This annual showcase of the Greenville Center for Creative Arts’s Brandon Fellows will feature digital illustration by Brittany Kelly, collage and sculpture by Angel Jenkins, and multimedia painting by Elliot Lovegrove, supported in part by the Metropolitan Arts Council.

August 14-November 11, 2019
The Blood Connection
435 Woodruff Rd, Greenville, SC 29607

Opening Reception
Thursday, September 12
5:30 – 7:30 PM

Exhibition: Carbon Footprints
Venue: Greenville Technical College’s Benson Campus Galleries
Dates: August 26 – October 3, 2019
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 8am – 8pm and Friday, 8am – 5pm

Carbon Footprints is an exhibition of Deighton Abrams’ sculpture and Kathleen Thum’s drawings. Through their respective medias, they examine our dependence on fossil fuels as the driver of our everyday lives and also the destroyer of our natural environment. Each artist has approached fossil fuels individually, without collaboration. This duality of explorations and processes deepens our awareness and knowledge of fossil fuels’ “…existential threat” to “…contemporary existence”. Through the use of disparate materials, Abrams’ ceramic sculptures, like Thum’s drawings discuss the duality of contemporary life’s relationship with fossil fuels. He builds organic ceramic sculptures in homage to that ancient art then creates dismal, life-less landscape tableaus constructed from contemporary building materials to stage his works. His sculptures are figurative natural forms, possibly humans or landforms or glaciers or possibly all of the above. Thum’s detailed charcoal drawings picture every crag, and reflective surface of bits of coal. Her precision and scale elevate these rocks from inconsequential to their current monumental role as drivers and destroyers of our contemporary life style. Her smaller series of drawings contain outlines of the three-dimensional coal creating an ominous black hole, possibly the “rabbit hole” of our natural environment.

Deighton Abrams references his ceramic sculptures as explorations of “the empathic connections between humans, the creative process, and the physical landscape, investigating the phenomenon of psychological distress associated with climate change. I use memories of my itinerant shifts between landscapes to create abstracted ceramic sculptures; for these I reference mountain and glacial forms, an extension of my own experience growing up in Alaska where is saw the rapid receding of glaciers first hand.”
Kathleen Thum uses “different visual and conceptual approaches to examine the infrastructure created by the fossil fuel industries and to explore the physical, material qualities of coal and oil. Through my work, I aim to heighten an awareness of our disconnection and dependence on fossil fuels. Oil and coal are an integral part of our contemporary existence, yet remain mysterious and unknown substances, contained and controlled by the industry.”

Abrams has taught at several area institutions including Greenville Tech and Clemson University since completing his MFA in Studio Ceramics at Clemson. His life has been divided between Alaska and the Deep South. His work has been shown nationally and internationally from South Carolina to China. He is currently in the process of moving with his wife to Boston.

Thum currently is an Associate Professor in the Art Department of Clemson University. She has exhibited drawings, paintings and wall installations up and down the East Coast and through out the Mid-West. She has participated in many group exhibitions as well as Solo and Two-Person shows. Her work is also included in the 2014, 2015 and 2017 Manifest International Drawing Annual Exhibition in Print publications and the June/July Issue of New American Painting in 2016. She lives in Central with her husband and son.

Benson Campus Galleries are operated by and for the faculty and students of the Department of Visual Arts at Greenville Technical College. The galleries are located on The Benson Campus at 2522 Locust Hill Road, Taylors, South Carolina. For more information call (864) 250-3051 or email elizabeth.markel@gvltec.edu, or visit www.gvltec.edu/dva.

Furman University Associate Professor of Art Michael Brodeur opens the university’s 2019-2020 exhibitions with a show of paintings and other works through Thursday, Sept. 26, in Thompson Gallery, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. A reception with the artist is set for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building.

Brodeur’s show, “The Veneer of the Familiar,” as well as the reception, are free and open to the public.

