by Greg | Jan 10, 2022 | News
Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) is pleased to announce seven new members elected to its board of directors.
- Earle Furman, GCCA Founder and Chair, NAI Earle Furman, LLC
- Daniel Hartway, Upstate SC Business Banking Manager/SVP, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
- Benjamin Hepner, Attorney, Holder Padgett Littlejohn + Prickett
- Blair Knobel, Editor-in-Chief, TOWN Magazine
- Kate Lacher, Artist & Creative Coordinator, Craig Gaulden Davis
- Rhonda Rawlings, Neighborhood Engagement Director, Mill Village Ministries
- Heather Wheless, Sr. Director of Human Resources, Thermo Fisher Scientific
In addition, the organization elected these officers.
- Chair – Yvonne Julian, Retired, Sales Executive, The Dow Chemical Company
- Vice Chair – Bradley Wingate, Director of Visual & Performing Arts, Greenville County Schools
- Treasurer – Tony Callander, Retired, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
- Secretary – Jim Gorman, Studio Artist
“We are thrilled that GCCA has attracted such a tremendous slate of new directors to help us strengthen our impact and achieve our strategic goals,” says Kim Fabian, GCCA’s Executive Director. “Their collective talents will help to ensure long-term sustainability and foster meaningful economic and outreach impact through the education, advancement, and promotion of the visual arts.”
GCCA also named two former directors as members of its Founder’s Circle: artist Patricia Kilburg, and philanthropist and retired business leader Tracy Hardaway. This distinction recognizes these GCCA founders for their vision and commitment to the organization.
About GCCA
Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a non-profit organization that aims to enrich the cultural fabric of the community through visual arts promotion, education, and inspiration. For more information, visit www.artcentergreenville.org, call 864-735-3948, or check out GCCA on Facebook (Greenville Center for Creative Arts) & Instagram (@artcentergvl).
by Greg | Jan 3, 2022 | News
Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) is excited to announce the opening of their February exhibitions, My Daughters Gathers Seeds by Rachel de Cuba and matthew anthony batty & Production Landscape with Meghan Kirkwood. The exhibition opens with a First Friday reception from 6:00 – 9:00 pm on Friday, February 4th and continues until March 23rd, 2022. The exhibition will also be open during the First Friday on March 4th, 2022. As part of GCCA’s exhibition programming, there will be an ARTalk discussion on Tuesday, March 8th from 6:00 – 7:00pm.
My Daughter Gathers Seeds is a collaborative exhibition between Rachel de Cuba and matthew anthony batty. The works in this show tackles large cultural concerns through tender moments and soft, powerful movements. Combining digital media and traditional craft the artists have worked to create a spectrum of pieces that will invite viewers to consider acts of empathy and tenderness. In Production Landscape, Dr. Meghan Kirkwood explores the path of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the four states it crosses: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois. Meghan uses landscape photography to question the nature and extent of social and environmental costs of this activity.
Rachel de Cuba
Rachel de Cuba is an interdisciplinary artist raised in Sebastian, FL. She received her BFA in Studio Art at Flagler College in 2013 and her MFA in Digital Art at Indiana University in 2019. She received recognition for her thesis work with Grant awards from Indiana University. In 2019 she was invited to create new media artworks for the New Orleans Film Festival with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation. de Cuba’s work has been shown nationwide and was recently selected to exhibit in 701 Center for Contemporary Art’s 2021 South Carolina Biennial in Columbia, South Carolina. Her mixed media work has also been selected for publication in New American Paintings Southern 2022 Edition. Rachel de Cuba is currently a Co-Director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville and the Provost Pathways Fellow in Art at Clemson University.
matthew anthony batty
matthew anthony batty received a BFA in Studio Art at Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL and their MFA in Studio Art at Indiana University. batty has received recognition for their practice through Grants–In–Aid while at Indiana University, and has been selected as an artist-in-residence at The Birdsell Projects in South Bend, IN. matthew was invited as an artist-in-residence with The Weight of Mountains, a nomadic video art program, which spent the winter in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada making work for a solo show at Black Vulture Project, in Paoli, Indiana. matthew, most recently was commissioned by the New Orleans Film Festival to create an installation for the festival, which was funded in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation. batty also explores curatorial work as an extension of their art practice. They have curated exhibitions such as Extended Family at Spalding University in Louisville, KY. They have also curated experimental venues such as The Breezeway Gallery, The Fuller Projects, and in 2018 he was an artist/curator-in-residence with Black Vulture Project, focusing on quarterly experimental poetry/video/performance events. matthew anthony batty recently was working with the Center for Rural Engagement at Indiana University as an artist advocate facilitating discussions with rural communities to build relationships in order to support the community with art programming.
