In honor of the year-long celebration of the Fine Arts Center’s 40th Anniversary, the Sheffield Wood Gallery will hold a
four-part exhibition series that will showcase the four main pillars within the
Fine Arts Center Visual Arts Community: Faculty, Alumni, Community, and Students. The series entitled Ties that Bind:
FACS began September
5, 2014 and will run throughout the school year through May 27, 2015.
The first installation, Ties that Bind: Faculty, honors both former and current Visual Arts
faculty who have contributed to the success of the students who have attended
the Fine Arts Center over the past forty years.
Combined, these teachers have contributed over 150 years to the Fine
Arts Center, making it one of the top high school visual arts programs in the
country. Ties that Bind: Faculty is currently on display, running from September 5
through October 31, 2014. The Ties that Bind:
Faculty Reception will be on Thursday, October 9 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Artists featured
in Ties
that Bind: Faculty:
Alexia Timberlake
Boyd
Jim Campbell
Katy Bergmann
Cassell
Bob Chance
Debbie Cooke
Rod Fincannon
Greg Flint
Eliška Mörsel
Greenspoon
Glenda Guion
Kelly King
Donna Shank Major
Ryan Roth
Rebecca Stockham
Susan Willis
The second part of the Ties that Bind: FACS series will be an
exciting exhibition that will showcase artwork by successful and celebrated alumni who are continuing to create
artwork today. By displaying these works
side-by-side, visitors to the Sheffield
Wood Gallery can see the dynamic contribution the Fine Arts Center has made to the arts community throughout the
years and world-wide. Ties that Bind:
Alumni will be on display from November 10, 2014 through January 23,
2015. The Reception will be Thursday,
December 18, 2014 from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Ties
that Bind: Community will not only provide the Sheffield Wood Gallery and Fine
Arts Center the opportunity to honor and thank the local artists who
support the programs at the FAC, but it will also allow students and visitors
to learn more about their own local arts community. Students are often strongly influenced by the
art that they see and interact with on a daily basis, and the Upstate area has
a flourishing arts community in which students have the opportunity to be
involved. Ties that Bind: Community will be on
display from February 2 through March 27, 2015 with a reception on Thursday, March 26, 2015 from
6:00-7:00 p.m.
The final exhibition for the academic year, Ties that Bind:
Students, will allow the
students in the Visual Arts Program here at the Fine Arts Center to display their own work, demonstrating how
successful these four pillars in arts education are. The work that will be in this show will come
from students who will go on to attend some of the best schools in the country
and earn thousands of dollars in scholarships to do so. Ties that Bind: Students will run from
April 13 through May 14, 2015 with a Reception
on April 23 from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Sheffield Wood Gallery Schedule of Events:
Ties that Bind: FACS
Ties that Bind: Faculty:
Reception: October 9, 2014, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Dates: September
5-October 31, 2014
Ties that Bind: Alumni
Reception: December 18, 2014, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Dates: November
10, 2014 – January 23, 2015
Ties that Bind: Community
Reception: March 26, 2015, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Dates: February 6-March 26, 2015
Ties that Bind: Students
Reception: April 23, 2015, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Dates: April 13 –
May 14, 2015
*The Sheffield Wood Gallery is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. If you
have questions about Ties that Bind: FACS or the Fine Arts
Center’s Permanent Collection, please contact Gallery Coordinator Rebecca
Owens at rdowens@greenville.k12.sc.us or leave a
message with the front office at 864-355-2550.
