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Welcome Vacationers and Visitors!
Planning a trip to or around South Carolina?
Explore our state and find art everywhere--from our beautiful coastline to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. From Spoleto in Charleston to hand-thrown pottery in Seneca, from Broadway shows at Greenville's Peace Center to the S.C. Jazz Festival in Cheraw, a variety of arts and culture awaits your discovery.
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Here's a sample of upcoming activities:
Flowers: Tom - Mark - Morgan -Three Generations of Art
Pickens County Museum of Art and History
Through Feb. 9
Free
The Pickens County Museum of Art and History highlights a family’s artistic heritage with Flowers: Tom - Mark - Morgan -Three Generations of Art. Tom’s work is rooted in the tradition of surface, texture and color. Son Mark’s work is constructed panels and narrative imagery, while grandson Morgan’s work takes a cutting-edge leap of digital imagery, both static and in motion.
Pictured: Mark Flowers, What Dogs Think
Pickens County Museum of Art and History
Pickens, South Carolina
Information: (864) 898-5963
The Importance of Being Earnest
Greenwood-Lander Performing Arts
Feb. 20
Admission
The acclaimed Aquila Theatre brings Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, to Greenwood-Lander Performing Arts. A perennial audience favorite, the play overflows with razor sharp wit, sublime elegance and dizzy romantic comedy. makers.
Greenwood-Lander Performing Arts
Greenwood, South Carolina
Information: (864) 388-8326
Generations
ARTworks
Through Feb . 29
Free
Renowned artist and collagist James Denmark and his grandson Dimitri join forces for the exhibition Generations at ARTworks in Beaufort. Denmark uses brightly hand-colored papers, fabric and objects to create compositions sought by collectors worldwide. Represented in a number of prestigious collections, including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Denmark now makes his home in Yemasee, S.C.
Beaufort, South Carolina
Information: (843) 379-ARTS (2787)
Ailey II
Presbyterian College
Feb. 29
and
Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center
March 1
Admission
Ailey II merges the spirit and energy of the country’s best young dancers with the passion and creative vision of outstanding emerging choreographers. Ailey II performs at Presbyterian College in Clinton on Feb. 29 and at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center March 1.
Clinton, South Carolina
Information: (864)938-6329
Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center
Florence, South Carolina
Information: (843) 661-4444
Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters
Columbia Museum of Art
Through April 1
Admission
The Columbia Museum of Art is one of only four museums in the U.S. to present Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters, a major traveling exhibition of 19th-century landscape paintings. These iconic works from the collection of the New York Historical Society are touring nationally for the first time.
Pictured: Thomas Cole, Catskill Creek, NY
Columbia, South Carolina
Information: (803) 799-2810
Cantus
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts
Clemson, S.C.
Feb. 7
Admission
Recognized as the “premier men’s vocal ensemble in the U.S.” by Fanfare Magazine, Cantus will bring its On the Shoulders of Giants program to Clemson University's Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. The performance pays tribute to artists who inspire new generations of musicians with masterworks by Bach, Wagner and Schubert, and more contemporary hits from Elvis, The Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, and Simon & Garfunkel.
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts
Clemson, South Carolina
Information: (864) 656-7787
E-mail: Nancy Martin
The Charleston Story
Ongoing
Gibbes Museum of Art
Admission
If you’re in Charleston, be sure to stop by the Gibbes Museum of Art to see The Charleston Story. The museum’s permanent collection includes more than 150 works of art and presents a rich, vibrant history of the Lowcountry. The exhibition highlights significant people, places, and periods from Charleston’s beginning as a British colony to the present day’s culturally diverse and dynamic city.
Charleston, South Carolina
Information: (843) 722-2706
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