Greensboro Cultural Center

The Greensboro Cultural Center is a City of Greensboro Office of arts & culture facility,[1] and is home to many arts-related programs in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Facilities

The Cultural Center is a four story building plus a basement and is located at 200 North Davie Street.[2] It houses gallery and exhibition spaces, performance venues, and studio spaces, as well as a privately operated restaurant with outdoor cafe-style seating and an outdoor amphitheater.[3]

Tenants

Four contemporary visual art galleries are located within the Cultural Center. African American Atelier Inc.,[4] Center for Visual Artists,[5] The Guilford Native American Art Gallery,[6] and GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art[7] each have public gallery space on the second floor. Art Alliance hosts art classes and manages a pottery studio on the first floor of the Cultural Center.[8]

Van Dyke Performance Space

Music organizations including Bel Canto Company,[9] Eastern Music Festival,[10] Greensboro Opera,[11] and the Greensboro Symphony[12] are based out of the Cultural Center.

Performing arts organizations located in the Cultural Center include Community Theatre of Greensboro,[13] Dance Project,[14] Greensboro Ballet,[15] and Triad Pride Performing Arts.[16]

The Van Dyke Performance Space, named in honor of Jan Van Dyke, is located on the first floor of the Cultural Center.[17] Greensboro Community Television,[18] ArtsGreensboro,[19] and City Arts[20] are based out of the Cultural Center as well.

Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park

Adjacent to the Greensboro Cultural Center is the 4-acre Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park. The park contains two cafes, a children's play ground, dog park, putt-putt green, ping-pong tables, and a fountain "splash pad," which is seasonally converted into an ice-skating rink.[21] The park's stage and concert lawn hosts many outdoor gatherings, movie nights, and concerts. A public art installation by Janet Eschelman entitled "Where We Met" is prominently featured above the concert lawn.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Greensboro Cultural Center | Greensboro, NC". greensboro-nc.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park". Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Greensboro Cultural Center at LeBauer Park".
  4. ↑ "African American Atelier, Inc". the-atelier. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  5. ↑ "Center for Visual Artists - Greensboro Downtown - Official Downtown Greensboro Inc". downtowngreensboro.net. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Guilford Native American Art Gallery and Gift Shop". VisitNC.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  7. ↑ "GreenHill". greenhillnc.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  8. ↑ ArtAlliance (2018-12-19). "Home". Art Alliance Greensboro. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  9. ↑ "Bel Canto Company – Exceptional, Innovative and Engaging Choral Performances for Diverse Audiences". Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  10. ↑ "Eastern Music Festival | Eastern Musical Festival". easternmusicfestival.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  11. ↑ "Greensboro Opera". Greensboro Opera. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  12. ↑ "Greensboro Symphony Orchestra - Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director". Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  13. ↑ "Community Theatre of Greensboro". Community Theatre of Greensboro. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  14. ↑ "Dance Project – Professional Quality Dance with a Community Feel". Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  15. ↑ "Welcome to Greensboro Ballet - Greensboro Ballet". greensboroballet.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  16. ↑ Triad Pride Performing Arts https://triadprideperformingarts.org/. Retrieved 2020-05-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ "Van Dyke Performance Space - Greensboro, NC". Van Dyke Performance Space. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  18. ↑ "Greensboro Community Television | Public Access Television for Greensboro and Guilford County, NC". Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  19. ↑ "Artist Emergency Relief Fund". ArtsGreensboro. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  20. ↑ "City Arts & Events | Greensboro, NC". greensboro-nc.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  21. ↑ dawn.kane@greensboro.com, Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane (7 August 2016). "Greensboro's LeBauer Park poised to be 'downtown playground'". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  22. ↑ dawn.kane@greensboro.com, Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane (27 April 2016). "Design plans for LeBauer Park and its billowing sculpture unveiled". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-05-07.

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