“The Veneer of the Familiar” is a two-part exhibition at two sites – Furman’s Thompson Gallery and Lipscomb Gallery at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. The exhibition marks Brodeur’s last year of teaching at Furman and the 20th anniversary of the Governor’s School, where Brodeur founded the Visual Arts Department and served as first chair.

The exhibition is an overview of 50 years of artistic endeavor. Thompson Gallery holds “Development,” works from Brodeur’s undergraduate years through 2003. The paintings and drawings comprise a variety of media and show Brodeur’s evolution as an artist. Many of the works come from Brodeur’s personal holdings and have never before been exhibited.

Brodeur joined the Furman faculty in 2003. Specializing in studio art (foundations, painting and drawing) Brodeur earned his bachelor’s in art at the University of New Hampshire. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Boston University where he studied with Philip Guston and James Weeks.

Brodeur has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group shows including “Contemporary Conversations, Works curated from the South Carolina Art Collection,” 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, South Carolina; “From America,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk Belarus; “Mostra,” Cortona Italy; and the “2nd International Painting Exhibition Competition,” Lessedra Gallery in Sofia Bulgaria, among many others.

Brodeur’s work is held in private and public collections. Among the public institutions holding his work are The Emrys Foundation (Greenville), Columbia College (Columbia), LaMar Dodd Art Center at LaGrange College (LaGrange, Georgia), the South Carolina Arts Commission, the South Carolina State Museum and the Greenville County Museum of Art.

His work has appeared twice in “New American Paintings,” editions #58 and #100.

After teaching nearly 40 years, mostly in higher education, Brodeur will retire at the end of this academic year. Learn more about his work at http://michaelbrodeur.blogspot.com/.

All exhibitions and receptions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Marta Lanier in the Department of Art at 864-294-2995. Or contact the Furman News and Media Strategy office at 864-294-3107.

Furman University Associate Professor of Art Michael Brodeur opens the university’s 2019-2020 exhibitions with a show of paintings and other works through Thursday, Sept. 26, in Thompson Gallery, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. A reception with the artist is set for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. in Thompson Gallery of the Roe Art Building.

Brodeur’s show, “The Veneer of the Familiar,” as well as the reception, are free and open to the public.

“The Veneer of the Familiar” is a two-part exhibition at two sites – Furman’s Thompson Gallery and Lipscomb Gallery at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. The exhibition marks Brodeur’s last year of teaching at Furman and the 20th anniversary of the Governor’s School, where Brodeur founded the Visual Arts Department and served as first chair.

The exhibition is an overview of 50 years of artistic endeavor. Thompson Gallery holds “Development,” works from Brodeur’s undergraduate years through 2003. The paintings and drawings comprise a variety of media and show Brodeur’s evolution as an artist. Many of the works come from Brodeur’s personal holdings and have never before been exhibited.

Brodeur joined the Furman faculty in 2003. Specializing in studio art (foundations, painting and drawing) Brodeur earned his bachelor’s in art at the University of New Hampshire. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Boston University where he studied with Philip Guston and James Weeks.

Brodeur has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group shows including “Contemporary Conversations, Works curated from the South Carolina Art Collection,” 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, South Carolina; “From America,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk Belarus; “Mostra,” Cortona Italy; and the “2nd International Painting Exhibition Competition,” Lessedra Gallery in Sofia Bulgaria, among many others.

Brodeur’s work is held in private and public collections. Among the public institutions holding his work are The Emrys Foundation (Greenville), Columbia College (Columbia), LaMar Dodd Art Center at LaGrange College (LaGrange, Georgia), the South Carolina Arts Commission, the South Carolina State Museum and the Greenville County Museum of Art.

His work has appeared twice in “New American Paintings,” editions #58 and #100.

After teaching nearly 40 years, mostly in higher education, Brodeur will retire at the end of this academic year. Learn more about his work at http://michaelbrodeur.blogspot.com/.

All exhibitions and receptions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Marta Lanier in the Department of Art at 864-294-2995. Or contact the Furman News and Media Strategy office at 864-294-3107.

Boyd Saunders’s paintings and prints consists of works from the 1960’s, as well as recent etchings.

