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It’s time. Always dread this time of year. It won’t be easy to say
goodbye to these seniors, many of whom have spent four years
with us. Seeing them every day, seeing them grow, physically,
intellectually and artistically, is one of the great joys of my position.
I get to come to work every day and spend time in the studios with
our students — I often get to see them at one of those moments
when they have created something from the very center of their
experience, capturing an iconic moment in their development and
in such a unique manner that I stand there speechless. (I know
... many would say that is impossible!) But that’s what this school
and faculty does for students: they are taken outside themselves,
or taken inside themselves, where they find new combinations of
experiences, new ways of connecting moments, visions, sounds and
ideas, that make us see and feel in different ways and show us, as
Shakespeare said, “ … virtue her own feature … and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.”
When you are an artist, or an artist becoming an Artist, you wrestle at the deepest of levels on how to make
sense of the daily bombardment of images in order to make order — to understand, at an aesthetic level, how
all of the “out there” can be constructed, manipulated, colored, moved, arranged, so that making sense of it will
help someone else make sense of it and better understand their world and be more richly involved in it. Artists
connect to their world, up to their creative elbows in the “stuff” of daily existence, and from that “stuff” give us,
through the power of their imaginations, work that celebrates our humanity.
These students leave us now, some going on into the arts, others seeking different paths, but what they have
done here, no matter where they go or what they do, has become part of their DNA: FAC will always be with
them, will always be a yardstick against which they’ll measure their Becoming. They will be more adaptable,
more tolerant, more compassionate, more understanding, and better able to seek creative solutions to complex
problems than others. The arts do that. This school does that. Your student does that. Be proud of them, hold
them close. We will, too.
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S C H O O L N E W S
Glenda Guion Retires After 25 Years
Glenda Guion, Fine Arts Center Ceramics teacher for 25 years and Art Department
Chair for 13 years, is retiring at the end of this school year. What she has meant to the
school, to Greenville, the state, and to countless numbers of our visual arts students cannot
be measured. She came to the Fine Arts Center in 1988 and, since that time, established
herself as one of the leading ceramicists in the Southeast. She joins Jim Campbell, Drawing
and Painting teacher, who retired last year after 34 years; Susan Willis, our 3-D Metals
teacher who retired six years ago after 33 years; and Debbie Cooke, our Photography
teacher, who retired two years ago after 14 years. Among them, they formed one of the
finest visual arts faculties to be found at any level in this part of the country.
Glenda’s first career began in a bank in Nashville, her hometown. Starting as a teller,
she quickly moved to head teller and then branch manager. Obviously, she was good at
it, but she found it unfulfilling and went back to school, receiving her BFA from Middle
Tennessee State University in 1985. She continued her studies at Clemson, getting her
MFA in 1987. In 1988 she replaced long-time Fine Arts Center Ceramics Teacher Bob
Chance, who accepted a similar position in the art department at Furman.
Once at The Fine Arts Center, her commitment to her art, her students and the school launched a career that saw her
artwork featured in “Handbuilt Ceramics” by Kathy Tripplett (1997) and “500 Teapots” by Lark Books (2002). Her work
with Fine Arts Center students for the Children’s Wing of Greenville Memorial Hospital was featured in “Pottery Making
Illustrated Magazine” (2004), a publication of the American Ceramic Society. She served as instructor at the Greenville
Museum of Art, Clemson University and USC Upstate. She worked as a studio assistant for Ellen Kochansky, lectured
at Furman and Tri-County Technical College, and did ceramic workshops for 16 different Greenville County Schools. In
2002 Glenda was part of the original group of artists who began Greenville Open Studios, one of the most successful
programs of its kind in the country, and served as its chairperson for five years.
Ms. Guion’s work is included in numerous public collections, such as the South Carolina State Art Collection, the
Pickens County Museum, Columbia College, Clemson University, Sumter County Museum of Art, Elliott Davis, LLC
and Middle Tennessee State University. She has received 13 first place awards and has been exhibited in more than
120 regional shows, 19 national juried exhibitions and 12 solo exhibitions. Her clay work has been exhibited in venues
such as Hickory Museum of Art in Hickory, N.C.; Galleria Mesa in Mesa, Ariz.; Danforth Gallery in Portland, Maine; The
Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Mont.; Eastern Washington University in Spokane, Wash.; The University of Memphis
in Memphis, Tenn.; Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah; Gallery of Artifacts and Treasures in Daytona Beach,
Fla.; Capital University in Columbus, Ohio; and The Museum of Modern Art in Miami, Fla.
The beautiful stainless steel John Acorn sculpture on the west side of our new building was obtained due to Glenda’s
efforts. Roper Mountain Science Center, where Acorn’s sculpture could be seen as part of the Holiday Lights exhibit each
December, wanted ceramic sculptures for its Japanese Butterfly Garden and traded the sculpture for the three beautiful
pieces she and her students designed and executed.
