Events Calendar
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The Caldwell Arts Council is currently accepting portfolios from local and regional artists for exhibitions in 2023 and 2024. Exhibitions run for six weeks to two months on either floor of the arts council facility.
Details for submitting your portfolio are available at www.caldwellarts.com. We have extended the deadline! Digital submissions will now be accepted through July 5, 2022 and may be emailed to [email protected].
About the Caldwell Arts Council
The Caldwell Arts Council is a regional arts center that presents a variety of programs that foster cultural arts in Caldwell County. Our gallery is housed in a historic 120+ year old home. Two floors offer four gallery spaces that have been renovated as professional exhibit spaces. Exhibits range from contemporary to traditional and include 2-D and 3-D exhibitions.
The Caldwell Arts Council’s programs are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources and by individual and corporate donors.
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Grandfather Mountain’s annual Nature Photography Weekend returns, with presentations from top nature photographers, hands-on breakout sessions, a friendly contest and the rare opportunity to photograph the mountain’s spectacular scenery and native animals before and after regular business hours. Activities begin Friday evening and conclude Sunday midday.
The 2022 speaker lineup features:
• Vinny Colucci
• Jamie Konarski Davidson
• Bill Fortney
• Tony Sweet
• Tommy White
Presentations take place in the afternoons and evenings, allowing participants to explore Grandfather Mountain and take their own shots during the day, while also participating in several outdoor field sessions (weather permitting) with professional photographers. Opportunities for sunrise and sunset photography will also be offered.
Participants are invited to camp Friday and Saturday nights at the Woods Walk Picnic Area during the weekend, taking advantage of one of the few opportunities to stay overnight inside the park.
Event Tickets
There are two admission levels to Nature Photography Weekend
- $125 level covers three-day park admission, a Saturday evening meal, entry to all presentations and field sessions and a flash drive for submitting contest entries.
- $100 level includes all of the above, but does not include participation in the photo contest.
Weekend Guest Passes + Guest Dinner Passes
Guest passes for family members and guests of registered NPW attendees are available here May 4. These passes offer discounted three-day admission for the weekend of the event ($60/adult, $28/child). The $20 dinner pass allows a guest to attend the Saturday buffet meal. Please put the registered event person’s name in the “Notes” section during check-out.
The Contest
The Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend includes a friendly but competitive contest. Speakers give presentations during the evening sessions, leaving the days free for participants to practice their skills at one of the most spectacular destinations for photographing nature in the Southeast.
Participants will turn in their digital images at 5 p.m. Saturday on a flash drive supplied by Grandfather Mountain in the registration packet. Each person selects three images to enter in any combination of four categories (Animals in Habitats, Animals in the Wild, Wildflowers and Scenic) and two classes (beginner or advanced).
Images may be touched up using computer software. Be warned that the judges do not look kindly on contrived images (like placing a giant gorilla on Linville Peak) or photos that have been manipulated to the degree that they violate the spirit of the contest (like bringing the end of a rainbow down in the center of the Mile High Swinging Bridge).
You will need to bring (or borrow) a computer to save your images to the flash drive. Grandfather Mountain cannot promise computer time to any participant. Additional details are included in participants’ registration packets.
Camping
Although Grandfather Mountain does not operate a commercial campground, campsites are available at no charge in the Grandfather Mountain Woods Walk Picnic Area for our NPW guests.
The picnic area has bathrooms and water fountains, but no other amenities. No formal spots are reserved, but folks usually have no trouble finding a place to pitch their tents or park their vehicles.
If you’re camping, be sure to display your camping pass (included in your packet) in a visible spot on your dashboard at all times when you’re in the park.
Registration
Registration opens here on Wednesday, May 4, at 9 a.m.
Greenville’s first Juneteenth Mega Festival is holding an artist call, your work will be on display for the day in the park with QR codes for the visitors to purchase. We are looking for paintings & sculptures. All art must be dropped off by June 6th, drop off location will be emailed once accepted. To apply please send images of your piece/pieces you’d like to be considered as well as the dimensions.
