GCS - Fine Arts Center

08/18/2015

We are excited to welcome our talented students back to school! Looking forward to another great year! Greenville County Schools

04/22/2015

For Parkinson's Patients, Dancing The Tango Can Help Reconnect Body and Mind

Parkinson’s disease takes a heavy toll on those who suffer from it. The disease includes symptoms like tremors, a body that doesn’t want to keep going and tenuous balance. Little by little, the horizon shrinks, and social life loses its a...

04/09/2015

Did you know that April is International Guitar Month? Who is your favorite guitarist?

04/09/2015

18 things all great dance students have in common

04/09/2015

You're invited to join the Fine Arts Center's very own Teri Parker Lewis for a 40th Anniversary Event, The Old & the New - 3 Monologues, on Friday, April 10th at 7:00 pm. Come see Teri doing what she asks her students to do every day.

03/31/2015

Today in Art History:

On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer. Eiffel, a noted bridge builder, was a master of metal construction and designed the framework of the Statue of Liberty that had recently been erected in New York Harbor.

03/27/2015

Learning to create and appreciate visual aesthetics may be more important than ever to the development of the next generation of children as they grow up. Learn more about the developmental benefits of art:

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/music-arts/the-importance-of-art-in-child-development/

In recent years, school curricula in the United States have shifted heavily toward common core subjects of reading and math, but what about the arts? Although some may regard art education as a lux...

03/27/2015

Congrats to FAC filmmaker James Wiley on his new documentary film 66 Percent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4J4wnY1RdY&feature=youtu.be

03/27/2015

Bach = Grier. How’s that for a musical formula? Want to hear what a modern cantata in the style of Johann Sebastian sounds like when you have a truly gifted modern composer let loose his musical sense of humor? Johann might do a couple of flips wherever he is residing at the moment, but anyone who has 22 children better be able to laugh. Join us (3/27) to hear our fabulous music students perform on a 1748 Kirckman Harpsichord and a 1787 Broadwood Square Piano. They’ll be accompanying FAC’s talented voice students in the cantata. Both instruments are just two of the extensive, beautifully restored keyboards owned by Dr. Thomas Strange of Easley and are also featured stars in this special evening.

03/25/2015

We are proud to welcome Chuck Loeb who will be performing tonight (3/25) at the Fine Art Center with our own Steve Watson. Chuck has been working with our jazz students this week through a generous grant from the Metropolitan Arts Council. The show starts at 7PM. Tickets are $15 at the door.

03/24/2015

Grammy nominated Chuck Loeb performs at the Fine Arts Center on 3/25 at 7PM. ($15)

03/24/2015

Join us for Another Historical Performance this Friday, March 27 at 7:00 pm. All performances will be given by elite Fine Arts Center music students and will include a historic keyboard instrument.

Tickets $15
$7 Students
$5 FAC Students