Meghan Kirkwood
Meghan Kirkwood is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis where she serves as area head of Photography. She earned a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design in Photography before completing her M.F.A. in Studio Art at Tulane University and PhD at the University of Florida. Kirkwood’s photography has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, Thailand, Mexico and South Africa. Her photographic research looks at the ways in which landscape imagery can inform and advance public conversations around land use, infrastructure, and planning.
About GCCA
Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a non-profit organization that aims to enrich the cultural fabric of the community through visual arts promotion, education, and inspiration. For more information, visit www.artcentergreenville.org, call 864-735-3948, or check out GCCA on Facebook (Greenville Center for Creative Arts) & Instagram (@artcentergvl).
by Greg | Dec 1, 2021 | News
December 1, 2021: Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) is excited to announce the opening of a new Community Gallery exhibition, Get Home Safely. The exhibition features the work of emerging artist Malik Greene. The exhibition opens from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm on Friday, January 7th, and is on display until February 23rd, 2022. The exhibition will also be open during the First Friday on February 4th, 2022 from 6- 9 pm.
For Malik Greene, “home” does not exclusively relate to a physical destination. Rather, there is an emphasis he places on empowering feelings of security that “home” can convey. Get Home Safely is an autobiographical exhibition that traces the exploration into his origin story. Through his emotive paintings one can find evidence of his self-exploration. Malik states, “Get Home Safely is in reference to the story of the Prodigal Son and demonstrates that no matter how far one may go they will always have a place to return home…These pieces seek to uncover a world within my mind, a place fortified by my eyes and ambitions, not swayed or collided with a world I am not the creator of. My desire is to convey my truth as well as uncover the truth and beauty placed within those that I hold close to my heart.”
Malik Greene
Malik Greene is a South Carolina-based artist who began creating professionally in 2019 after graduating from Coastal Carolina University with a Bachelors in Psychology. The art practice of Malik Greene is primarily self-taught and art forms such as manga illustration and fashion design helped the artist develop a strong passion for uncovering his truth through his creativity. His works tell the story of his life, his desires and the subtle nuances that may affect the way in which he receives the world. The work of Malik Greene captures his mental state and allows him to stand in the center of his world, his mission is to create what is around him. He captures his personal history through intimate oil and acrylic portraits of family, moments and memories that convey his experience as a Black Man and Black artist alike. The normality of Black subjects within his art conveys a certain power; one that does not rely on pain, trauma and past oppression to propel his artistic vision. He finds strength in his identity, and his art has become his voice to understand himself. Malik uses bold colors, textural brushwork and unique figuration to evoke emotion and emphasis within his work.
About GCCA
Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a non-profit organization that aims to enrich the cultural fabric of the community through visual arts promotion, education, and inspiration. For more information, visit www.artcentergreenville.org, call 864-735-3948, or check out GCCA on Facebook (Greenville Center for Creative Arts) & Instagram (@artcentergvl).
by Greg | Nov 1, 2021 | News
Greenville, SC – Today, many aspects of our communities reflect a history built and created by men. The names of cities, streets, bridges, and buildings; the statues in our parks, the holidays we celebrate. Now, thanks to City of Women Greenville, we can help our community rethink what they know about history and advance the role of women today and in the future.
To launch this initiative, Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) and City of Women Greenville are partnering to invite Upstate artists to submit work that highlights historical and contemporary women who have made a significant impact in the Greenville community. Areas of recognition include healthcare and well-being, education, economic opportunity, science and technology, civic engagement, and arts and culture.
Submissions are open from November 1, 2021, to January 6, 2022, and must be made via GCCA’s website at https://www.artcentergreenville.org/city-of-women-submissions.
This effort will culminate in a free public exhibition that will be featured through a virtual gallery on GCCA’s website and in a special juried exhibition opening on First Friday, March 4, from 6-9 p.m. and on display through April 27. All appropriate entries will be included in the virtual gallery. Juror selections will be exhibited in GCCA’s Community Gallery and be eligible for $2,000 in prizes.