If you don’t fall into these two categories but are an artist please email your talent as we may be able to include you in the day as well.
There will cash prizes for:
Best In Show
1st & 2nd Place
Carolina Ballet Theatre – Raising the Barre in Greenville
For more than six centuries, ballet has graced royal courts and stages across the globe, and for 50 years, Greenville’s own Carolina Ballet Theatre has been bringing this timeless performance art to the Upstate.
From that first day in 1972 until now, CBT has been guided by the prospect of what could be. Its evolutionary, enlightened and engaging approach has ensured that this powerful performance art remains true to its origins while continuing to push the boundaries of this dynamic dance medium.
An artistic vision with hundreds of dancers, hundreds of hours of training and practicing, and countless performances have all culminated into a legacy of bringing world-class productions to the Greenville stage.
This exhibition celebrates an incredible 50-year journey that has encountered notable high points, as well as unimaginable setbacks, but still managing to raise the barre on entertainment excellence, engaged outreach, and unity through performance arts.
Read or perform your own original poems, plus hear great local and touring poets. Sundays 7:30pm-9:45pm. Open Mic–$5. Feature & Slams –$10.
The Caldwell Arts Council is currently accepting portfolios from local and regional artists for exhibitions in 2023 and 2024. Exhibitions run for six weeks to two months on either floor of the arts council facility.
Details for submitting your portfolio are available at www.caldwellarts.com. We have extended the deadline! Digital submissions will now be accepted through July 5, 2022 and may be emailed to [email protected].
About the Caldwell Arts Council
The Caldwell Arts Council is a regional arts center that presents a variety of programs that foster cultural arts in Caldwell County. Our gallery is housed in a historic 120+ year old home. Two floors offer four gallery spaces that have been renovated as professional exhibit spaces. Exhibits range from contemporary to traditional and include 2-D and 3-D exhibitions.
The Caldwell Arts Council’s programs are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources and by individual and corporate donors.
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Greenville’s first Juneteenth Mega Festival is holding an artist call, your work will be on display for the day in the park with QR codes for the visitors to purchase. We are looking for paintings & sculptures. All art must be dropped off by June 6th, drop off location will be emailed once accepted. To apply please send images of your piece/pieces you’d like to be considered as well as the dimensions.
If you don’t fall into these two categories but are an artist please email your talent as we may be able to include you in the day as well.
There will cash prizes for:
Best In Show
1st & 2nd Place
Georgia O’Keeffe performed by Leslie Goddard
Georgia O’Keeffe was an independent woman who broke the rules and forged her own unique place in the world of arts. Her style is familiar from the bold, miraculous canvases that gave rise to her legend. Her face is familiar for the astonishing Alfred Stieglitz photographs that captured her wisdom and haunting beauty.
Her innovative impressionist images challenged perceptions and constantly evolved. She not only painted the world around her, she created a world where gigantic brilliant flowers and cow skulls; cavernous valleys and haunting skylines; parched deserts and wide skies, and even the artist herself achieve their undisputed domain. Through her vision, they grew large to cover the canvas and expand to become another world.
She not only created art; she created a world.
Cost: Free | 
outdoors, bring lawn seating
The Caldwell Arts Council is currently accepting portfolios from local and regional artists for exhibitions in 2023 and 2024. Exhibitions run for six weeks to two months on either floor of the arts council facility.
Details for submitting your portfolio are available at www.caldwellarts.com. We have extended the deadline! Digital submissions will now be accepted through July 5, 2022 and may be emailed to [email protected].
About the Caldwell Arts Council
The Caldwell Arts Council is a regional arts center that presents a variety of programs that foster cultural arts in Caldwell County. Our gallery is housed in a historic 120+ year old home. Two floors offer four gallery spaces that have been renovated as professional exhibit spaces. Exhibits range from contemporary to traditional and include 2-D and 3-D exhibitions.
The Caldwell Arts Council’s programs are supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources and by individual and corporate donors.
