2020-21 Profile*
Fine Arts Center
102 Pine Knoll Drive
Greenville, SC 29609
Telephone: (864) 355-2550
Fax: (864) 355-2579
www.fineartscenter.net
Grades: 9th - 12th Grade
School Location: Next to Wade Hampton High
Principal: Vee Popat
Email: vpopat@greenville.k12.sc.us
Awards and Honors
- 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)
- Individual faculty awards from Fulbright Memorial Fund, Surdna Foundation
- Grants awarded from:
- Alliance for Young Artists and Writers
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Alliance for Quality Education
- SC Arts Commission
- SC Department of Education
- Metropolitan Arts Council
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Art Teachers Foundation
- American Dance Festival
- New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
- Edinburgh Festival
- State Department grants and tours
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 Digital Filmmaking and Metalsmithing & Clay
- Superior performance annually in Scholastic Writing Awards, including 2 National Portfolio winners
- Theatre and Music Students regularly featured in professional performances throughout the Greenville area
- Outstanding annual scholarship recognition through “Young Arts” program
- Average 90% success rate among students seeking Advanced Placement credit in Music Theory, Visual Arts
- “Crashtest”- an internationally recognized online magazine edited by Creative Writing students
- Multiple Architecture students “challenge examed” out of their entire first year of architecture studios (8 credit hours each) in college
- Over $2 million in scholarships have been earned by the architecture students in the last 4 years
For a closer look...
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Facilities
Sheffield Wood Art Gallery • 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, iMac computers with Adobe suite, screen printing facilities, handlooms, sewing machines, etc. • Digital Film studio equipped with iMacs • Extensive collection of Jazz guitar and bass amplifiers • Recording Arts program with a fully equipped studio • Architecture studio equipped with Sketchup, AUTOCAD, and Adobe Creative Suite
Faculty Profile
- Administrators: 2
- Teachers/Professional Staff: 22
- Support Staff: 8
Outstanding Features/Programs
- Courses in Architecture; Creative Writing; Dance (Ballet, Modern); Digital Filmmaking; Instrumental Music (Winds and Percussion); Jazz Studies (Improvisation and Performance); Recording Arts; Strings Chamber Music; Voice; Music Theory and History; Technical Theatre/Design; Theatre Performance (Voice, Diction, Movement, and Acting); Visual Arts (Design, Fiber Arts, Drawing, Photography, Clay, Metals)
- Advanced Placement Courses in Visual Arts, Music Theory and Art History
- Nation’s first Fiber Arts program in concert with a major university: North Carolina State University
- Nation’s first Art of Architecture program connected to a major university: Clemson University
- 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
- Educational Partnership with the Peace Center (masterclasses, visitations, and lectures)
- Visiting Artist program (workshops, masterclasses, performances, and lectures)
- Greenville County Youth Orchestras - the resident orchestras of the Fine Arts Center
- ARMES, after-school gifted and talented program for elementary and middle school student-artists
- Nationally recognized collection of Native American Pottery. Extensive collection of antique cameras. Teaching art collection valued at over $1,000,000 dollars