Avant Garde Center for the Arts is located downtown in Great Falls, South Carolina. While the physical location is in this riverside community, our services are not limited to the area as we seek to provide arts opportunities to underserved and diverse neighborhoods. Avant Garde Center for the Arts advocates revitalization and creative economy while actively participating in long-range community goals. The center at 621 Dearborn Street, Great Falls, S.C. is a cultural tourist destination featuring art exhibits, performances, festivals, and special events. Classes and workshops are held on a regular basis and partnerships with other agencies provide youth training and arts in education programs. Summer camps and after school programs offer a safe learning environment for arts in all disciplines while public art projects are designed to be inclusive for all residents. We seek innovative approaches to community revitalization and welcome partnerships with service providers, sponsors, arts agencies, and individual citizens.
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News & Events!
Summer arts camps are scheduled for June 14-18 from 9am until 12pm daily at Mt. Dearborn United Methodist Church, 12 Calhoun Street, Great Falls, S.C. $35 per student ages 5-18 includes daily snacks, camp t-shirt, and community open house on final camp day. To register or to receive a scholarship application, call 803-287-7853 or email cmstevens@comporium.net.
You can sponsor a student for $25 donation to Hazle "Popeye" Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund. Please call for more information.
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Avant Garde refers to people or works that are innovative, experimental, and push boundaries, primarily in the cultural realm. It is widely known that you can give an artist an object that would otherwise be discarded, and they will create from it something beautiful and useful. You can become an avant-garde supporter by donating your cast-offs and we will put them to good use in recycling arts programs and projects! As a 501(3)C we will provide you with a donation receipt and add your name to our permanently displayed "List of Giving". Just email or call us to join this growing list of sponsors, partners, donors, and supporters. A special thanks to some of our partners & supporters: Springs Close Foundation, Healthcare Foundation of Chester County, Duke Energy Foundation, Founders Federal Credit Unions, First Citizens, Communities in Schools Chester & Lancaster Counties, HOPE, GRASP, Great Falls Home Town Association, Town of Great Falls, Harper Corporation of Charlotte, NC, Hazle "Popeye" Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund, Cornell University, USC-L, Bob Doster's Backstreet Studio, Dearborn Treasures & Kayaks, Katawba Valley Land Trust, Piggly Wiggly, and a host of individual & business sponsors. Please join us in our mission to provide arts & other opportunities in the community of Great Falls, SC....and beyond!
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