• supporting educational programming

• sponsoring diverse exhibitions

• acquiring, displaying and conserving a permanent collection

• providing appropriate places for achieving its mission

Admission to exhibits is free to individuals through June 30, 2009.

Group tours of 10 or more are by reservation only. Group rates which include an educational tour and activity are $2 per child (18 and younger) and $4 per adult. Call 582-7616 for more information.

Opening Receptions are free to SAM members (please see our membership form for more information). Guests are welcome at $5 per person.

The Museum offers an annual Art Lecture Series featuring experts speaking on a variety of art-related subjects. Topics include fine arts, art history, decorative arts, and folk art.

• the COLORS webpage

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The Museum features visual art exhibitions from international, national and regional artists.

Visiting artists often present gallery talks and/or lectures.

• 2008 Exhibition Calendar
• 2007 Exhibition Calendar
• 2006 Exhibition Calendar
• 2005 Exhibition Calendar
• 2004 Exhibition Calendar
• 2003 Exhibition Calendar
• 2002 Exhibition Calendar
• 2001 Exhibition Calendar
  
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• the most current Art School brochure

• Map to the Arts Center
  

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The Girl With Red Hair, an oil on canvas by Robert Henri, was acquired by The Arts & Crafts Club in 1907 as the first piece of a permanent collection for the community of Spartanburg. From that beginning, the museum’s collection has grown to over 400 pieces of art and sculpture.

Many fine artists from the Upstate region of South Carolina are featured in the collection, including August Cook, Margaret Law, Josephine Sibley Couper, and Grace DuPre. The collection also features paintings, sculpture, and ceramics by contemporary artists from this region.

• Take me to the Collection Online

 

An extension of the Art School, this program is offered each summer for children ages 6 though 12. Each session is made up of different classes, each exploring some theme or subject in art.

Art School information may akways be found on the Art School's Summer Term brochure.

• Summer Art Camps

• Map to the Arts Center

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Your membership will help to support art school classes, workshops & camps for children & adults, exhibitions by local, regional and national artists, an art lecture series, docent tours for students & adults, outreach art programs for at-risk youth, a growing permanent collection of artwork for the community.

As a non-profit organization, the museum relies not only on financial contributions from the private sector, but also upon its volunteerism. If you are interested in helping us install exhibitions in our galleries, helping us with mailings or any number of other projects, please let us know either by e-mailing us below or by calling us at 582-7616.

• benefits of membership (including discounts)

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