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Local teaching artist Judy Klein has been working with the wonderful students of Mrs Brundridge at Northwest!

New SmartARTS Teachers were introduced to drama integration with Judy Klein this summer at our SmartARTS Education Institute as part of the week long training!

At the SmartARTS Education Institute, teachers learned about the art of felting, its history, and the importance of wool to different cultures with FELTasticFashion

Wonderful first day of Institute! Amazing group of GCSD educators! Mask making was a blast!

Check out our amazing roster of teaching artists on our MAC Artist Directory!

SmartArts Instructor Archives - Metropolitan Arts Council

Greenville! If you have a child under 5, you can receive FREE BOOKS through a new program with Greenville First Steps!

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - Greenville First Steps Greenville First Steps is excited to launch a pilot of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Greenville County. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is an early literacy program that mails FREE age-appropriate books each month to registered children from birth to age five. In Greenville County, childr...

Thank you to the South Carolina Arts Commission for their continued support of our programs! Please take the time to complete their Canvas of the People Survey!

We want to hear from YOU! 📣

Every few years, the South Carolina Arts Commission uses Canvass of the People to gather statewide information about interest around arts and culture in our state.

Canvass data collected in 2024 will be used to inform updates to the 2025 SCAC strategic plan.

More info + survey link | bit.ly/Canvass2025

Featured images: Image credits can be found on our Canvass landing page, linked above.

[Image description: Six images of SCAC grantees with text that reads, "SCAC Canvass of the People 2025. Help shape the direction of South Carolina's vibrant arts and culture community.]

You’re Invited! In celebration of Artisphere’s 20th Anniversary, TD and MAC teamed up for two student art contests, which highlight the incredible talent of some young artists in the Upstate. We invite you to celebrate these local students and teachers at The TD 3-D Art Contest and the TD Mother’s Day Card Art Contest Award Ceremony on May 11th at 10:00 am at Artisphere on the WYFF Main Stage at Broad and Main on Saturday, May 11th, 2024 at 10:00 am.

At the awards ceremony, representatives from TD Bank and MAC’s TD Center for Arts Integration will present students and teachers with award certificates and prizes to recognize their achievements and talent.

We also invite you to stop by the TD Bank Tent this weekend, which is located on the Plaza at the Peace Center. We have the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place 3-D Art pieces, along with two honorable mentions, on display in the tent. They are wonderful to see in person, and they really showcase the incredible talents of our young students. We also have the top three Middle School entries, which we have turned into Mother’s Day Cards that you can color. They will make a special one-of-a kind treat for the mothers in your life. So, please stop by and see TD Bank this weekend in their tent!

Congratulations to Shane Bryant - The 2023 Carrie and Skip Gordon Teaching Artist Award from SmartARTS and Metropolitan Arts Council!

Join the TD 3D Art Contest 🚨🎨. TD Bank & the TD Center for Arts Integration are thrilled to announce two inaugural student art contests: The TD 3-D Art Contest for High School students & the TD Mother’s Day Card Art Contest for Middle School students.

These art contests are being held in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of , & prizes total over $1,000.

Greenville County art teachers who are interested in participating may submit up to five (5) student entries per school no later than April 1st, 2024. The students with the winning entries will be recognized at Artisphere on the TD Stage on May 11th, 2024.

They will also have their winning work displayed in the TD Bank tent during the Artisphere weekend. Please see the blog for more information: smartartsgvl.blogspot.com or smartartsgvl.blogspot.com/2024/02/immediate-release-education-greenville.html

This residencies was provided at no cost to the schools thanks to the TD Center for  

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SmartARTS teaching artist Kristin LaRoy is working with 4K on their construction unit this week - bringing it life through dance!

Science meets Art at SmartARTS! Throwback to this great gelli printing unit at League Academy last year!

and The TD Center for Arts Integration came together to help the 8th grade at League Academy experience the magic of ! Teaching artists , Jenice Pleasant, and worked with the 3 ELA teachers to lead the students in writing their own poems about their passions in life! As part of the unit students learned about the elements of argument, public speaking, and developing voice in their own writing. The six-day residency culminated in a poetry slam with the top student poets from each class. Local poets from acted as celebrity judges and parents were invited to attend the slam. Winners received gift cards and certificates to honor their achievements! So glad these students were able to express themselves while their classmates cheered them on!

This residency was provided at no cost to the school thanks to the
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SmartARTS teacher applications for 2024 are now open!

SmartARTS Greenville We were thrilled to train 85 teachers and 21 teaching artists at the SmartARTS Education Institute in person this past July 17-20, 2023 at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, SC! Sponsored by TD Bank, The TD Charitable Foundation, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and Prisma Health! More informat...

“Unity has never meant uniformity.” — Martin Luther King Jr. 🎨 Happy MLK Day, GVL.

We’re so proud of the kids at Beck International Academy📍. Beck is UNITY in our community!

Students in Mrs. Steller Grey’s 8th, 7th, & Adaptive Art classes collaborated together to create a NEW school mural at Beck. The process began with the discussion of “What is Unity?” Students conversed their opinions & then drew symbolic images that fit their created word bank. From there, scanned their sketches & collaged the final image that would become their mural. It was projected & drawn by students on a Monday & all week students have worked in small groups to paint, paint, paint! This mural was student-centered & student-made.

This residency with Adam Schrimmer & the was provided at no cost to the school. Follow along with us for even more community art in 2024!

Students at Stone Academy had a blast learning about Math through Drama with teaching artist Judy Klein!

Thank you to the TD Center for Arts Integration and all of its wonderful sponsors!!

This arts integration residency was provided at no cost to the school thanks to the SmartARTS TD Center for Arts Integration at the Metropolitan Arts Council, which receives funding from SEW Eurodrive, TD Bank, John I Smith Charities, Jolley Foundation, Graham Foundation, Duke Power, and other individuals, corporations, and foundations. This project is supported by funding provided to the South Carolina Arts Commission from a partnership with the S.C. Department of Education from American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds.

SmartARTS Teaching Artist Adam Schrimmer is helping students at Beck Academy celebrate their community! Thanks Mrs Steller-Gray for all your hard work!

The SmartARTS program will serve 42 schools in Greenville County in 2023!

SmartARTS What Works SC Finalist SmartARTS, housed at The TD Center for Arts Integration and MAC, has been named a top four finalist for the 2023 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award, awar...

Last week Moody Black was helping students at Tanglewood MS to explore narrative topics through poetry!

At working on haiku
Shout out to and for providing artists an opportunity to teach their craft.

One week remains until our 2023 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award Celebration! On November 7, former Secretaries of Education Dick Riley and Arne Duncan will join us in Columbia, SC to recognize Kids On Point, York 1 Parenting Partnerships, SmartARTS, and the Triple P - Positive Parenting Program at Greenville First Steps.

Each of these programs is committed to advancing public education in South Carolina by honing in, respectively, on under-resourced communities, parental support networks, arts-rich curriculum, and positive parenting tactics. We are thrilled to celebrate the important work of these community organizations, and we're eager to announce our winner and hand over the $10,000 award.

Thanks to our sponsors Aflac, Education Oversight Committee, Engaging Creative Minds, South Carolina Association of School Administrators (SCASA), South Carolina School Boards Association, Spinks Family Foundation, The South Carolina Education Association, South Carolina ETV, and Riley Pope & Laney LLC for making this event possible!

To learn more about the award or to register for the event, visit furman.edu/wwsc