The Greensboro Cultural Center is a City of Greensboro Office of arts & culture facility,[1] and is home to many arts-related programs in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The Greensboro Cultural Center is a City of Greensboro Office of arts & culture facility,[1] and is home to many arts-related programs in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The Cultural Center is a four-story building plus a basement and is located at 200 North Davie Street.[2] It houses gallery and exhibition spaces, performance venues, and studio spaces, as well as a privately operated restaurant with outdoor cafe-style seating and an outdoor amphitheater.[3]
Four contemporary visual art galleries are located within the Cultural Center. African American Atelier Inc.,[4] Center for Visual Artists,[5] The Guilford Native American Art Gallery,[6] and GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art[7] each have public gallery space on the second floor. Art Alliance hosts art classes and manages a pottery studio on the first floor of the Cultural Center.[8]
Music organizations including Bel Canto Company,[9] Eastern Music Festival,[10] Greensboro Opera,[11] and the Greensboro Symphony[12] are based out of the Cultural Center.
Performing arts organizations located in the Cultural Center include Community Theatre of Greensboro,[13] Dance Project,[14] Greensboro Ballet,[15] and Triad Pride Performing Arts.[16]
The Van Dyke Performance Space, named in honor of Jan Van Dyke, is located on the first floor of the Cultural Center.[17] Greensboro Community Television,[18] ArtsGreensboro,[19] and City Arts[20] are based out of the Cultural Center as well.
Adjacent to the Greensboro Cultural Center is the 4-acre Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park. The park contains two cafes, a children's play ground, dog park, putt-putt green, ping-pong tables, and a fountain "splash pad," which is seasonally converted into an ice-skating rink.[21] The park's stage and concert lawn hosts many outdoor gatherings, movie nights, and concerts. A public art installation by Janet Eschelman entitled "Where We Met" is prominently featured above the concert lawn.[22]