“There is great power in sharing the untold and forgotten stories of the women who helped to build Greenville. It deepens our collective understanding of history, brings to light many unknown contributions, and builds a more inclusive future for all,” explains Elizabeth Davis, President of Furman University, a partner institution of City of Women. “This is why we at Furman University are proud to be a part of City of Women and honor the mission to celebrate, recognize and inspire the women and men of our community. We are especially excited to see this come to life through the expression of our robust artist community at GCCA this March.”
“We can think of no better way to kick off this important initiative than through the visual arts, such a pivotal part of our Greenville culture,” adds Kim Fabian, GCCA’s Executive Director.
The call for submission is open to all artists 18 years of age or older living in Upstate South Carolina (Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens, Oconee, Greenwood, Laurens, Cherokee, Union, and Abbeville Counties). This is a juried exhibition for artists working in all traditional and non-traditional 2D and 3D media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, fiber arts, mixed media, and sculpture. All artwork must be original in concept, design and execution. Film, video, computer art, reproductions (such as giclee, prints), crafts or jewelry are not acceptable unless used as part of a mixed media artwork or collage. Installation art or performance art are not accepted.
The juror for the exhibition is Jonell Logan, Creative Director of the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, NC. This exhibition is sponsored by the Wyche, P.A.
About GCCA
Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a non-profit organization that aims to enrich the cultural fabric of the community through visual arts promotion, education, and inspiration. For more information, visit www.artcentergreenville.org, call 864-735-3948, or check out GCCA on Facebook (Greenville Center for Creative Arts) & Instagram (@artcentergvl).
About City of Women
City of Women is a community-based initiative with a mission to celebrate the legacy of impactful women who have played a significant role in making Greenville the vibrant community it is today. The initiative also aims to advance the role of women in our community and businesses today and in the future.
by Greg | Nov 1, 2021 | News
November 1, 2021: Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) is excited to announce the opening of their December exhibition, Mementos of Life Beyond Death. The exhibition features the work of acclaimed artists Jessica Burke, Jody Servon, and author Lorene Delany-Ullman. The exhibition opens with a First Friday reception from 6:00 – 9:00 pm on Friday, December 3rd, and continues until January 26th, 2022. The exhibition will also be open during the First Friday on January 7th, 2022. As part of GCCA’s exhibition programming, there will be an ARTalk panel discussion with the exhibiting artists virtually on ZOOM on Tuesday, January 11th from 6:00 – 7:00 PM. This exhibition is sponsored by Piedmont Arthritis Clinic and Dr. Richard and Amy Kim.
In Mementos of Life Beyond Death, artist Jody Servon (Boone, NC) with author Lorene Delany-Ullman (Newport Beach, CA) and artist Jessica Burke (Charlotte, NC) navigate the complex interconnections between identity and death, and explore the relationships we make along life’s journey. Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman’s Saved: Objects of the Dead series captures the depth of the human experience through photographic documentation and prose poetry based on memories imbued into common objects once belonging to the departed. These remnants shed light into each individual’s life. Jessica Burke’s Dressed Up in Bones & Sugar City drawings serve as investigative tools to unearth the fictions of identity and the fragility of life. In posed still-life compositions in which the figures are replaced with skeletal features, Burke creates striking metaphors for lived experience that provide insights into human nature that are intimate, provocative or sometimes humorous.
GCCA will hold two free workshops in coordination with the Mementos of Life Beyond Death exhibition. The Prose Poem: Objects in Memoriam, a writing and photography virtual workshop with Jody Servon and Lorene Delaney-Ullman will be offered on Thursday, January 6th from 7:00 – 8:00 PM & Talking to Grief: Finding healing through poetry community poetry reading with Kimberly J Simms and Shay Black of Wits End Poetry will be held on Thursday, January 20th from 7:00 – 8:00 pm. Register online at https://www.artcentergreenville.org/exhibitionschedule
About the Artists
Jessica Burke
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Jessica Burke (J.B.) is a figurative artist and educator. She is an Associate Professor of Art and Foundations Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Working in both traditional and digital drawing media, she focuses on concerns at the intersection of identity, popular culture and mass media. Her drawings have been published in Manifest’s International Drawing Annual (INDA) 13 and in North Light Book’s Strokes of Genius 9: The Best of Drawing. She will also have work published in the 2nd Edition of the textbook, Art for Everyone by University Press in January 2022.
