Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a hub for the visual arts, serving Greenville and beyond located in the historic Brandon Mill, in the heart of Greenville’s arts district, the Village of West Greenville.

Look

GCCA welcomes visitors to view free exhibitions throughout the year in our Main Gallery and Community Gallery. Each gallery space has its own focus, with exhibitions of art by international, national, regional and local artists, as well as young artists, community partners, GCCA studio artists, and GCCA student artists.

Learn

The Art School provides students of every age and skill level the opportunity to develop artistic ability and discover new art forms in a variety of classes and workshops. Our classes and workshops offer rewarding and challenging opportunities to explore multiple artistic mediums with knowledgeable and experienced artists.

Engage

GCCA is home to the studios of local artists who work in a variety of mediums. You can visit the studios by making an appointment with the individual artists or by attending the First Friday gallery crawl from 6 – 9 pm on the first Friday of most months to get to know our community of artists or even purchase art.

GCCA’s work means much more than creating a painting, a photograph, or a sculpture. So many other things are created here—an opportunity, an expression, a career, an appreciation, a business, a friendship, a movement, a respite…and the list goes on.

Read about some of the meaningful creations that our friends, artists, and champions have made through their experiences with GCCA!

Anya Willis of Fit Kids

In an era where rapid changes and constant stimulation are the norms, it becomes increasingly important to focus on fostering a harmonious balance in our children's lives. This balance, a blend of joy and mindfulness, is essential for their overall development and...

Creating Works of Art: John Pendarvis

Each year GCCA features over 100 local artists in its Annual Showcase during the months of August and September. The upcoming 2022 Annual Showcase will mark the seventh consecutive year of the exhibition. This showing of the community’s proliferation in the arts would...

Creating a Network: Suzanne Woolf

As a thriving community art center, an important aspect of GCCA is its volunteer network. Volunteers at GCCA help with the day-to-day operations including providing customer and docent services at the front desk and in the galleries, assisting with events and...

Creating a Legacy: Laird Green

As one of GCCA’s most dedicated cheerleaders and ambassadors, Laird Green, a Certified Financial Planner at Abacus Planning Group, can often be found at our First Friday events and bringing her friends and colleagues to view our exhibitions. But her strongest pull is...

Creating a Partnership: Jared Stanley

For Jared Stanley, PhD, printmaking presents a fascinating and rewarding way to develop visual communication in his artwork. An Assistant Professor of Art + Design at Bob Jones University and the Chair of the Contemporary Print Collective (CPC), Jared was first drawn...

Creating a Spark: Savannah Ralph

Before painter Savannah Ralph was selected as one of the 2020-21 Brandon Fellows, Savannah admits, “I wasn’t creating much art, and I had zero connections with local artists. I was bad at maintaining a good practice ethic, I felt uninspired, and my skills and...

Creating a Composition: Flavio Varani

Effectively arranging the elements of a composition is key to achieving balance in any work of art. To Flavio Varani, that concept is fundamental. His career as an international concert pianist requires a balance between intuition and dedicated practice to truly...

Creating Future Artists: Eliana Kim

This week, GCCA Summer Art Camp instructors, Olivia Hueble, Neci Harris, and Kirsten Bush, would like to shine the spotlight on a very special camper. Eight-year-old Eliana Kim has attended nearly every week of Summer Art Camp this year. We wanted to know why, with so...

Creating a Voice: Jordan Winiski

Jordan Winiski first learned about Greenville Center for Creative Arts five years ago when she was a high school student attending the Fine Arts Center.  Jordan wanted to get involved in the arts community outside of the classroom so she volunteered to help with...

Creating Opportunities: Bill Stephenson

“What GCCA offers isn’t being done anywhere else in Greenville,” says Bill Stephenson, and he should know. Bill has been an avid art collector and arts enthusiast, advocate, and philanthropist in Greenville for many years. He has made it his mission to support local...

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