Join the Bob Jones University Division of Art + Design in the Exhibition Corridor of the Sargent Art Building for “Darell Koons: Painting Rural America,” featuring engravings, drawings and original acrylic and watercolor paintings by the former A + D faculty member, Darell Koons. Over 2,700 paintings were completed by the artist. Many are in many public collections, including The Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; The South Carolina State Art Collection; the Governor’s Mansion, Columbia, SC; The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; and many others. Over the years, Koons’ bucolic, Americana paintings were also displayed in private offices of various politicians and even in the White House.

Opening Reception: September 6th from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Artwork is available for purchase.

September 7 – 22

Ella cannot say no. As a baby, she received a magical ‘gift’ from her fairy godmother that forces her to obey everyone – all the time. This gift, which Ella keeps secret from those around her, ultimately becomes a dangerous vulnerability.

As she grows, Ella tires of the inability to follow her own will and sets out on a quest to rid herself of this ‘gift’. Along the way, her bravery, intelligence and selflessness helps her realize that she alone has the power to set herself free.

This story of strength and perseverance in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles is a fun, warm and empowering journey that will encourage children of all ages to find – and use – their voice.

Sponsored by TD Bank

September 13 – October 18, 2019
Opening Reception: September 19 | 6:30 – 8:30 PM
6:00 pm: Pre-reception talk by select artists

Metropolitan Arts Council
16 Augusta Street | Greenville, SC 29601
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
(864) 467-3132 | greenvilleARTS.com
@macARTScouncil | #gvlARTS

About the Exhibit:
An exhibition featuring MAC member artists who have been recipients of the South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) Visual Arts Fellowship. These local artists were recently honored at the SCAC 50th Anniversary Celebration of the SCAC in Columbia.

Show dates: September 13-October 31, 2019
Anderson Arts Center, 110 Federal St, Anderson, SC
(864) 222-2787 https://andersonarts.org
Hours: Tuesday thru Friday, 9:30am-5:30pm; Saturday/Sunday/Monday – closed

Featured artists:
JoAnne Anderson, Ellie Daniels, Jamie Davis, Carol Funke, Elisa M. Golden, Susanne Floyd Gunter, Diane Hopkins-Hughs, Christina Laurel, Cheryl Lecroy,
Monita Mahoney, Linda Williams McCune, Marilyn Murrell, Mike Stoner, Carole Knudson Tinsley

Opening Reception: Friday, September 13th | 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. (free and open to the public!)

Exhibit Dates: September 13 – November 15, 2019

Fascinated by the idea that color and shape can be language, my work often uses signal flags, or semaphores, as a point of departure. Pushing beyond their parameters of primary color, simple shape, and succinct communication, I extend the syntax of semaphores to explore the idea that color and shape themselves can form a language of storytelling and navigation.

My work is a bridge between abstraction and representation; compositions allude to map and landscape shapes, to the geographic formations of mounds and ruins, to agricultural fields and land art, to the built environment and political boundaries.

Recent work focuses on a community and domestic iconography: neighborhood, yard, house and interior elements are layering into my most recent work, still filtered through the color and compositional elements of signal flags.

As for myself, I have been staring at and thinking about paintings and photographs for decades. I live, shoot and paint in Greenville, South Carolina.

http://www.cratetwelve.com

Based on the 1899 in New York City, this Disney musical tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow newsies take action. With help from beautiful female reporter Katherine Plumber, all of New York City soon realizes the power of “the little man”.

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

September 19 – October 6
(Matinees on September 28 and October 5)
Centre Stage
501 River Street 

The comedy rock musical audiences have been requesting for years, and it’s set to kick off Centre Stage’s 2019-2020 season with a bang! When meek floral assistant Seymour Krelbourn stumbles upon a “weird and exotic plant”, he names the peculiar perennial “Audrey II” after his beautiful co-worker, hoping to win her affection. But when the R&B singing carnivore promises him fame, fortune, and love, there’s one catch: keep the blood flowing! Featuring doo-wop and rock and roll style songs like, “Git It”, “Somewhere That’s Green” and “Suddenly Seymour”, this cult classic turned Broadway hit is sure to resonate with thrill seekers and romance fans alike!

