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Local Arts Agencies Directory (By County)
This arts organization directory is a tool for connecting to local arts councils and similar organizations in counties around South Carolina. For more information or to submit corrections, contact Susan DuPlessis at 803.734.8693
Abbeville
Abbeville Opera House
PO Box 247
Abbeville, SC 29620
864/366-2157
www.theabbevilleoperahouse.com
Director: Michael Genevie
Aiken
Aiken Arts Commission
PO Box 1177
Aiken, SC 29802-1177
803/649-6757
www.cityofaikensc.gov
Contact: John Powell
Aiken Center for the Arts
122 Laurens Street SW
Aiken, SC 29801-3888
803/641-9094
www.aikencenterforthearts.org
Executive Director: Kristin Kingsland Brown
North Augusta Cultural Arts Council
PO Box 6415
North Augusta, SC 29861-6415
803/442-7588
www.naartscouncil.org
Executive Diretor: Ken Smith
Allendale
Arts Council of Allendale County
997 Augusta Hwy.
Allendale, SC 29810
803/584-3446
Contact: Frances Chavous
Anderson
Anderson County Arts Council
110 Federal Street
Anderson, SC 29625-4363
864/222-2787
www.AndersonArts.org
Executive Director: Kimberly H. Spears
Belton Center for the Arts
306 City Square
PO Box 368
Belton, SC 29627
864/338-8556
Director: Betsy Chapman
Barnwell
Barnwell County Arts Council
PO Box 1606
Barnwell, SC 29812-3606
803/259-7777
www.barnwellarts.com
Executive Director: Vacant
Bamberg
The Arts Council of Bamberg County
PO Box 1175
Bamberg, SC 29003-0775
Contact: Cindy Hurst
Beaufort
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
14 Shelter Cove Lane
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928-3543
843/686-3945
www.artshhi.com
President & CEO: Kathleen P. Bateson
Arts Council of Beaufort County
PO Box 482
Beaufort, SC 29901-0482
843/379-2787
www.BeaufortCountyArts.com
Executive Director: J. W.Rone
City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs serves as the Arts Commission's subgranting site for Berkeley County
Calhoun
Calhoun County Museum
313 Butler Street
St. Matthews, SC 29135-1409
803/874-3964
www.calhouncountymuseumandculturalcenter.org
Director: Debbie Roland
Charleston
Charleston Regional Alliance for the Arts
293 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC 29401
843/577-5288
Executive Director: Jessica Bluestein
City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs
180 Meeting Street, Suite 200
Charleston, SC 29401-2803
843/724-7306
www.charlestoncity.info
Director: Ellen Dressler Moryl
City of North Charleston-Cultural Arts
PO Box 190016
North Charleston, SC 29419-9016
843/745-1087
www.northcharleston.org
Cultural Arts Director: Marty Besancon
McClellanville Arts Council
PO Box 594
McClellanville, SC 29458-0594
843/887-3157
www.mcclellanvilleartscouncil.com
Executive Director: Susan Williams
Cherokee
Arts Council -Limestone College
PO Box 1210
Gaffney, SC 29342-1210
864/489-8843
President: Ronald Owenby
Chester
Arts Council of Chester County
123 Main St.
Chester, SC 29706-0804
803/581-2030
Director: Lauren Medlin
Chesterfield
Cheraw Arts Commission
PO Box 219
Cheraw, SC 29520-0219
843/537-8400
www.cheraw.com
Executive Director: Lindsay Bennett
Chesterfield Arts Commission
PO Box 597
Chesterfield, SC, 29709
800/605-5761 or 843/623-3200
www.chesterfield-sc.com
Executive Director: Safrona Finch
Clarendon County Government
1245 Carrie Lynn Drive
Manning, SC 29102
803/453-8424
Events coordinator: Sandi Tucker
Colleton
Colleton County Arts Council
PO Box 1035
Walterboro, SC 29488-0031
843/549-1922
colletoncountyarts.com
Director: Maggie Hendricks
Darlington
Black Creek Arts Council, Inc
PO Box 24
Hartsville, SC 29551
843/332-6234
www.blackcreekarts.org
Executive Director: Allison Pedersen
Darlington County Cultural Realism Complex
PO Box 243
Darlington, SC 29532-0243
843/393-7052 or 866/370-8881
www.culturalrealismvision.com
Executive Director: Wilhelmina Johnson
please contact your county coordinator
Arts, Business & Civic Coalition of Summerville/Dorchester
PO Box 50506
Summerville, SC 29485-0506
Contact: Bob Jackson
City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs serves as the Arts Commission's subgranting site for Dorchester County
Edgefield Regional Arts
c/o Joanne T. Rainsford Discovery Center
405 Main Street
Edgefield, SC 29824-1301
803/637-0877
President: Madeleine Marshall
Fairfield
Fairfield County Arts Council
PO Box 185
Winnsboro, SC 29180-0185
803/635-4016
President: Brian Garner
Florence
Florence Regional Arts Alliance
PO Box 3871
Florence, SC 29502-3871
843/665-2787
www.florencescarts.org
Executive Director: Frank H. Crow, Jr.
