2018-19 Profile*

• Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in South Carolina
• Kennedy Center/NSBA Arts in Education National Award (School District of Greenville County)
• Major grants from SC Arts Commission (Arts-in-Education); SC Department of Education (Target 2000 Initiative)
• Individual faculty awards from Fulbright Memorial Fund, Surdna Foundation
• Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, National Endowment for the Humanities; Alliance for Quality Education, SC Arts Commission, Metropolitan Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, National Art Teachers Foundation

Student Achievement

• National Classical Singer Magazine scholarship recognition
• Superior performance annually in regional, state, national Solo and Chamber Music competitions.
• Superior performance annually in SC All-State Orchestra
• Superior performance annually in Scholastic Art awards, Regional and National, including American Visions Awards in Film/Video and Metalsmithing & Clay
• Superior performance annually in Scholastic Writing Awards, including 2 National Portfolio winners
• Outstanding annual scholarship recognition through The National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts
• Average 90% success rate among students seeking Advanced Placement credit in Music Theory, Visual Arts
• 100% of 2014-2015 Fine Arts Center students graduated from our programs
• 2014-2015 with 83 graduates received $8 million dollars in college scholarships
• “Crashtest” an internationally recognized online magazine edited by Creative Writing students

4,400 Square foot Black Box Theatre with walkable tension grid that has flexible seating for 250 patrons• Recital hall, seating 125, with Yamaha CX7 Grand Piano and harpsichord • 2800 sq. ft. Dance classroom equipped with sprung floor, mirrors and barres • Music classrooms with individual practice modules • Visual arts studios well-equipped with printing presses, 3-D Printer, electric & gas kilns, hydraulic press, darkroom facilities, cameras, MAC computers • Digital Film studio equipped with Apple computers • Extensive collection of Jazz guitar and bass amplifiers • Recording Arts program with a fully equipped studio • Computers in Art of Architecture studio equipped with Sketchup, AUTOCAD, and Adobe Creative Suite • Sheffield Wood Art Gallery professional exhibits

• Administrators: 2
• Teachers/Professional Staff: 22
• Support Staff: 8

• Courses in Departments of Art in Architecture; Creative Writing; Dance (Ballet, Modern); Digital Filmmaking; Music (Instrumental, including Band Instruments); Jazz Studies [Improvisation and Performance]; Recording Arts; Percussion; Strings Chamber Music; Voice; Music Theory and History; Symphony Orchestra; Theatre (Voice, Diction, Movement, Acting and Technical Training); Honors & AP Courses in Art History & Visual Arts (Design, Fiber Arts, Drawing, Photography, Clay, Metals)
• Nations first Fiber Arts program in concert with a major university: North Carolina State University
• Nations first Art of Architecture program connected to a major university: Clemson University
• Advanced Placement Courses in Visual Arts, Music Theory and Art History
• Students completing Visual Arts, Theatre, and Technical Theatre with appropriate grades exempt from foundation courses at Clemson University
• Students from all area high schools, from private, charter, home schools & out-of-county
• All Faculty are practicing professionals in the arts
• Regularly scheduled exhibitions by professional artists in Sheffield Wood Gallery
• Visiting Artist program (workshops, master classes, performances & lectures)
• GYCO's Young Artist Orchestra - resident orchestra of the Fine Arts Center
• ARMES, after-school gifted and talented artistic program for elementary and middle school students
• Nationally recognized collection of Native American Pottery. Extensive collection of antique cameras. Teaching art collection valued at over $1,000,000 dollars