Book lovers need to head to Greenwood
Spring Book Sale is back
The Friends of Greenwood County Library are excited to share that the Spring Book Sale is coming back April 12-17.
They asked The Hub to share with readers that among the many types are these particular art and music books:
- both instructional how-to's and famous works
- large format museum exhibition books
- artists' biographies
- vinyl records & CDs
- biographies of famous musicians
Now to mention the traditional fiction, biographies, children's and teens, religion, hobbies, classics, war, cookbooks, travel, history, sports, adventure, science and nature, and electronic media such as DVD's and audiobooks. The sale starts Wednesday, April 12 (1-5:30 p.m.), runs normal library hours Thursday, Friday, and Saturday,
is closed Sunday, and ends Monday, April 17 when it runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
"Unlike most things nowadays, we haven't increased our prices in many years, so the books are even more of a bargain than ever," said Dana Ellis, the library's volunteer coordinator.
The money raised supports library programs for children, teens, and adults throughout the Greenwood community.
The Greenwood County Library is in Greenwood (600 South Main St.), which is part of a
South Carolina Cultural District.
Greenwood County Library opens fall book sale tomorrow
The Friends of Greenwood County Library announce their fall book sale.
They asked The Hub to share with readers that among the many types "all looking for good homes" are art and music books:
- both instructional and famous works
- large-format museum exhibition books
- artist and musician biographies
- sheet music and music books
- records and CD's
- instructional books for voice and instruments
- biographies of famous musicians.
Not to mention the traditional fiction, biographies, children's and teens, religion, hobbies, classics, war, cookbooks, travel, history, sports, adventure, science and nature, and electronic media such as DVD's, and audiobooks.
The sale starts Wednesday, Oct. 12 (1-5:30 p.m.), runs normal library hours Thursday through Saturday, closes Sunday, and ends Monday, Oct. 17 when it runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
The Greenwood County Library is in Greenwood (600 South Main St.), which is a
South Carolina Cultural District.
Greenwood Co. Library turning the page
Spring Book Sale revived after cancellations
The Friends of Greenwood County Library have been waiting for this. Two and a half years, according to staff.
They apparently have the books to show for it and asked The Hub to share with readers that among the many types "all looking for good homes" are art and music books:
- how-to's
- art history
- art and artists
- antiques
- sheet music
- music books
- instructions
Now to mention the traditional fiction, biographies, children's and teens, religion, hobbies, classics, war, cookbooks, travel, history, sports, adventure, science and nature, and electronic media such as DVD's, CD's (if you can find a player these days), and audiobooks. The sale starts Wednesday, April 20 (1-5:30 p.m.), runs normal library hours Thursday through Sunday, and ends Sunday, April 25 when it runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.).
The Greenwood County Library is in Greenwood (600 South Main St.), which is a
South Carolina Cultural District.
New arts mag promotes Greenwood + S.C. art
Art Mill debuted this month
There's a brand-new outlet that intends to advance #SCartists and the state's arts scene out now online.
Writer Damian Dominguez
has the full story in the Index-Journal:
"With sharp, clean lines and a minimalist approach to design, the look of the magazine Art Mill is as deliberate and expressive as the art works depicted in it.
Art Mill is the brainchild of Spenser Weeks and James Elliott — a project inspired by their mutual love of the arts and born from an interest in seeing more people engage with art."
The inaugural issue is available at
ArtMillMag.com, and its stewards are seeking ways to allow for print publication. Various Greenwood artists are featured, and the magazine wants to work with artists from all disciplines.
Unified auditions coming for Upstate actors
Registration deadline: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019
Be seen by casting directors for Upstate theatres

Brought to you by the South Carolina Theatre Association
- Actors should prepare a 60 second monologue
- Must be from a published play
- Must be memorized
- No costumes, please
- Musical theatre actors should prepare 90 seconds of monologue and song
- Must be from a published play or musical
- Must be memorized
- Must provide your own sheet music (we will provide the accompanist)
- You can use the 90 seconds however you wish (all song, or song and monologue)
- Technicians should prepare a presentation of their work.
- Must bring your portfolio
- May bring any examples.
- You and your portfolio will be posted in a room for the casting directors to come visit and chat with you during their lunch break.
- All auditionees including technicians will be included in the e-book that will be provided to participating theatres. Upon registration you will receive and email requesting you to submit your resume and headshot. If technicians have an on-line portfolio they can submit that link as well. No paper copies will be accepted.
