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SUMMARY:Beneath the Bloom: Works by Ryan Roth
DESCRIPTION:BENEATH THE BLOOM: Ryan Roth \n\nFebruary 20 – April 3\, 2026 \n\n\nOpening Reception: February 20\, 2026 | 6 – 8 PM \nBeneath the Bloom presents a series of contemporary still lifes that reimagine Dutch floral traditions through a modern lens. Luminous flowers draw the viewer in\, only to reveal vessels and environments that expose the complexities hidden behind beauty. Through these layered compositions\, the exhibition invites audiences to look beyond the surface and confront the uneasy truths embedded within today’s visual culture. ryanrothart.com \nOn the Stage: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder\, March 19 – April 4\, 2026\nCall (864) 233-6733 for tickets or visit centrestage.org
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/beneath-the-bloom-works-by-ryan-roth/
LOCATION:Centre Stage\, 501 River Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:ELEMENTS FROM THE EARTH: Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Dolly F. Pardi Gallery group show featuring Sherrill Hill\, David Young and Shannon McGee. \nThree friends bring together three different visions in MAC’s first exhibit of 2026. Glass artist and painter Sherrill Hill\, painter Shannon McGee and sculptor and ceramicist David Young present an array of stunning work that reflects and often incorporates the beauty of the natural world. \nThe Dolly F. Pardi Gallery | Metropolitan Arts Council\n16 Augusta Street | Greenville\, SC 29601 \nGallery hours: Monday – Friday\, 9 AM – 5 PM \ncom davidyoung9285 sherrillsartglass.com | @davidyoung9285 | artisinalfinishes.ccoom
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/elements-from-the-earth-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Dolly F. Pardi Gallery at Metropolitan Arts Council\, 16 Augusta Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260109T180000
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SUMMARY:What Lies Between Us : Caroline Gates Solo Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception Friday\, February 9th\, 6:00 – 8:00pm \nA furtive glances\, a fleeting sigh\, a soft touch–all betray something shimmering in the air between people\, something that has been felt before and will be felt again. The paintings in “What Lies Between Us” dwell in these charged moments\, exploring the nuance of human connection. This series depicts relationships from a woman’s perspective\, revealing the complexities of longing\, vulnerability\, and power.\nPsychological space lies at the heart of these works. Tension between figures is heightened through minimalist settings\, and external elements appear in support of the emotional narrative. Muted tones suggest silence\, occasionally interrupted by a passionate stroke of red. The layered surfaces of oil glazes and impasto marks balance precision and looseness\, mirroring how relationships oscillate between clarity and uncertainty.\nEach painting hovers on the cusp of a moment\, alive with the possibility of closeness or retreat. They invite the viewer to linger on that threshold\, feeling the fragile promise of connection pulsing between the figures. \nArtist bio:\nCaroline Gates is an award-winning figurative painter whose work in oil paint and soft pastel explores human connection\, agency\, and longing. Winner of the 2025 Founders Award at the Seven Bridges Foundation\, her psychologically charged\, narrative paintings have been shown at VillageOne Art\, Aplomb Gallery\, Highline Nine Galleries\, C&B Reichert Gallerie\, and Neighbor Gallery\, which hosted her first NYC solo exhibition in 2023. Inspired by Edward Hopper and Bo Bartlett\, Gates creates cinematic paintings that capture fleeting moments—quiet yet emotionally electric. She invites viewers to imagine the story beyond the frame.\nGates received her MFA at the New York Academy of Art in 2021. She is currently based out of River Rock Art Studio and Gallery in Greenville\, SC\, where she paints and teaches classes and workshops. She takes commissions and offers private and group classes on a limited basis.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/what-lies-between-us-caroline-gates-solo-exhibition/
LOCATION:Centre Stage\, 501 River Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:MAC Quarterly Project Grant