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Upstate artist Sydney McMath is using her works to illustrate that hope and grief are intertwined, and she hopes visitors to her upcoming exhibition at the Artists Collective | Spartanburg May 31 through June 25 will see the two “cannot exist without one another, which is the very meaning of life.”
The exhibit, “the thing with feathers: expressions of grief and hope,” will be held in ACS’s Gallery III. A reception will be held June 16 in conjunction with Spartanburg ArtWalk. The show will include new 2D works, including paintings and jewelry, using acrylic, mixed media, mixed metals and found objects.
Exhibiting acrylic and digital works in her second show at the Artists Collective | Spartanburg May 31 through June 25, Lady Pluuto continues showing “fragments” of her spirit through her art.
The exhibition, “Chrono: The Dimensional Portal,” will be in Gallery II of ACS. An artist talk will be held June 16.
Lady Pluuto, whose first “Chrono” exhibition at ACS was held in April 2021, says this year’s show will include “dreamscape, abstract and figurative works. You can expect to see an abundance of bright colors.
Carolina Ballet Theatre – Raising the Barre in Greenville
For more than six centuries, ballet has graced royal courts and stages across the globe, and for 50 years, Greenville’s own Carolina Ballet Theatre has been bringing this timeless performance art to the Upstate.
From that first day in 1972 until now, CBT has been guided by the prospect of what could be. Its evolutionary, enlightened and engaging approach has ensured that this powerful performance art remains true to its origins while continuing to push the boundaries of this dynamic dance medium.
An artistic vision with hundreds of dancers, hundreds of hours of training and practicing, and countless performances have all culminated into a legacy of bringing world-class productions to the Greenville stage.
This exhibition celebrates an incredible 50-year journey that has encountered notable high points, as well as unimaginable setbacks, but still managing to raise the barre on entertainment excellence, engaged outreach, and unity through performance arts.
First Exhibition features our collection of original photographs and screen prints by Andy Warhol through August 15. Hours Tuesday through Friday 10am to 5pm; Thursday 10am til 7pm; Saturday 11am til 4pm.
Operation hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am-4pm. Art Walk this month is Thursday 19 May, 5-9pm, which will serve as the official receptions for all shows.
Greenville’s first Juneteenth Mega Festival is holding an artist call, your work will be on display for the day in the park with QR codes for the visitors to purchase. We are looking for paintings & sculptures. All art must be dropped off by June 6th, drop off location will be emailed once accepted. To apply please send images of your piece/pieces you’d like to be considered as well as the dimensions.
If you don’t fall into these two categories but are an artist please email your talent as we may be able to include you in the day as well.
There will cash prizes for:
Best In Show
1st & 2nd Place
Georgia O’Keeffe was an independent woman who broke the rules and forged her own unique place in the world of arts. Her style is familiar from the bold, miraculous canvases that gave rise to her legend. Her face is familiar for the astonishing Alfred Stieglitz photographs that captured her wisdom and haunting beauty.
Her innovative impressionist images challenged perceptions and constantly evolved. She not only painted the world around her, she created a world where gigantic brilliant flowers and cow skulls; cavernous valleys and haunting skylines; parched deserts and wide skies, and even the artist herself achieve their undisputed domain. Through her vision, they grew large to cover the canvas and expand to become another world.
She not only created art; she created a world.
Cost: Free | outdoors, bring lawn seating
Georgia O’Keeffe was an independent woman who broke the rules and forged her own unique place in the world of arts. Her style is familiar from the bold, miraculous canvases that gave rise to her legend. Her face is familiar for the astonishing Alfred Stieglitz photographs that captured her wisdom and haunting beauty.
Her innovative impressionist images challenged perceptions and constantly evolved. She not only painted the world around her, she created a world where gigantic brilliant flowers and cow skulls; cavernous valleys and haunting skylines; parched deserts and wide skies, and even the artist herself achieve their undisputed domain. Through her vision, they grew large to cover the canvas and expand to become another world.
She not only created art; she created a world.