About
Flat Out Under Pressure (FOUP) is a unique collaboration between the visual arts and sound environmental practices. FOUP also creates a different exhibition and marketing opportunity for visual artists. The event begins with a 24-hour juried art-making competition where the selected winners are given the opportunity to choose two images of their work for reproduction on the eight downtown recycling bins. The winning artists also received cash prizes, and the first-place artist wins a week-long trip for two to Cortona, Italy to stay in the beautiful Villa Sant’ Andrea.
In 2022, FOUP returned as an in-person event ! The community rallied to support over 120 artists who took the challenge to create a complete work of art in just 24 hours. Eleven winning artists were announced during a packed reception in the MAC Gallery on June 11, 2022. All works can be viewed in a stunning gallery display at 16 Augusta Street through July 15. Come see what artists can accomplish in record time!
2022 Winners
The following artists chosen by the juror will have their work displayed next calendar year on the recycling bins that line Main Street in Downtown Greenville.
Exhibition Committee Awards
A selection of notable pieces chosen by the MAC staff
Current Recycling Bins
Take a stroll down Main Street and view this outdoor gallery of local artists!
Keith Grace
Ryan Roth
Starr Marchand
Skip Johnston
Elizabeth Kinney
Jo Carol Mitchell-Rogers
Aldo Muzzarelli
Teresa Roche
Suzanne Vitti
Katie Walker
Michelle Jardines
Yelitza Diaz
Anna G. Dean
Paul Flint
Diane Kilgore Condon
2022 Juror
Dr. Katie Geha
Dr. Katie Geha is the Director of the Galleries at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. She recently opened up a new contemporary art space affiliated with the University of Georgia, The Athenaeum, in downtown Athens, GA. Geha regularly teaches art history courses on contemporary art, curation, and artist’s writing. She received her PhD from the University of Texas, Austin, and her M.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago. She has published three exhibition catalogs and her writing has appeared in Artforum, Art Papers, and Burnaway.
The Metropolitan Arts Council gallery exhibit sponsor is TD Bank.