Metropolitan Arts Council
website: greenvilleARTS.com
Address: 16 Augusta St., Greenville, SC 29601
Phone: 864-467-3132
Facebook Handle: facebook.com/macartscouncil
Instagram Handle: @macartscouncil
X (Twitter) Handle: @macartscouncil
Established: 1973
Number of Employees: 4 full time, 1 part time
Service Area: Greenville County
Funding Sources
Individual and corporate gifts
City of Greenville
Greenville County
Mission Statement:
The Metropolitan Arts Council stimulates and supports artistic expression and broadens appreciation and enjoyment of the arts to enrich all residents, artists, cultural organizations and communities throughout Greenville County.
MAC provides funding and other vital services to individual artists, arts organizations and arts-education programs. These initiatives have a profound impact on the economic well-being of the community.
Your Impact
In 2023, MAC:
- Awarded $558,441 to individual artists, arts organizations and schools through its grants program
- The 143 artists who participated in Greenville Open Studios earned $493,358
- Flat Out Under Pressure, MAC’s annual 24-hour visual arts challenge, drew 128 submissions and awarded prizes totaling $7,000 to 14 artists. This program provides for the placement and service of eight recycling bins in downtown Greenville, featuring the winning artists’ works.
- The SmartARTS program placed 150 artists in 42 Greenville County Schools district schools to teach as a part of the district’s arts-integrated curriculum. MAC has funded more than 800 arts-integrated units for the district since SmartARTS began in 2002 with three five-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling $2.1 million.
Leadership
Alan Ethridge, executive director
Board of Directors
Executive Committee:
Michael Cooper, chairman
Chris Fincher, vice chairman
Anne Woods, secretary
Sandy Watkins, treasurer
Kelly Odom, past chairman
Rand Baughman, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors
Debbie Bell, South Carolina Children’s Theatre
Ken Betsch, Betsch & Associates
Rainer Blickle, SEW-Eurodrive
Katie Bolt, visual artist
Whitney Brackett, Atlantic Packaging
Braden Busold, Messer Construction Co.
Megan Byrd, VisitGreenvilleSC
Kris Cassell, WaterART
Andy Coburn, Womble Bond Dickinson Law Firm
Carolyn Coulter, CLC Interiors
John Creech, Clardy Law Firm
Gayla Day, retired arts-education specialist
Heath Dillard, VisitGreenvilleSC
Doug Dorman, retired human resources executive
Tara Eaker, city of Greenville
Chris Fincher, TD Bank
Ellis Fisher, Inman Mills
Hunter Garrett, NAI Earle Furman
Lynn Greer, visual artist
Curt Hall, investments executive
Edith Hardaway, visual artist
Jackson Herlong, Sotheby’s International
Mary Hipp, community volunteer
Bob Howard, retired, Greenville Tech Foundation
Andrew Huang, Brains on Fire
Phil Hughes, Hughes Investments
Mary Burnet Johnston, community volunteer
James Jones, retired banking executive
Dr. Chris Kavolus, Piedmont Orthopedics
Brittney Kessler, Oconee Chamber of Commerce
B.J. Koonce, Ferncreek Creative
Steve Lambert, Graham Foundation
Carter Lowrance, Coldwell Banker Caine
Hank McCullough, Piedmont Natural Gas
Suzanne McGee, Michelin North America
Peter Micali, SLANT
Clark Mickel, tForm Inc.
Brian Morris, BMW Manufacturing Co.
Carlos Phillips, Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Dave Posek, retired, Lockheed Martin
Sue Priester, Priester Foundation
Tim Reed, South Carolina Angel Network
Luanne Runge, Elliott Davis LLC
Catherine Smith, Fine Arts Center
Josh Smith, Smith Hudson Law Firm
Laura Turner, Prisma Health
Fabian Unterzaucher, The Westin Poinsett
Genevieve Weaver, Clardy Law Firm
Irv Welling, retired, accounting executive
Janette W. Wesley, Vicario Liqueurs
The Honorable Knox White, mayor of Greenville
Penn Williams, Pintail Capital Group
Rush Wilson, Rush Wilson Ltd.
Fundraisers and Events
- Downtown Alive
- Greenville Open Studios
- Flat Out Under Pressure
- First Fridays
- SmartARTS
- Quarterly Grants Program
- General Operating Support Grants program
- MAConnect
- The Dolly F. Pardi Gallery at MAC
- Centre Stage Gallery
- MAC Annual Meeting at the Peace Center Gunter Theatre.
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer opportunities are available with our gallery. Contact 864-467-3132
Giving Opportunities
MAC accepts gifts to the organization, its endowment and SmartARTS through its website at www.greenvilleARTS.com or by sending a check to the office.
For a donation of at least $50, MAC provides the donor with the ARTCard, valid for buy-one/get-one free tickets at partnering performing arts venues.