Georgetown
Cultural Council of Georgetown County
PO Box 2626
Pawleys Island, SC 29585-4814
843/237-3035
www.culturalcouncil.info
Executive Director: R. Scott Jacob
Mauldin Cultural Center
101 East Butler Road (physical address)
201 West Butler Road, Suite 1106 (mailing address)
Mauldin, SC 29662
864/335-4862
Executive Director: George Patrick McLeer, Jr.
Metropolitan Arts Council
16 Augusta Street
Greenville, SC 29601-3502
864/467-3132
www.greenvillearts.com
Executive Director: Alan Ethridge
Simpsonville Arts Council
PO Box 158
Simpsonville, SC 29681-0158
864/967-2121
Chair: Wade Shealy
Trillium Arts Center
319 South Main Street
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
864/834-2388
www.trilliumartscentre.org
Executive Director: Susan Buser
Greenwood
Arts Council of Greenwood County
PO Box 3366
Greenwood, SC 29648-3366
864/953-2461
www.greenwoodartscouncil.org
Executive Director: Anne Craig
please contact your county coordinator
Hampton
Hampton County Arts Council
PO Box 57
Hampton, SC 29924-0057
803/943-3400
Executive Director: Robert Harrelson
Horry
Horry County Arts & Cultural Events, Inc.
CCU 51470, 107 Founders Drive
Conway, SC 29526-8658
Executive Director: Sandi Kendrick
Kershaw
Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County
PO Box 1498
Camden, SC 29021-8498
803/425-7676
www.fineartscenter.org
Executive Director: Kristin Cobb
Lancaster
Lancaster County Council of the Arts
PO Box 613
Lancaster, SC 29721-0613
803/285-7451
www.lccarts.net
Executive Director: Samuel L. Courtney
Laurens
Laurens County Arts Council
PO Box 923
Laurens, SC 29360-0923
864/984-7913
Board President: Bob Dominick
Lee
Lee County Arts Council
The Opera House
109 N. Main St.
Bishopville, SC29010
803/484-5090
Bishopville Opera House on Facebook
Board Chair: Ronnie Williams
Lexington
The Cultural Council of Richland/Lexington Counties
(see listing under Richland County)
Marion
Arts Council of Marion County
PO Box 1608
Marion, SC 29571-1608
843/423-5407
Executive Director: Tom Griggs
Marlboro
Marlboro Area Arts Council
P.O. Box 765
Bennettsville, SC 29512-3136
843/479-6982
marlboroarts.wordpress.com/
Executive Director: Phyllis Hubbard
McCormick
McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah
PO Box 488
McCormick, SC 29835-0488
864/852-3216
www.the-mack.org
Executive Director: Janice Grizzard
Newberry
Newberry Opera House Foundation
PO Box 357
Newberry, SC 29108-2730
803/276-5179
www.newberryoperahouse.com
Executive Director: Deborah B. Smith
Oconee
Blue Ridge Arts Center
111 East South Second Street
Seneca, SC 29678-3403
864/882-2722
www.blueridgeartscenter.com
Grants Coordinator: Bess Ciupak
Orangeburg
Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center
PO Box 2106
Orangeburg, SC 29116-2106
803/536-4074
Executive Director: Elizabeth Thomas
Pickens
Pickens County Cultural Commission
307 Johnson Street
Pickens, SC 29671-2463
864/898-5844
www.co.pickens.sc.us/culturalcommission
Executive Director: Allen Coleman
The ARTS Center (Upstate Center for the ARTS)
212 Butler Street
Clemson, SC 29631
864/633-5051
Executive Director: Tommye Hurst
Richland
Columbia Music Festival Association
914 Pulaski Street
Columbia, SC 29201-3637
803/771-6303
www.cmfaonline.com
Executive Director: John Whitehead
The Cultural Council of Richland/Lexington Counties
930 Richland St.
Columbia, SC 29201-2329
803/799-3115
www.smartarts.info
Interim Executive Director: Noree Boyd Wicks
Renaissance Foundation
PO Box 5037
Columbia, SC 29250
803/733-5634
www.renaissancefoundationsc.org
Executive Director: Mary Skinner-Jones
Saluda
Art Association of Ridge Spring
108 Maintenance Shop Circle
Ridge Spring, SC
sites.google.com/site/artassnridgespring/
Joanne Crouch, President
crouch1@pbtcomm.net
Spartanburg
The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg
200 East St. John Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306-5124
864/583-2776
www.spartanarts.org
President and CEO: Jennifer Evins
Sumter
Sumter County Cultural Commission
135 Haynsworth Street
Sumter, SC 29150-4553
803/436-2260
www.sumtercountysc.org
Executive Director: Booth Chilcutt
Union
Union County Arts Council
116 E Main St
Union, SC 29379-2325
864/429-2817
President: Bennie Giles
Williamsburg
Williamsburg County Arts Council
PO Box 237
Kingstree, SC 29556-0237
843/355-7247
Executive Director: Abie Wilson
York
Arts Council of Rock Hill and York County
PO Box 2797
Rock Hill, SC 29732
803/328-2787
www.yorkcountyarts.org
Executive Director: Debra M. Heintz
Cultural & Heritage Commission of York County
4621 Mt Gallant Road
Rock Hill, SC 29732-8666
803/329-2121
www.chmuseums.org
Development Director: Laura Back
SC Arts Alliance
PO Box 2442
Rock Hill, SC 29732-4442
803/325-2435
www.scartsalliance.net
Executive Director: Betty J.Plumb