Greensboro Cultural Center

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.

## Facilities[edit]

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]

## Tenants[edit]

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]

Van Dyke Performance Space

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.

## Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park[edit]

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Greensboro Cultural Center | Greensboro, NC". greensboro-nc.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
2. ^ "Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park". Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
3. ^ "Greensboro Cultural Center at LeBauer Park".
4. ^ "African American Atelier, Inc". the-atelier. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
5. ^ "Center for Visual Artists - Greensboro Downtown - Official Downtown Greensboro Inc". downtowngreensboro.net. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
6. ^ "Guilford Native American Art Gallery and Gift Shop". VisitNC.com. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
7. ^ "GreenHill". greenhillnc.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
8. ^ ArtAlliance (2018-12-19). "Home". Art Alliance Greensboro. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
9. ^ "Bel Canto Company – Exceptional, Innovative and Engaging Choral Performances for Diverse Audiences". Retrieved 2020-05-07.
10. ^ "Eastern Music Festival | Eastern Musical Festival". easternmusicfestival.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
11. ^ "Greensboro Opera". Greensboro Opera. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
12. ^ "Greensboro Symphony Orchestra - Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Music Director". Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
13. ^ "Community Theatre of Greensboro". Community Theatre of Greensboro. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
14. ^ "Dance Project – Professional Quality Dance with a Community Feel". Retrieved 2020-05-07.
15. ^ "Welcome to Greensboro Ballet - Greensboro Ballet". greensboroballet.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
16. ^ Triad Pride Performing Arts https://triadprideperformingarts.org/. Retrieved 2020-05-07. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
17. ^ "Van Dyke Performance Space - Greensboro, NC". Van Dyke Performance Space. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
18. ^ "Greensboro Community Television | Public Access Television for Greensboro and Guilford County, NC". Retrieved 2020-05-07.
19. ^ "Artist Emergency Relief Fund". ArtsGreensboro. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
20. ^ "City Arts & Events | Greensboro, NC". greensboro-nc.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
21. ^ dawn.kane@greensboro.com, Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane (7 August 2016). "Greensboro's LeBauer Park poised to be 'downtown playground'". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
22. ^ dawn.kane@greensboro.com, Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane (27 April 2016). "Design plans for LeBauer Park and its billowing sculpture unveiled". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-05-07.

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