and members of the Greenville Sickle Cell Disease Board for an exhibit of Handmade, Van-Dyke photographs featuring individuals living with SCD.
Speaker: Dr. Alan Anderson and Toyanita

Opening Reception: FEBRUARY 4th, 2020, 6:30 PM
Greer City Hall (Wall Gallery)
Light Refreshments will be provided
301 E.Poinsett St., Greer 29651

Made possible in part from support provided by public and private entities including MAC’s Campaign for the Arts, the City of Greenville, BMW Manufacturing Company, Michelin North America, Inc., SEW Eurodrive and the South Carolina Arts Commission.

With Charlie Vernon, trombone, guest artist and David Glover, guest conductor

The story of “internationally ignored song stylist” Hedwig, a fourth-wall smashing East German rock & roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation. This outrageous and unexpectedly hilarious story is dazzlingly performed by Hedwig in the form of a concert gig/stand-up comedy routine backed by the hard-rocking band “The Angry Inch.” Hedwig describes her life’s search for “The Origin of Love” and her other half. It’s a rocking, funny, touching, and ultimately inspiring ride to anyone who has felt life gave them an inch when they deserved a mile.

Foothills Philharmonic presents its string quartet in performance at Greer Center for the Arts. Featuring string quartet favorites, this concert promises to be a very enjoyable evening at the brand new Greer Center for the Arts near Trade Street in Greer. Please put this addition to our season on your calendar! We would love to see you there!
The 2019-20 Chamber Concert Series is a new concert series featuring the different chamber groups and soloists of Foothills Philharmonic, and is an opportunity for our audience to enjoy chamber music in an intimate setting. As with our Main stage concert series, all concerts are free and open to the public.

Making his Greenville, SC conducting debut, Joseph Young will lead the GSO in this spectacular concert.  Recognized as “one of the most gifted conductors of his generation,” Mr. Young is a SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and University of South Carolina graduate.  He completed his graduate studies with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar at the Peabody Conservatory, earning an artist’s diploma in conducting.  Recipient of the Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award for young conductors in 2008, 2014, and 2015, Mr. Young has also received honorable mentions from the League of American Orchestra’s prestigious Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview.  Recently, he has served as the Assistant Conductor of the Atlanta Symphony and as the Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra.  Mr. Young has made appearances at the Saint Louis Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Bamberger Symphoniker, New World Symphony Orchestra, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica do Porto Casa da Musica, and the Orquesta Sinfonica y Coro de RTVE (Madrid), along others in the United States and Europe.