DESCRIPTION:MAC Quarterly Grant Program is for “School” Artist” and Organization” tiers.  Q1 Grants are due February 16th\, 2026. All applications are online and can be found under the “grants” tab on the MAC website. \n\nDeadlines 2026\nApplications must be submitted online by the deadline date by 11:59 pm. Online applications and final reports can be found on their respective grant page (links below). Paper applications will no longer be accepted. \n\n1st Q: Monday\, February 16\nMay – July\, 2026 (project’s initiation date range)\n2nd Q: Friday\, May 15\nAugust – October\, 2026 (project’s initiation date range)\n3rd Q: Friday\, August 14\nNovember\, 2026 – January\, 2027 (project’s initiation date range)\n4th Q: Monday\, November 16\nFebruary – April\, 2027 (project’s initiation date range
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/mac-quarterly-project-grant/
CATEGORIES:Artist Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Greenville Open Studios 2025
DESCRIPTION:2025 Open Studios features 160 local artists in 96 locations! Greenville Open Studios celebrates the local visual arts community with free studio tours for the public. This exciting tradition is now celebrating its 23rd year! What began as an idea among a small group of artists to raise awareness of their practice in the greater community has evolved into a full-fledged annual event. \nBe sure to pick up a catalog at the MAC office or use our Open Studios App: https://app.greenvilleopenstudios.com/Artists \nThe 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’ places 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.Last year\, the 2024 self-guided tour featured 147 artists and their 100 studio locations throughout a 15-mile radius of downtown Greenville with Easley\, Greer\, Travelers Rest and Simpsonville. The new Open Studios catalog will be released in October 2025. The Open Studios catalogue serves as a vital resource for art supporters\, and will be available after the event throughout the year. Stop by at any time of the year and pick up a Open Studios brochure to learn more about MAC and Open Studios! 
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/greenville-open-studios-2025/
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T090000
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SUMMARY:Open Studios 12x12 Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Open Studios 12×12 Exhibit features artwork from participating Open Studios artists.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/open-studios-12x12-exhibit/
LOCATION:Dolly F. Pardi Gallery at Metropolitan Arts Council\, 16 Augusta Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:TAKE A WALK WITH ME: Abhay Bharadwaj
DESCRIPTION:“My love of travel and outdoors can be easily detected in this exhibition. I venture into the world with no preconceived notion of what will be captured. By letting my subconscious be the guide\, it could be architecture\, shapes\, light or textures that may draw me in. My main goal is to capture the feeling that\, that subject invokes in me. All images in ‘Take a Walk with Me’ are from travels earlier this year.“ -Abhay Bharadwaj \nCentre Stage Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday 2 – 5 pm \nBe sure to catch the New Play Festival\, November 20-22\, 2025 & Every Christmas Stories Ever Told\, December 4 – 21\, 2025\nCall (864) 233-6733 for tickets or visit centrestage.org
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/take-a-walk-with-me-abhay-bharadwaj-2/
LOCATION:Centre Stage\, 501 River Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:SHELLEY CADE | People Are Strange
DESCRIPTION:The Metropolitan Arts Council is proud to present “People Are Strange”\, a solo exhibition by Greenville artist\, Shelley Cade. Opening Reception September 12th\, 6-8pm. Exhibition runs September 12th – October 17th. \n📍 Metropolitan Arts Council | 16 Augusta Street\, Greenville\, SC\n📅Opening reception: September 12\, 6 – 8 PM\n🆓 Free \nWe invite you to meet Cade’s “strangers”. These distinctive portraits and sculptures all have a story to tell within their expressive lines and atmospheric colors. \nAs Cade shares:\n“My approach to expressing people with a paintbrush often gets weird. But the scratchy layers of paint\, pencil marks\, charcoal smudges and adulterated features — I’ve found — only enhance the story telling. Each of us comes into the world a blank canvas\, and it’s the brush marks of experience which tell our stories and shape who we are.”