The Greer Cultural Arts Council is hosting the Spotlight on the Arts Gala, a celebration of the arts and a fundraiser for the new Greer Center for the Arts, which opens that weekend. The Gala will feature a variety of entertainment by regionally known artists and a silent auction. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served, along with beer and wine tastings. Get a first look at the brand new arts center and help support the arts in Greer!

Featuring Kathryn James Aducci, baroque trumpet, and members of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra.

A public lecture will be offered in conjunction with the concert:
“The Baroque Trumpet” presented by Dr. Gary Malvern and Kathryn James Aducci

Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 1:00 pm
The Carolina Music Museum
516 Buncombe St.
Greenville, SC 29601

SEPTEMBER 20th – OCTOBER 13th, 2019
Thu-Sat 8PM; Sun 3PM

Sponsored by Steven & Catie Buckingham and Convergent Technologies

by Arthur Miller

Directed by Jayce T. Tromsness

The Arthur Miller classic about the witch hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem pits neighbor against neighbor and an all-too-eager prosecution against the innocent. Utilizing historical people and real events, Miller’s drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. Featuring students from Greenville’s Fine Arts Center in key roles, this will be a magnificently collaborative journey through one of the greatest written plays in the literary canon.

Featuring Jennifer Webb (Pride and Prejudice, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Jason D. Johnson (Richard III, Cry It Out), Anne Kelly Tromsness (Sweat, August: Osage County), Lena Bledsoe (Warehouse debut), Matt Reece (In the Next Room, Eurydice), Bella Lawrence (Warehouse debut), Jay Oney (Amadeus), Zach Stolz (Warehouse debut), David Turner (Richard III), Amy Dunlap (Much Ado About Nothing), David Bean (Boeing Boeing, Much Ado About Nothing), Dave LaPage (The Rocky Horror Show, Important Hats of the Twentieth Century), Brock Koonce (Christmas on the Rocks, Clybourne Park), Alexandra Greenlee (Warehouse debut), Anna Knobel (Warehouse debut), Benjamin Otto Sunderman (Warehouse debut), Isabella Gardner (Warehouse debut), and Jamaica Brewster (Warehouse debut) .

Featuring designs by Charley Calvert (Scenic), Margaret Caterisano (Costumes), Maranda DeBusk (Lights), Kevin Frazier (Sound), and Cassidy Bowles (Properties).

Join Dr. Gary Malvern & Kathryn James Aducci on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 1:00PM at Carolina Music Museum, presented in conjunction with a Friday performance by S.C. Bach, celebrating the Joe & Joella Utley Historic Trumpet Collection. Free Lecture.

Foothills Philharmonic begins its 20th anniversary season on Saturday, September 21! The 2019-20 season features an exciting repertoire that showcases world famous classical masterpieces. Come explore everything from classical and popular favorites to chamber music, and even a few selections you may hear for the first time!
Join us for the Opening Night Gala Concert, featuring several surprises as we kick off our 20th anniversary season!

Featured works on tonight’s program are Brahms contemplative Symphony No. 3 and Tchaikovsky’s sunny Cappricio Italien.
Local artists and Foothills Philarharmonic Orchestra are joining together in an art sale!*

On Saturday, September 21 at 6:15pm, art work by local artists will be featured at concert for sale.

Join us for the longest-running poetry showcase in South Carolina, celebrating 17 years!

Wits End’s Say What Sundays Poetry Events are at Coffee Underground at 7:30 pm in Downtown Greenville every Sunday night. (864) 298-0494 Each event features touring poets from across the southeast, poetry slams, plus our weekly open mic. Founded by Kimberly Simms. Hosts include Moody Black, Jencie Pleasant, and Black Phoenix plus DJ Southern Stylz. 1 E. Coffee Street. All poetry styles welcome. Wits End is a 501(c)3 Charity.

