by Greg | Sep 13, 2021 | News
Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) is launching a new series of FREE professional development workshops called “The Business Toolkit for Artists.” The six-part series will give visual artists insight into the resources and skills needed for career growth in the fine art industry. The program is funded in part by the Metropolitan Arts Council, which receives support from the City of Greenville, BMW Manufacturing Company, Michelin North America, Inc., SEW Eurodrive and the South Carolina Arts Commission.
Topics range from foundational basics for every artist like writing an artist statement, to more advanced business tools like taxes and money management for creative entrepreneurs. Led by recognized industry professionals, these workshops will help artists transition their unique craft into a sustainable business model.
“We are thrilled to have the support from MAC to launch this series,” says Kim Fabian, GCCA’s Executive Director. “Professional development opportunities like these are critical to build skills and career mobility in the artist community. Being able to offer this curriculum for free allows people who may not have the financial resources for continuing education to benefit from this valuable content.”
The line-up of workshops includes:
- Applying to Juried Shows: A How-To Guide and Portfolio Review with Robin Aiken, Artisphere Visual Artist Manager, on Saturday, October 2 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- (Virtual) Taxes for Artists, Freelancers and Creative Businesses (Virtual) with Hannah Cole, Enrolled Agent and Founder of Sunlight Tax, and Tax & Money Columnist for the Art Blog Hyperallergic, on Saturday, November 20, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
- Social Media 101 for Artists with Will Henderson, Associate Director of the Clemson Social Media Listening Center, on Friday, October 15, from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
- Making Post Art School: Methods for Finding Grants, Exhibitions & Residencies with Jonell Logan, Creative Director, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, former Executive Director of The League of Creative Interventionists, & Founder of 300 Arts Project, on Saturday, October 30, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
- Telling Your Story: Tackling Artist Statements and Grant Narratives with Jennifer Oladipo, Marketing Strategist, Arts Advocate & Publisher of The Chord, on Wednesday, October 20, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
- Directing Your Personal Money for Creative Business Success (Virtual) with Edris Tucker, AFCPE Accredited Financial Counselor, CommunityWorks and former NFCC Certified Credit Counselor & Financial Educator, on Thursday, November 4, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
These workshops are free and open to any artist in the Upstate community. Artists can attend them all or pick and choose. Workshops fill on a first-come, first-served basis and are held in-person at GCCA unless listed as “virtual” in the title. Registration is required for all workshops by visiting www.artcentergreenville.org/classes and scrolling down to Professional Development.
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 | Aug 9, 2021 | News
Greenville, SC – The Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) announced the recipients of the 2021-22 Brandon Fellowship at its Annual Showcase on August 6. The Fellowship is a 12-month program that aims to develop three emerging artists between the ages of 21 to 30 who represent the diversity of the Greenville visual arts community. Now in its seventh year, the program provides free studio space, a stipend for supplies, a supportive environment, mentorship, and art education, including professional development resources, to help these artists thrive in the next step of their education, career, or business.
The recipients are:
Kim Le is an alumna of the Fine Arts Center at Wade Hampton High School. She recently received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Winthrop University, where she graduated magna cum laude. Kim won the distinction of being the only student ever to have received first place in three consecutive undergraduate juried exhibitions at Winthrop University Galleries. She is a mixed media artist who uses her art to explore the abject adolescent feminine psyche. Working in a variety of mediums, her goal is to decontextualize objects of feminine consumerism to explore the “true” and “false” self as it relates to repressed violence, aggression, and abjection in the female mind.
Sienna Patterson creates unique and expressive metal and enamel jewelry and is also a proficient watercolor and ink artist. She previously studied at the Fine Art Center at Wade Hampton High School, where she excelled in metals classes and robotics. While in high school, Sienna was selected to exhibit at Art Fields in the junior division and won several Scholastic Art and Writing awards. Her use of color is vibrant and rich, and is expressed seamlessly across all of the mediums in which she works. Sienna continues to explore mediums and ways to expand her creative expression and is driven by a desire to make art accessible and present for all populations.
Terrell Washington makes intimate paintings inspired by his dreams and what he sees in the world around him. His high-energy, colorful pieces are layered with meaning and reflect the personal, spiritual, and societal challenges he has experienced in his young life. Primarily self-taught, Terrell is a painter with a natural eye for design, composition, and color. During his senior year at Eastside High School, Terrell became a member of the National Arts Honor Society. He has also participated in Artisphere several times, where he received an Honorable Mention and two First Place awards in the student exhibition. In addition to painting, Terrell is a partner in a business where he produces unique and custom-designed T-shirts.
This year’s Brandon Fellows selection committee included chair Pamela Adams, design professional and Art in Public Places Commissioner for the City of Greenville; a photographer and member of the original Brandon Fellows class of 2016; Danielle Fontaine, artist and Brandon Fellowship Founder; Julio Hernandez, a GCCA board member and chief of staff of the Office of Hispanic Outreach for the Division of Inclusion and Equity at Clemson University; Glory Day Loflin, working artist and member of the original Brandon Fellows class of 2016; Ashley Waller, working artist and Brandon Fellows aluma from 2016-17, and Kara Bale, operations manager for GCCA who oversees the Fellowship program.
“The competition was fierce again this year and demonstrates the quality of artistic talent in Greenville,” says Kim Fabian, GCCA’s executive director. “We are delighted to welcome these artists to the GCCA family and be a part of their growth. For many of our recipients, we know this program can be the distinguishing opportunity that allows them to make a living doing the work that inspires them and enriches our community.”