- Please note: the Upstate Unified Auditions are opens to theatre artists age 8 and up. (18 and older on 2/16; ages 8-17 on 2/17)
- If you have questions or issues registering, please contact Anita Sleeman: asleeman@southcarolinatheatre.org.
Go here to register now!
Greenwood festival’s youth art show awards more than $1,500
From the Greenwood Index-Journal:
"The 2018 South Carolina Festival of Flowers Juried Youth Art Show highlights artistic endeavors of first through 12th-graders. It is on display in the Calhoun Mays reception hall at the Arts Center of Greenwood through June 8.
More than $1,500 in awards were presented Thursday during a reception and awards ceremony. Participating students, art teachers, family and friends attended.
'We celebrate and acknowledge your creative talent and your hard work,' said Anne Craig, Arts Center executive director."
Find out who received honors and more information
by reading the full story here.
UPDATE 5 June 2018, 10:24: The Index-Journal
issued a clarification to its story yesterday.
Photo by the Index-Journal.
ELEVATE UPSTATE grants available for community vibrancy projects
Application deadline is September 15.
Ten at the Top, an organization created to foster collaboration and partnerships across the Upstate, is accepting applications for its ELEVATE UPSTATE grants program. The initiative will award two $5,000 grants annually from 2013-2017 for programs that promote community and economic vibrancy in local areas across the Upstate.
Eligible applicants include neighborhood associations, civic or community-based organizations, non-profit organizations or local governments that are committed to developing and implementing programs designed to increase local vibrancy in Upstate communities. Applicants must be located in and do their work within communities in one of the 10 Upstate counties: Abbeville, Anderson, Gaffney, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg or Union.
Proposals may seek to produce a physical result, such as a mural, sculpture or signage that will increase the vibrancy and sense of place within a community, or implement the first of a recurring or annual event or program that helps grow vibrancy within a community.
Check out examples of community vibrancy projects -- some from South Carolina and some from other states -- on the Ten at the Top website in the Great Ideas for Community Vibrancy booklet.
The application deadline is September 15, 2013, and the first grants will be announced in late 2013.
Visit the Ten at the Top website for more information or to apply.
Via: Ten at the Top
Rare opportunity to view both parts of State Art Collection exhibition
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For nearly three weeks, both installments of the largest traveling exhibition of State Art Collection work will be on display at the same time. Contemporary Conversations Part II is on view now through Jan. 31 at the Arts Center of Greenwood. Contemporary Conversations Part I runs Jan. 14 - Feb. 6 at three locations in Clemson: The Arts Center, and Clemson University's Lee Gallery and the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.
This is the first time that both parts of Contemporary Conversations have been "on the road" simultaneously.
Curated by Eleanor Heartney, author and contributing editor to Art in America and Artpress, Contemporary Conversations is composed of 118 works by 95 contemporary South Carolina artists. The exhibition is designed to suggest both the quality and diversity of the state's cultural heritage and includes everything from hard-edge geometric abstraction to surrealist-tinged dreamscapes. Works are inspired by social issues, memory, local and national history, imagination, art of the past and aesthetic theory. Together these works reflect the many voices and diverse concerns of South Carolina artists.
Established in 1967 as one of the first programs of the South Carolina Arts Commission, the State Art Collection is composed of 448 works in a variety of media and styles produced by 277 artists. Visit the South Carolina Arts Commission's website to preview the Contemporary Conversations gallery of work and the list of artists, and read more about the State Art Collection.
Want to bring the State Art Collection to your community? Contact Harriett Green at (803) 734-8696. In addition to Contemporary Conversations, two additional traveling exhibitions are available: The African American Voice and Points of Departure: Vessel Forms from the State Art Collection.
State Art Collection travels to Greenwood
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The Arts Center of Greenwood will exhibit "The State Art Collection: Contemporary Conversations II" from Dec. 3, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013. Curated by Eleanor Heartney, author and contributing editor to Art in America and Artpress, Contemporary Conversations is composed of 118 works by 95 contemporary South Carolina artists. The exhibition is designed to suggest both the quality and diversity of the state's cultural heritage and includes everything from hard-edge geometric abstraction to surrealist tinged dreamscapes. Works are inspired by social issues, memory, local and national history, imagination, art of the past and aesthetic theory. Together they reflect the many voices and diverse concerns of South Carolina artists.
Preview the gallery of work and the list of artists in Contemporary Conversations, and read more about the South Carolina Arts Commission's State Art Collection.