Shows often sell out, so get their early or buy tickets at Eventbrite! http://witsendpoetry.eventbrite.com. (Click on pictures for a link to tickets on Eventbrite).

Follow our social media @witsendpoetry across all platforms. Produced by Wits End Poetry, these poetry events are made possible in part by the generous support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Metropolitan Arts Council. More information at www.witsendpoetry.com.

Pan Harmonia Celtic’s Corner presents The Reel Sisters playing the stirring music of the Irish Baroque on the Celtic harp & small bagpipes. Rosalind Buda on the small bagpipe & Kelly Brzozowski on the Celtic harp, they create a rare & intimate musical experience.

Adapted by George Drance and the Magis Theatre Company
from the novel by C.S. Lewis
Hell resembles nothing so much as a dreary industrial city in the north of England, its denizens free to leave whenever they like — aboard a bus bound for a heaven that’s like nothing you’ve ever imagined.

Join us for the release of Cat and Mouse’s new album, “Notes from the Journey.” The album is a series of pieces culled from a journey around the world, spanning everywhere from the Atlanta airport to Europe to Brazil to China and Nepal.
Dr. Tom Wright, the Upstate’s most precocious jazz saxophonist, math mathematician, and professor leads a band that features some of his favorite musicians: Philip Howe/piano and trumpet, Robert Nance/bass, and Kevin Korschgen/drums. While Tom’s approach remains youthful and in many ways unrestricted, his mastery as a professional musician and academic is unmatched. His saxophone technique is precise and true, and his approach to improvisation always creative and expressive. Tom is a prolific composer, regularly penning original compositions for the Greenville Jazz Collective’s Big Band, the Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble, and for Cat and Mouse. Inspired by a wide variety of composers and musicians, from Maria Schneider and Wynton Marsalis, to Rage Against the Machine and Tupac Shakur, his composition are uniquely his own. “Notes from the Journey” is a musical allegory that spans much of the world.
The “Wheel Sessions” is a jazz performance series hosted in Greenville South Carolina. Performances begin at 7:30 pm, and are held in front of an intimate listening audience. Attendees may BYOB.
Directions: When arriving at 1801 Rutherford Rd drive to the left, all the way behind the main building #1 and near the water tower. Park and follow the signs that lead you into Underground Music.

Scenic Sundays: Sunday, September 29th from 3-5 p.m.
at the home of Garland Mattox

(Address will be shared once you RSVP) 

New this year, the “Scenic Sundays” series offers MAConnect members an exclusive opportunity to experience a leisurely Sunday afternoon with of one of Greenville’s local artists. The second event will be held at the home of Garland Mattox on Sunday, September 29th from 3-5 p.m. See her studio, take a look at her personal art collection and find out where she finds inspiration, all while enjoying wine and cheese. What better way to spend a Sunday than among the company of interesting art and fabulous friends?

**Please RSVP by September 13th to maconnect@greenvilleARTS.com

**Anyone is welcome to join MAConnect for a donation of $75 annually to the Metropolitan Arts Council. Check out all the great benefits on our website: www.greenvillearts.com/maconnect**

Join us for the longest-running poetry showcase in South Carolina, celebrating 17 years!

Wits End’s Say What Sundays Poetry Events are at Coffee Underground at 7:30 pm in Downtown Greenville every Sunday night. (864) 298-0494 Each event features touring poets from across the southeast, poetry slams, plus our weekly open mic. Founded by Kimberly Simms. Hosts include Moody Black, Jencie Pleasant, and Black Phoenix plus DJ Southern Stylz. 1 E. Coffee Street. All poetry styles welcome. Wits End is a 501(c)3 Charity.

Shows often sell out, so get their early or buy tickets at Eventbrite! http://witsendpoetry.eventbrite.com. (Click on pictures for a link to tickets on Eventbrite).

Follow our social media @witsendpoetry across all platforms. Produced by Wits End Poetry, these poetry events are made possible in part by the generous support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Metropolitan Arts Council. More information at www.witsendpoetry.com.