One of the highlights of her time at FAC was when she received a Surdna Foundation Grant (now the National Arts
Teacher Foundation) to study Native American clay techniques in New Mexico with the Acoma Indians. That led to a
curriculum unit that became a regular feature of her work and that of her students. It also led to a collection of 24 Native
American pottery pieces that now forms one of the finest collections of its kind of any high school in the country. The
collection, a gift of Joe Comin obtained with the help of Sharon Campbell and now on view at FAC, stands as a testament
to Glenda’s career as an artist, teacher and colleague. Scores of students will attest to what she meant to them and how
her unwavering belief in their talents led them to discover in themselves the excellence she knew was there. Her example
and her love of the school and everything it stands for will impact what we do long into the future. Enjoy your time, your
new home and your new studio, Glenda. You have more than earned it!
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Glenda Guion, Fine Arts
Ceramics Teacher for 25 years

Graduation Speaker Chip Egan
Clifton “Chip” Egan is dean emeritus of the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities at
Clemson University. He received his BA in speech and theatre from Hanover College and his
MFA in scenography from Northwestern University. Chip began his academic career at Clemson
University in 1976, eventually serving as chair of the department of performing arts for nine
years, during which time the Robert Howell Brooks Center for the Performing Arts was planned
and constructed. He is a past president of the South Carolina Theatre Association and the
Southeastern Theatre Conference and currently serves on the SETC Executive Committee. Chip
is now a freelance director, actor and designer who works regularly at the Warehouse Theatre and
Centre Stage in Greenville and at the South Carolina Repertory Company in Hilton Head Island.
He and his wife of nearly 40 years, Diane, have two married children and four grandchildren.
Recently, he was seen on the Warehouse Theatre stage as George in a production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
staged by FAC Director Roy Fluhrer. This coming Warehouse season, the two will work together again in the Pulitzer
Prize-winning “August: Osage County.”
Refresh
“Refresh” is the School District’s word for providing new computer hardware for our schools, and now it is our turn.
This week we have begun to receive computers that will replace all of the computers in our building, a combination of
PCs and Macs. With the increasing necessity of technology in our schools, we cannot afford to be behind the curve, so
this initiative by the district is most appreciated. However, while the district picks up the check for $130,000 of computers,
they do not cover the $33,000 needed for the software to drive them. Without the software, it’s as if we had a powerful
sports car with no engine. We have applied for and hope to receive grant funds that will cover all of the software. In
addition, the Fine Arts Center Partners organization has contributed to both of these initiatives, which has helped reduce
our costs. You, too, can help by making a donation at www.FineArtsPartners.org.
When the new year begins, your students will return to all-new technology and, given their imaginations, they’ll find new
ways to express themselves and have something to teach the rest of us about the best way to use these educational tools.
Explore the Arts
S C H O O L N E W S
Come join us for a summer arts extravaganza! Explore the Arts will be held at the Fine Arts Center June 17-21, from
8:30 a.m. to noon. Explore the Arts offers classes for rising elementary and middle school students in Painting on Canvas,
Drama, Sculpture, Guitar, Drums and Shakers, Japanese Art, Creative Writing, Ballet, Drum Set and Snare Drum, and
Cartooning. Also offered are high school and adult workshops in Printmaking, Digital Photography, Metals and Ballet.
The cost to attend this exciting arts program is $125 for the elementary and middle school program and $150 for the
high school, college and adult workshops. Some partial scholarships are available. Students who register for the ballet
workshop receive a $25 discount. There are also opportunities available for high school and college students to volunteer
to work with younger students and assist instructors.
To find out more about the classes we offer or for more information, call 864-355-2574. To print a registration form,
visit our website at www.fineartscenter.net/explore.html. You may also email Donna Shank-Major, the Explore the Arts
coordinator, at dshank@greenville.k12.sc.us.
Kadiatou Kante taught an African Dance Master Class to the dance
and theatre students, with percussion students playing drums. Kadiatou
was born in the village of Siguiri, Guinea, West Africa, and at age 7
she began her formal training under Master Artist Kemoko Sano, the
Director of Les Ballets Africains. Kadiatou currently resides in New York
City, where she teaches dance, conducts workshops and performs.
Kadiatou Kante with Theatre, Dance and Percussion Students
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Clifton “Chip” Egan

F A C U L T Y N E W S
National Artist Teacher Fellowships
Formerly known as the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship, the National Artist Teacher Fellowship program offers grants
to support the artistic revitalization of arts teachers, offering them the opportunity to immerse themselves in their own
creative work, interact with other professional artists, and stay current with new practices. NATF is generously supported
by the Surdna Foundation and is a program of the Center for Arts in Education at Boston Arts Academy.
