Artisphere

Join Downtown Greenville in this year's Artisphere sponsored by TD Bank.

Visual Arts

Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition

The 2014 Artists of the Upstate Juried Exhibition is a local art exhibition presented by Artisphere (supported by grants from the Metropolitan Arts Council). 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 Upstate South Carolina.

2014 Artists of the Upstate Prospectus

The 2014 Artists of the Upstate exhibition will be on display in the Founder’s Room above Larkin’s on the River restaurant (318 S. Main Street, behind the Peace Center).

• Hours of operation:
• Friday: 12PM – 5PM
• Saturday: 11AM – 8PM
• Sunday: 11AM – 6PM

Greenville County High School Juried Exhibition

Located in the Broad at Main Courtyard just outside of the Courtyard Marriott hotel, this exhibit showcases talented young artists in Greenville County School District’s 14 high schools.

• Hours of operation:
• Friday: 4PM – 8PM
• Saturday: 11AM – 8PM
• Sunday: 11AM – 2PM

Clemson University’s STEAM Exhibit

Clemson University will showcase interactive experiences in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM), with a focus on the relationship between creative technology development and art. Faculty from the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities will create a lively exhibit where visitors can experience art and technology in new ways. Activities include: Deep Orange: Driving the future through art and engineering; Digital Production Arts and Hollywood; Science as Art: Microscope Photography; and 3D Dancer Simulation.

Performing Arts

For a full schedule of the performing arts for the weekend, click here.

Culinary Arts Cafe

Artisphere’s Culinary Arts Café brings to the festival a wide variety of local restaurants and their mouth-watering cuisine. After sampling the unique flavor of the local foods, festival-goers are able to relax at the café and enjoy local and regional musicians on the Culinary Arts Café Stage. The Café is centrally located on E. Broad Street.

Wine Tasting:

Friday: 1pm – 6pm

Saturday: 1pm – 6pm

Sunday: 1pm – 6pm

The Wine Tasting and Craft Beer Experience features dozens of wines and some of your favorite craft beers paired with cheese and snacks from Whole Foods.

Kidsphere

• Friday: 3pm – 7pm
• Saturday: 10am – 7pm
• Sunday: 11am – 5pm
• Location: Kidsphere tent (parking lot on Broad Street across from Greenville News)

Little artists create crafts to keep in Kidsphere!  Kids learn a variety of fine art and craft techniques while making paper hats, creating stained glass frames, fabricating jewelry, and designing unique puzzle quilts.  Once the craft activities are complete, kids and parents will want to visit Artist Row to meet artists who create fiber art, blown glass, jewelry and more.

2014 Kidsphere Activities Include:

PAPER HATS

STAINED GLASS FRAMES

BUTTERFLY BAUBLE NECKLACES

PUZZLE QUILTS

MCDONALDS/RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE STRAWS AND CONNECTORS SCULPTURE ZONE

EXPLORE LEAF PRINTS AND CREATE A BOOK WITH THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE UPSTATE