Current Projects
The Art in Business Program serves as a venue to highlight the area's established and emerging artists. Shows are held in a variety of businesses throughout the Midlands.
The Art in Public Places Program began in 1996 with the purpose of selecting and erecting sculpture in the Midlands area. To date, 22 permanent pieces have been installed through the project.
The Artist Residency Program gives students the opportunity to work with professional artists to express themselves creatively, to enhance their artistic technique and to contribute to the well being of the Midlands community. The Cultural Council has forged strong partnerships with area schools and has administered the creation of nine lasting pieces of public art through our Residency Program.
Two residencies occured in the 2004-05 school year. A partnership was formed in Fall 2004 with Lexington County School District 3 and the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education to help increase literacy in the district through the arts in an after-school program. Also in Fall 2004, John Daso Gregory, an artist from Lexington, worked with 5th graders in Harriette Edmonds' art classes at Conder Elementary School (Richland 2) to create an Australian Outback mural.
The Technical Assistance Program provides artists and organizations opportunities to help the arts help themselves. Workshops, on a variety of topics from marketing to pricing, are organized and open to all interested parties. Workshops will be posted on this site. For more information, please call (803) 799-3115.