Design Instructor Donna Shank-Major received a National Artist Teacher Fellowship to study in Florence, Italy. She
will study with master Italian bookbinder Enrico Giannini, spend time exploring Florence’s Oltrarno artisan district and
will visit Bologna’s museums for inspiration and ideas. Upon her return, she will share these methods with students,
colleagues and the community through several workshops and create a new body of work.
Theatre Instructor Teri Parker Lewis also received a National Artist Teacher Fellowship. She will be spending 18 days
on the west coast, from San Francisco to Seattle, studying with actress Diane Venora and director Jeffrey Fracé and
attending performances at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage and On the Boards. Next fall she
will perform a new solo work that will be the focus of the grant. The Fine Arts Center Theatre also has been awarded a
complementary grant of $1,500 to support her post-fellowship activities in the school.
A L U M N I N E W S
Fine Arts Center graduate Rory Scovel has been cast in a TBS comedy pilot called “Ground Floor,” an office take on
“Romeo and Juliet.” Scovel, who studied film at the FAC, has found much success as an actor and stand-up comedian. He
has previously been featured on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and Comedy Central and landed roles in several films and TV shows.
Kevin Boseman (Dance) was invited to speak to the seniors in the dance department at California Institute for the
Arts about his dance career with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and the Martha Graham Dance Company and
his transitions into musical and non-musical theatre.
Samantha Patterson (Dance 2012) performed in the gala performance at the American College Dance Festival in
Tampa, Fla., representing Winthrop University’s Dance Department. Samantha auditioned and was cast in a piece which
was performed at the Medal of Honor ceremony that honors five people in South Carolina who have been recognized
for their contributions to the arts.
Amanda Porter (Dance 2009) graduated Summa Cum Laude from Florida State University with a BFA in dance and a
minor in hospitality management. Highlights during her final year in the acclaimed dance program included performances
in the graduate thesis concert, Rick McCullough’s piece “The Chairman Dances,” and Tim Glenn’s “Chaconne.” Amanda
also performed this spring at the American College Dance Festival Association in Tampa, Fla. After graduation, Amanda
will direct the dance program at Camp Laurel South in Casco, Maine, before moving to New York City in the fall.
Lauren Miller (Dance 2009) is graduating Cum Laude from Columbia College in Columbia, S.C., with a double major
BFA in dance choreography and performance and community arts. She had two pieces of choreography in the Columbia
College Spring Choreographer’s Showcase this spring. Lauren will be attending Texas Women’s University in Denton,
Texas, to pursue a MFA in dance next fall.
Blake Ulmer (Dance 2012) will be attending the University of North Carolina in the contemporary dance program
next fall.
Katie Jenkins Poteet (Dance) is completing her first semester as director of the Furman Dance Company. She
coordinated the Dance Spectacular in March, at which the FDC performed many genres of dance. Local dance studios
performed, as well.
Caitlin Clark (Dance) is going to Benin to be a Peace Corps volunteer in the environmental action sector on June 24.
Kate Furman (Fine Arts Center 2004 and Rhode Island School of Design MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing 2012)
has been asked to include work in the collaborative exhibition between alumni from Rhode Island School of Design and
Monash University in Australia. Her jewelry will be traveling to Australia for the exhibition, entitled “Seams,” which is open
July 17 to Aug. 17, 2013. The exhibition features 10 alumni from each program as a representative body of the type of
work made in their advanced degree programs. The exhibition is meant to emphasize and broaden the discourse around
where the boundaries for jewelry lie in 2013.
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FAC Mural Downtown
V I S U A L A R T S
Anthropologie partnered with students from the FAC to design and install unique artwork
outside the site of Anthropologie’s new store location in downtown Greenville. The artwork is
student-designed and will herald the arrival of the new store in the Greenville community.
During the weekend of March 9-10, at the corner of Main and Coffee Streets, students from the
Fine Arts Center visual arts department painted a live installation of the work. A photography team
was on hand to document the progression, and through targeted social media the members of the
community were invited to come and observe as the design progressed from initial installation to
completion. Fine Arts Center student Sierra Snipes’ design concept and proposal was chosen
and accepted for the 20 feet wide by 8 feet tall mural project. The completed artwork will stand
until construction of the store and plaza is completed; afterward the mural will be deconstructed
for inclusion in the store’s interior displays.
FAC students painting the mural FAC students painting the mural
Completed barricade mural
“Manuscript One,” a 2009 piece by fiber artist Terry Jarrard-Dimond, who
did a weeklong residency at FAC earlier this year, has been selected to join
the permanent collection at the Fine Arts Center.
Terry has written a wonderful blog, www.studio24-7.blogspot.com, about the
selection that discusses the piece, her work, her residency at FAC, and her
time with the students there.
