People move to Greenville for a variety of reasons—weather, housing, air quality, economy, the mountains, career opportunities. But recently, more and more people are relocating here for one big reason—the Greenville art scene.
From a young age, Charis Jackson Barrios was fascinated with the concept of storytelling through drawings. Watching cartoons and reading comics were not just entertaining childhood pastimes; they were central in shaping her early artistic interests and aspirations.
Growing up in Massachusetts and Upstate New York, Olivia Perreault would often explore her family’s property and photograph, paint, and draw the things that caught her attention. Today, her botanical pieces combine her love for nature and her eye for composition.
Don Koonce, local historian and documentary filmmaker, will tell the story of the early days of West Greenville and the Brandon Mill Village at the Greenville County Historical Society’s fall meeting Oct. 2 at 3 p.m.