Arts & Culture

A full-service studio and gallery, operated cooperatively, offering original fine art, limited edition prints, design work, framing and lessons. Commissions are welcome. Mon & Fri: 10-4 or by appointment.

Her work can be divided into numerous genres. Surrealism is the main expression, however realism for portraits, social commentary and documentation are alternatives. By appointment.

Turning out hundreds of pieces of concrete pottery each day, this five-acre site also carries on the 60-year-old Old Bethune Pottery's tradition of digging, processing and supplying Bethune clay to artists and classrooms across the state.

Dru Blair is an aviation airbrush artist whose realistic paintings dramatically portray subjects that salute man's greatest technological triumphs. His realistic aircraft paintings are often mistaken for photos. Four day workshops, are held on a scenic 100-acre campus that is part of Sumter National Forest. Students are housed on site in private bedrooms or suites and meals are available on campus. Normal office hours are 10:00 am-9:00 pm EST Mon-Sat.

Metalworking studio with metalsmith on site. Unique gifts and handcrafted jewelry. Jeanie Roundy, owner. Wed-Fri 12-6; Sat 11-3.

This was one of several educational institutions for freed slaves and their children started by the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church USA. In 1866 Miss E.E. Richmond and Miss Carolyn I. Kent, both white, came from New York and New Jersey, respectively, to teach students in the Chester area. They operated a day school, a night school and a Sunday school. The school was formerly organized in 1868, and by 1913 there were ten grades (the 11th and 12th grades were added later). Brainerd was a feeder school for many colleges, including Allen University, Benedict College, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College and Howard University. After high school enrollments declined in the 1930s, it became a junior college. The last class graduated in 1939. Today one building, Kumler Hall, remains on the 18-acre campus. In the late 1990s a local group generated national interest in preserving the school. Actress Phylicia Rashad and her sister, dancer Debbie Allen answered the call for support. Rashad purchased the property in honor of her mother, Vivian Ayers Allen, who was in its last graduating class. Both Rashad and Allen continue to assist programming and fundraising for the site being preserved for the establishment of a cultural center. Two historical markers commemorate Brainerd: the one on Cemetery Street designates Brainerd's inclusion on the National Register of Historical Places; the other, erected in 1997, is located near the site of the campus on Lancaster Street. On the National Register of Historical Places.

Showcases the work of local artists, and offers a variety of classes and workshops. Tues; 6-9 pm; Fri; 6 -8 pm; Sat; 10am -2 pm. Please call for date availability.