Two babies. Two miracles.

The March of Dimes is helping Greenville County thrive.

JULY 26, 2010 7:24 a.m. (0)

Babies leave Greenville Hospital’s NICU, neonatal intensive-care unit, either as miracles or angels.

Ten-month old Weston Ward, born with respiratory distress syndrome, left as a miracle.  Continue reading...

 

Prescribing history

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 6:43 p.m. (0)

Molly Dougall is making history.

So is Joshua Nesbitt.

This week, the two South Carolina residents joined the 78-member inaugural class of Presbyterian College’s new School of Pharmacy.  Continue reading...

 

Arts and the app

Metropolitan Arts Council offers mobile help for Open Studios

NOVEMBER 5, 2010 11:46 a.m. (0)

With a record number of artists participating in this weekend’s Greenville Open Studios and two days in which to visit them, planning will be key for Piedmont’s Stacy Miller.

And there’s an app to help her do that.

Miller, an art lover who has lived in the Upstate just a few weeks, plans to visit as many as a dozen of the 142 participating artists on Saturday and another half dozen on Sunday, and she’ll use a new app to help her decide which artists she wants to see and the route she’ll use to get there.  Continue reading...

 

Bead Weaver

Melissa Earley turns old craft into fine art

AUGUST 1, 2011 11:18 a.m. (0)

Go to an art exhibit and you’ll see many pieces of finished art, but rarely does the public get to see what goes into creating it.

“It seems the general conception of artists is they’ve got some kind of supernatural talent or something,” said Spartanburg bead artist Melissa Earley. “I think it’s important for people to see the artistic process because it demystifies it. Art in general becomes a little less intimidating.”

That’s one of the reasons Earley decided to weave a large-scale beaded portrait during the month her work is being exhibited at the Metropolitan Arts Council gallery at 16 Augusta St. in Greenville.  Continue reading...

 

MAC has record year – again

Nonprofit organization surpasses $1 million for second year in a row

JANUARY 12, 2012 12:58 p.m. (0)

The Metropolitan Arts Council has never had a year like 2011.

The nonprofit organization that provides support for Greenville’s art organizations and artists in each arts discipline raised $1,071,786 in 2011, the most in its 38-year history and the second consecutive year MAC surpassed the $1 million  mark.

But that wasn’t the only record set by the organization.  Continue reading...