Artisphere Ranked A Top Ten Festival in the Country
Artisphere, Greenville’s Arts Weekend, recently received a Top Ten ranking in Greg Lawler’s Art Fair Sourcebook for the 2009 Festival. In the Fine Art category, Artisphere placed 6th out of 600...
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Artisphere, Greenville’s Arts Weekend, is currently accepting group volunteer applications for its Arts Partner Program.
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2010 Artisphere | Arts-Culture-Life
2010 Jury Review Panel
Martha Connell
Martha Connell has been the owner and director of the Connell Gallery in Atlanta since 1985. She has also curated a number of museum exhibitions dealing with art quilts, figurative ceramics, studio furniture and woodworking, including an exhibition...
Bill Griffith
Ceramic artist Bill Griffith received a B.S. degree in Art Education from Indiana State University and an MA in Art Education / Ceramics from Miami University, Ohio. He was a participant in the first International Workshop for Ceramic Artists...
Brent Skidmore
Brent Skidmore has a background in sculpture but primarily makes studio furniture these days. He has been teaching in many capacities for 18 years at universities and many of the craft programs across the nation such as Penland, Arrowmont, Anderson Ranch...
Marcia Wood
Marcia Wood began working in the arts in Atlanta in 1983 with the opening of her first gallery. In 1995 she founded Marcia Wood Gallery, which is currently in its 3rd location, the historic downtown loft district of Castleberry Hill. Representing emerging, mid-career and established...
Artists of the Upstate Juried Fine Art Competition
The Artisphere 2010 Artists of the Upstate juried exhibition is a regional art exhibition presented by Artisphere, Centre Stage and the Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC). Open to artists 18+ living within a 35-mile radius of Greenville, SC, this juried exhibition seeks to recognize the outstanding quality and diversity of work being generated by artists of the Upstate region of South Carolina.
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Giving Back to the Local Arts
A unique element of Artisphere’s support for the local arts community is its Arts Partner Program, which provides local non-profit arts organizations with a portion of the proceeds from Artisphere in recognition of their assistance in recruiting the hundreds of volunteers needed to run the Festival each year. Since its inception in 2006, Artisphere has “regranted” $65,000 to local arts groups through the program.
Congratulations To The Following Visual Artist Award Winners
- Best In Show: Paul Shatz | Photography
- 2nd Place: E. Douglas Wunder | Jewelry/Semi Precious
- 3rd Place: Michael Bryant | Photography
- Merit Award: James Barnes | Sculpture
- Merit Award: Thomas Clarkson | Ceramics
- Merit Award: Hetty & Norman Metzger | Fiber
- Merit Award: Danielle Miller-Gilliam | Jewelry/Precious
2009 Arts Partner Volunteers:
- South Carolina Children’s Theatre
- The Greenville Chorale
- Carolina Ballet Theatre
- International Ballet
- Chicora Voices
- Blue Ridge Arts Council
- SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities
- Hispanic American Women’s Association
- Dance Alliance
2009 Artists of the Upstate Award Winners:
- Best In Show - Larry Seymour
- 2nd Place - Bill Biggers
- 3rd Place - Georgia Harrison
- Honorable Merit - Michael Slattery
2009 Greenville’s Art’s Weekend
Artisphere collaborates with other Greenville organizations to create the ultimate Greenville arts weekend.