Previous Brandon Fellows alumni have gone on to become full-time working artists, designers, participants in Artisphere and other festivals, graduate students, artists-in-residence, instructors, community muralists, published artists, grant recipients, and award winners.
An exhibition featuring the work of the 2020-21 Brandon Fellows, Anna Grace Cunningham, Evan Givens, and Savannah Ralph is on display through Sept. 22 in GCCA’s Main Gallery, which is free and open to the public Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
To learn more about the Brandon Fellowship, visit www.artcentergreenville.org.
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 | Aug 1, 2021 | News
Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) will open a new Community Gallery exhibition, A Well Worn Path by Zach Suggs, on Friday, September 3rd, 2021 from 6 pm – 9 pm. This exhibition is located in the second-floor Community Gallery and will be on display until October 27th, 2021. A Well-Worn Path consists of a series of photographs that documents transient lifestyles. It emphasizes the millennial mindset of wanderlust while also longing for a home. These photographs are reflections on the gap between idyllic images serving as bastions of effortless living and the actual experience of life.
Zach Suggs is a career photographer based in Greenville, South Carolina. Growing up with a heart that roamed elsewhere, rambling trips with friends growing up became earnest searches for a place to call home out west. Each time he left he found himself tethered to Appalachia. He has partnered with brands and agencies such as Shakespeare Fishing, Hodgman Waders, BF Goodrich, Liquid Wrench, and Brains on Fire, and organizations such as Great Outdoor Adventure Trips, and The Family Effect. Since 2017 he has worked closely with the BMW Car Club of America Foundation archiving BMW’s automotive history through exhibition catalogs of four award-winning CCA Foundation Museum exhibitions. Zach photographed musician Nikki Lane for a limited edition picture disc vinyl for her ‘Highway Queen’ album, and most recently he was the recipient of the Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council individual artist grant for his solo exhibition, “A Well-Worn Path.”
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 | Aug 1, 2021 | News
Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) will open a new Community Gallery exhibition, Anthropocene by Martha Gene Grattan, on Friday, October 1st, 2021 from 6 pm – 9 pm. This exhibition is located on the first floor Community Gallery and will be on display until October 27th, 2021. In this educational art exhibition, clay sculptures illuminate issues surrounding endangered animals around the world. Martha focuses on mass extinction due to habitat destruction. Each sculpture is accompanied by a written discussion of each species’ situation.
Martha Grattan is a ceramic sculptor, specializing in wildlife art. Originally from Fort Myers, FL, she has recently relocated to Greenville, SC. She is also an art school instructor at GCCA. Martha will be teaching two upcoming workshops at GCCA. On October 23rd, Marth will be offering Polymer Clay Mokume Gane. Please head to our website at https://www.artcentergreenville.org/classes to learn more about Martha’s clay workshops.
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 | Aug 1, 2021 | News
August 1, 2021: Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) will open a new Main Gallery exhibition, Pushing Pop, on Friday October 1st, 2021 from 6 pm – 9 pm. This exhibition will be located in the Main Gallery and will be on display until November 24th, 2021. In Pushing Pop, thirteen artists from Upstate South Carolina revisit the Pop Art movement. These multi-generational artists explore the original movement while integrating contemporary insights. The featured artists are John Acorn, A-N-D, Kent Ambler, Larry Bennett, Adam Burgess, Patricia Crandall, Kymberly Day, Peggy Tanner Day, Steve Garner, Diane Hopkins Hughs, Gary Huntoon, Carey Morton, & Ryan Roth.
On November 9th at 6 PM, GCCA will hold an ARTalk with the exhibiting artists in association with the Pushing Pop exhibition.
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 | Jul 15, 2021 | News
Greenville, SC – Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA) will hold its sixth Annual Showcase on Friday, August 6, from 6 – 9 pm in its renovated mill facility at 101 Abney St. in the Village of West Greenville. The Annual Showcase is GCCA’s premiere event for artists and art lovers of all ages, featuring a new Main Gallery exhibition with works from more than 100 local artists, a special exhibition of youth artwork created during GCCA’s Summer Art Camps, live artist demos promoting classes in the fall Art School Schedule, visits with 15 studio artists, and much more.
Located in the Main Gallery, the Annual Showcase exhibition highlights over 100 GCCA members each year whose work embodies the talent and diversity of GCCA’s vibrant visual arts community. From contemporary paintings to functional ceramics and everything in between, there is something for everyone at the Annual Showcase exhibition. The 2021-2022 Brandon Fellowship exhibition will also be on display showcasing work by emerging artists Kim Le, Sienna Patterson, and Terrell Washington. In addition, after a competitive selection process, GCCA will announce the three new Brandon Fellows for the upcoming 2022-2023 program year.
This summer GCCA’s art camps introduced a variety of visual art mediums to over 150 campers. To culminate all the hard work completed by instructors and campers, the Summer Art Camp Showcase presents a collection of various artworks from campers ages 5-12 years old. This showcase will be located on the second floor Gray Loft.
Visitors can also see in-person demos by GCCA instructors and learn more about the offerings in the newly launched fall session of classes and workshops. In addition, there will be live music, T-shirt sales, and a raffle drawing at 8 pm for two Shoeless Joe Jackson paintings completed by Brandon Fellow Alumni, Nick Burns, at the Greenville Drive game on July 22nd for the Homeruns for Heroes promotion.
After First Friday, the Annual Showcase exhibition will be open to visitors through Sept. 22 on Tuesdays through Fridays from 9 am – 5 pm and Saturdays 11 am – 3 pm. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call GCCA at 864-735-3948 or visit www.artcentergreenville.org.
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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