The Spartanburg Jaycees

will hold their annual Christmas Parade
on Tuesday, December 8th beginning at 6:00 pm. 
The parade starts at the corner of Pine and Henry Streets
and ends at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

Visitors can begin at any point on this self-guided stroll, using the map available at every gallery. 

From December through February, The Main Street Trolley will be running, sponsored by Centro Properties Group.  Two new galleries have been added to the map this month.
  

At Hillcrest Specialty Row, 1040 Fernwood-Glendale Road, Suite 34, Wet Paint Syndrome is presenting "Fear Not! New Guardian Paintings by Kristofer Neely," a new series of guardian angels completed on found wood at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico.  Dr. Kirk Neely, the artist's father and local author, will be signing books in the gallery, and visitors are welcome to view the growing collection of art in Kris Neely's studio.  Plenty of parking is available at this location for picking up the trolley from the east side of town.
   

A brand new art space is located at 578 West Main Street, where trolley riders will also find plenty of parking.  The West Main Artists Cooperative opens its doors with a sneak preview of work by their thirty-five studio artists.  A grand opening is planned for springtime, but the Art Walk is an opportunity to be introduced to this extraordinary exhibition space in the former West Main Baptist Church.

At the Chapman Cultural Center on East St. John Street, the Spartanburg Art Museum has two vibrant exhibitions.  American glass artist Duncan McClellan creates magical and intricate vessels achieved through a complex, multi-colored glass layering technique.  Internationally known artist, Wolf Kahn, one of the most important colorists working in America today, is exhibiting his oil paintings and pastels. His biography states "Kahn is an artist who embodies the synthesis of his modern abstract training with Hans Hoffman, with the palette of Matisse, Rothko's sweeping bands of color, and the atmospheric qualities of American Impressionism."  The Artists Guild Gallery exhibit is "Fusion" by Nikki Caulk.   This collection of oil paintings reflects the influence of both Eastern and Western spirituality and art along with that of contemporary digital images and photography.  An opening reception will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The Crescent Gallery, 172 East Main Street, is showing a selection of work by the artists they represent.

Gallery 155, at 155 East Broad Street is open with a rotating collection of art.

At 121 West Main Street, the "Artists Among Us" project continues to grow.  Stephen Stinson's photographic portraits of important local artists are on display in this gallery which is open only on the night of each Art Walk.

Carolina Gallery, 145 West Main Street, continues the exhibition "Sylvia Spears," which will open on December 10.  Through the use of bold color or perspective, Spears captures the movement and energy in her subject matter, which includes interiors, figures and landscapes. 

MYST, 154 West Main St., sister gallery to Carolina Gallery, continues the Suzanne Zoole exhibition.  Her interiors, landscapes and figures are richly layered in a style she calls "abstracted realism."

Linville Gallery at Tynecastle, near Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina is filling the space at 151 West Main Street with their collection of works by acknowledged masters and emerging artists.

The Showroom at HUB-BUB, 149 S. Daniel Morgan Avenue, is exhibiting art by the Colors program.
   
Art Walk Spartanburg returns every third Thursday of the month with all venues free and open to the public.
For more information call 864-585-3335 or visit www.carolinagalleryart.com

Keystone Club is Boys & Girls Club's senior high school program designed to accomplish four main goals:

• Connections - Continue engagement with students who attended our Boys & Girls Clubs growing up (about half our Keystoners are former Club members)
• Career Exploration - with monthly meetings and career speakers, members learn about various careers and connect with people who can help them in the future
• Creating Servant Leaders - Service to the community, participation in leadership positions within the Club, and experience working with and helping others
• College Enrollment - we make sure that our seniors are 'locked and loaded' with their college plan and that sophomores and juniors are planning accordingly
   
  
  

Each year, the Keystone Club members who attend the monthly meetings at The Hangar, participate fully in our service projects, and actively help with our Keystone fundraising activities earn the right to attend the Keystone Club National Conference.  None of our members can afford the cost of transportation, lodging, food and registration for the conference. Fundraising by Keystone members pays for any service related expenses and helps defray the cost of taking eligible members to the conference.

SPACE is having our annual SPACE Jingle Bell Run, a 5 K run on the Cottonwood Trail Saturday,
Dec. 12th at 9 a.m.


Registration begins at 8 that morning but we prefer people pre-registering
by going on our website www.spartanburgconservation.org. We'll have door prizes, prizes for
1st, 2nd, 3rd place finishers, Christmas music, hot chocolate,
and yes, jingle bells for all! 

For more info either go on our website or call us at 948-0000.

Be an Angel for Charles Lea This Holiday Season

 

Spartanburg Community College Announces

Plans for Downtown Presence

Downtown Spartanburg will soon be home to another higher education institution.  Earlier this year, Spartanburg Community College announced plans for a downtown campus that will begin with a multi-million dollar renovation of the Evans Building on South Dean Street resulting in 104,000 square feet of classrooms, labs and special purpose rooms. The College is seeking both public and private sources to fund the project.
 
The vision for the campus features environmentally friendly LEED-certified renovations, and college officials believe that a downtown campus will provide easier access for high school seniors and adult students that live in or near downtown Spartanburg.

According to college data, approximately 1,700 students from the city of Spartanburg commute to the SCC central campus. These students would be able to take general education courses such as English, mathematics and social sciences at the downtown campus. Possible majors will include business and retail services.  The College will also work with adult learning to supply GED and remedial education to the community.
 
The campus will offer primarily transitional and general education courses as well as credit classes for students in the College's technology and University Transfer programs and distance learning classes. SCC's Corporate & Community Education Division will offer short-term and customized training through continuing education programs to support local businesses. The College is developing an advisory committee to assist in creating the educational and training programs offered at the downtown campus.
 
About Spartanburg Community College.
SCC offers more than 80 academic programs of study including associate degrees, diplomas and certificates plus University Transfer opportunities for SCC graduates to four-year universities. SCC provides flexible class scheduling including online classes through SCCOnline, FlexStart classes, evening classes and more. The College also offers non-credit classes through the SCC Corporate & Community Education Division.  For more information visit www.sccsc.edu.