2018 ‘Young Women in Art’ Competition is Open For Entries
Converse College’s Department of Art and Design is accepting entries for the Young Women in Art Juried Exhibition for 2018. The exhibition provides a venue to recognize exemplary art works …
Art History
School of the Arts Season Preview: Bold. Brilliant. Beautiful.
Bold. Brilliant. Beautiful. The School of the Arts at Converse College is creating a powerful new season of works for 2016-2017 that will amaze. “Our students and faculty are expanding …
Rainey Amphitheater Gives New Life to Former Clifton Mill
Breathing new life into historic materials from Spartanburg’s textile mill heritage, the new Rainey Amphitheater at Converse College was dedicated during a celebration held Friday, June 24th. Building materials for the project came from Clifton Manufacturing Company No. 2 Mill, which was built in 1888 by Converse founder Dexter Edgar Converse and dismantled in 2013.
Professor Mueller’s Spring Installations Span the U.S.
Art & Design Professor Greg Mueller had multiple installations displayed this spring: Recycled Repurposed Recovered: International Juried Exhibition, AD Gallery, University of North Carolina; White River Urban Sculpture Park Installation; 7th Biennial …
Milliken Gallery Exhibition Explores Disorder of Man-Made Spaces
Opening on September 24th, the Milliken Art Gallery at Converse College will host Disordered Functions, an exhibition by Shannon Rae Lindsey of large-scale site-specific installations that respond to and expose …
School of the Arts Season Preview
“In the School of the Arts we have a fun motto: We’ll sell you the whole seat, but you’ll only need the edge,” says Dr. Boone Hopkins, who stepped into …
Artist Brings Whimsical Ceramics to Milliken Gallery
Opening on August 27th, the Milliken Art Gallery at Converse College will host a ceramics exhibition by Charlotte, NC artist Terry Shipley in her exhibition Down the Rabbit Hole. Shipley’s …
Andrew Blanchard Curates National Printmaking Exhibition
Works by 21 printmakers from around the United States are included in an exhibition curated by Converse professor Andrew Blanchard at Southside Art Gallery in Oxford, Miss. Titled Winter’s Ink, …
Hub-Bub to Exhibit Latest Works by Converse professors Teresa Prater and Andrew Blanchard
Converse College art professors Teresa Prater and Andrew Blanchard will join forces and talents for an exhibition sponsored by Spartanburg’s Hub-Bub organization. Entitled “Aberration & Appropriation,” the exhibit will run …