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/shelley-cade-people-are-strange/
LOCATION:Dolly F. Pardi Gallery at Metropolitan Arts Council\, 16 Augusta Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive (presented by Spectrum)
DESCRIPTION:Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive Presented by Spectrum benefiting Metropolitan Arts Council\n\n \nNOMA Square\n220 North Main Street | Greenville\, SC \nEvery Thursday night from 5:30 – 8:00pm from March 13 – August 28\, 2025 \nEnjoy live music\, food trucks and drinks! Proceeds benefit the Metropolitan Arts Council. \nEvery Third Thursday at DTA will feature Arts After Dark\, which is an art market featuring local artists.\n \n  \nFREE ADMISSION \nMore than 45\,000 people attend this event annually. The event serves as the single largest fundraiser for the Metropolitan Arts Council. \nPiedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 8:30 p.m. Bands play two sets at 5:50 p.m. and 7:20 p.m.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/piedmont-natural-gas-downtown-alive-presented-by-spectrum-2/2025-08-28/
LOCATION:NOMA Square\, 220 North Main Street\, Greenville\, SC
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T200000
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SUMMARY:ARTS AFTER DARK @ Downtown Alive
DESCRIPTION:Every third Thursday\, Arts After Dark at Downtown Alive brings Greenville’s local artists to you. Experience these talented makers’ works on display in the covered tents marked with the “Arts After Dark” logo every month on the 3rd Thursday. Visitors can take advantage of the opportunity to snag a few one-of-a-kind works of pottery jewelry or framed paintings and drawings. Artists will be available to answer questions about their process and may even be providing live demonstrations.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/arts-after-dark-downtown-alive/
LOCATION:NOMA Square\, 220 North Main Street\, Greenville\, SC
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:"As I See It" - Lu Wixon
DESCRIPTION:Lu Wixon invites you to the opening reception for her solo show titled “As I see It” at the Metropolitan Arts Council on July 24\, 2025. Come meet the artist\, enjoy light refreshments\, and see her artwork! \nLu grew up in Lafayette\, Louisiana where she earned a BFA from the University of Louisiana.  After graduation\, she spent two years in Trinidad\, West Indies\, quickly earning a reputation as an artist.  She currently lives in Greenville\, South Carolina with her husband where she is involved in the arts community as an artist and former arts educator.  Lu exhibits regularly in the Carolinas and Louisiana and welcomes the community into her studio. \nI paint on wood because I enjoy the organic feel the surface evokes.  Line\, shape\, color\, and negative space\, are the tools I use to portray my feelings of the joy and beauty of the world. The “outlines’ in my work are actually where I don’t paint\, allowing the wood surface to be part of the composition.  My current subjects include figures interacting with the landscape and various aspects of nature.  A partial documentation of my body of work is available at www.LuWixon.com. 
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/as-i-see-it-lu-wixon/
LOCATION:Dolly F. Pardi Gallery at Metropolitan Arts Council\, 16 Augusta Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:“Desde El Rancho Para El Mundo” Orlando Corona
DESCRIPTION:Reception: July 18\, 6:00 – 8:00pm \nOrlando Corona is a professional visual artist specializing in painting\, printmaking\, murals and\nteaching. After finding his passion for printmaking in his high school art class\, he became\ncaptivated by art and began exploring printing and painting. In 2022\, Orlando was accepted into\nthe Brandon Fellowship program at the Greenville Center for Creative Arts\, providing a pivotal\ncatalyst for his career\, and becoming a full-time artist shortly after leaving the program. Orlando\nhas a passion for being involved in the community and helping others\, often working with local\nnon-profits\, artists and organizations. \nOriginally from Guanajuato\, Mexico\, Orlando moved to Greenville\, South Carolina at the age of\n10 with his family. Orlando draws deep inspirations from his roots as a first-generation Mexican\nimmigrant\, often sharing stories and memories of his childhood in rural Mexico. His intentions\nare about creating artwork that captures personal elements through his unique style\, while\nsharing his culture\, telling stories and making fine art everyone can enjoy. He aims to inspire\nothers through his work and be an integral part of his community and the world. \n  \n“Desde El Rancho Para El Mundo” aims to capture the essence of the small Mexican town I\ngrew up in with an exploration through multiple mediums and techniques. The work in this show\ntells personal and cultural tales and shows the beauty of my childhood home- an attempt to\ncapture the magic on paper and canvas. It will be some people’s first introduction to myself and\nmy identity that I am proud to showcase this way. This show is about taking more chances in my\ncraft\, feeling free to explore my art and show the wealth of myself as an artist and individual.
URL:https://www.greenvillearts.com/event/desde-el-rancho-para-el-mundo-orlando-corona/
LOCATION:Centre Stage\, 501 River Street\, Greenville\, SC\, 29601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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