Her creative work is in private, public and corporate collections that include the City of North Charleston, South Carolina; the City of Savannah, Georgia; Seminole State College, Florida and the National Living Treasure Museum in Yugawara, Japan. Her work has been included in over fifty competitive group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally including the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts; the Toshima Gallery in Tokyo, Japan; the LuXun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China and the Kepco Plaza Gallery Museum in Seoul, South Korea. has been included in over fifty competitive group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally including the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts; the Toshima Gallery in Tokyo, Japan; the LuXun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China and the Kepco Plaza Gallery Museum in Seoul, South Korea.
Jody Servon
Jody Servon creates collaborative and socially engaged projects that encourage public interaction and personal exploration. Her projects have been included in exhibitions, screenings, and public spaces in the U.S., Canada, and China. Servon’s writing and/or art has been featured in New American Paintings, Emergency Index, Kakalak, and Artful Dodge. Her collaborative work with Lorene Delany-Ullman has been published in AGNI, Tupelo Quarterly, Palaver, Lunch Ticket and Tarpaulin Sky. Reviews and articles on her projects have been in The New York Times, The Miami Herald, Arizona Daily Star, Los Angeles Times and Time magazine’s Money.com. She has participated in numerous artist residencies including Vermont Studio Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Artspace, and Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Servon received a MFA in New Genre from The University of Arizona and a BFA in Visual Art from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She has served on numerous boards including: Elsewhere Museum, North Carolina Museums Council and the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design. Currently she is professor and coordinator of the art management program at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.
Lorene Delany-Ullman
Lorene Delany-Ullman’s book of prose poems, Camouflage for the Neighborhood, was the winner of the 2011 Sentence Award, and published by Firewheel Editions (December 2012). She recently published her poetry in Zócalo Public Square, TAB: A Journal of Poetry & Poetics., and Kosmos Quarterly. Her poems have been included in the following anthologies: Orange County, A Literary Field Guide (Heyday Books, 2017), Bared: Contemporary Poetry and Art on Bras and Breasts, (Les Femmes Folles Books, 2017), and Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose about Alzheimer’s Disease (Kent State University Press, 2009). She works in collaboration with the artist, Jody Servon, on Saved: Objects of the Dead, a photographic and poetic exploration of life, death, and memory. Together, their project has been published in Tarpaulin Sky, Tupelo Quarterly, Lunch Ticket, and AGNI. In 2019, Saved: Objects of the Dead was shortlisted for the Tarpaulin Sky Press publication award. Delany-Ullman and Servon received an Illuminations Grant, UC Irvine for Saved: Objects of the Dead exhibition at UC Irvine, winter 2020. Delany-Ullman currently teaches composition at the University of California, Irvine.
About GCCA
Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a non-profit organization that aims to enrich the cultural fabric of the community through visual arts promotion, education, and inspiration. For more information, visit www.artcentergreenville.org, call 864-735-3948, or check out GCCA on Facebook (Greenville Center for Creative Arts) & Instagram (@artcentergvl).
by Greg | Oct 5, 2021 | News
Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) will open a new Community Gallery exhibition, Looking Back and Forging Ahead: A Covid Retrospective with artists Jane Allen Nodine and Ashley Waller on Friday, November 5th, 2021. An opening reception will be held on November 5th from 6-9 PM. The exhibition will be on display until December 29th.
Operating within the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, artists Jane Allen Nodine and Ashley Waller share their perspectives on the ways the virus impacts our thinking and daily life. Since the lockdowns occurred, Ashley Waller channels her paintings into melancholic distortions of home environments. She emphasizes that “greater time at home has strained stereotypical expectations of the home and reveals the depth of environment & relationship failings…the occupants of the domestic spaces exude a sense of unease and separation, and they often fail to interact with each other.”
Jane Allen Nodine’s abstract paintings first served as a coping mechanism as she was separated from family. As Jane states, “I began working with no specifics in mind, other than letting the process of making art flow like that of the surrealists with automatism, the performance of actions without conscious thought or intention. Soon this process began to show results like a lens coming into focus.” The work then came to embody a response to the fears of the virus as well as to hopes for a brighter future. She metaphorizes the drowning of negative ideations through forms of shriveled texture being taken over by richly colored paint.
About GCCA
Greenville Center for Creative Arts is a non-profit organization that aims to enrich the cultural fabric of the community through visual arts promotion, education, and inspiration. For more information, visit www.artcentergreenville.org, call 864-735-3948, or check out GCCA on Facebook (Greenville Center for Creative Arts) & Instagram (@artcentergvl).
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