Take some time to read her post and navigate through her blog. It provides
some wonderful insights into the mind of this talented and thoughtful local artist.
“Manuscript One” — Hand dyed and painted cotton fabric, machine pieced and stitched
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FAC students
painting the mural
Sierra Snipes in front of the finished mural

V I S U A L A R T S
Twenty-Third Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibit
Exhibition Dates: April 6-26, 2013
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m.
The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Greenville Technical College’s Greer Campus held the 23rd Annual
Upstate High School Art Exhibit. This year’s exhibition features 174 artworks from 20 Upstate high schools. Awards were
selected by Greenville-based artist Daniel Marinelli, whose choices reflect an emphasis on diverse narratives and more
personalized content.
Exhibit Winners From FAC
Best in Show: Denzel Harrison, “Chance”
First Place in Drawing: Hannah Rodgers, “Oscar”
First Place in Metals/Jewelry:
Cala Adair, “Untitled (Rings)”
Second Place in Metals/Jewelry:
Lindsay Parker, “The Storm”
Best in Show: Denzel Harrison, “Chance”
Second Place in Metals/
Jewelry: Lindsay
Parker, “The Storm”
Second Place in Painting: Megan
Hueble, “Coming Undone”
First Place in Drawing:
Hannah Rodgers, “Oscar”
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Second Place in Painting:
Megan Hueble, “Coming Undone”
Third Place in 3D/Sculpture:
Matt Guttierrez, “Untitled (Jellyfish)”
Third Place Design and Color: Anna Huff,
“The History of the Human Heart”
Third Place in 3D/Sculpture: Matt
Guttierrez, “Untitled (Jellyfish)”
First Place in Metals/Jewelry:
Cala Adair, “Untitled (Rings)”
Third Place Design and Color:
Anna Huff, “The History
of the Human Heart”

Annual Juried Spring Show
Fine Arts Center’s Annual Spring Juried Show and reception was held Thursday, April 25, in the Sheffield Wood Gallery.
The reception was generously funded by Publix. Artists Tom Dimond and Terry Jarrard-Dimond juried this year’s
exhibition. Married for 43 years, Tom Dimond and Terry Jarrard-Dimond have long been sharing ideas, studio space and
a passion for experimentation with new materials.
Tom Dimond received his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and his MFA from the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville. He is now emeritus professor of art at Clemson University. He has exhibited his works at Clemson, Furman
and Lander Universities, as well as at numerous galleries, including McDunn Gallery (Greenville), Mobile Museum of Art
(Mobile, Ala.), and the Addison Ripley Gallery (Washington, D.C.).
A native South Carolinian, Terry Jarrard-Dimond completed her BA at Winthrop University and her MFA at Clemson
University. She has taught at several colleges and universities as well as in the summer program of the South Carolina
Governor’s School of the Arts. Her work is represented in collections including Coca-Cola International (Atlanta, Ga.),
The Federal Reserve Bank (Charlotte, N.C.), and The State Museum of South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.).
In the Drawing and Painting category, the jurors noted, “All work demonstrated a very effective mixture of concept
and technical skill in handling of materials.” The jurors also commented that, in the Clay category, the work has “very
strong, imaginative storytelling and beautiful surfaces.” The Best of Show work “demonstrated an extremely imaginative
concept within the medium as well as displaying strong skills and craftsmanship. The image is strikingly beautiful and
mysterious with a strong narrative.”
Best in Show
Kimberly Chambers, “Silk Moth”
“Silk Moth” by Kimberly Chambers
Metals
First Place: George Nnodim, “Progression”
Second Place: Mariana Fuenmayor, “Stolen Moment”
Third Place: Jessica Wortkoetter, “Overlapping Hands”
Honorable Mentions
Erika Olvera, “Gadgets”
Mikayla Femenella, “Saw & Pierce Sample”
Jamie Condon, “Life as a Puzzle”
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Design
First Place: Hannah Rodgers, “Plaster Sculpture”
Second Place: Hannah Rodgers, “Bonsai”
Third Place: Marley White, “Relief”
Honorable Mention
Nick Dekrafft, “Mohawk”
Clay
First Place: Caroline Dillard, “Radiation”
Second Place: Katie Ducharme, “Clay Leaf”
Third Place: Rachel Heeke, “Sirens”
Honorable Mentions
Kimberly Chambers, “Bee”
Rachael Thoma, “Awakening”
Photography
First Place: Tia Hall, “Parting”
Second Place: Olivia Black, “Seductively Ashamed”
Third Place: Madelyn Knight, “Shouldn’t She Be in the
Kitchen”
Honorable Mentions
Carrie McGeachie, “Freedom”
Anna Huff, “The Wandering Mind”

Drawing and
Painting
First Place:
Hattie Odell, “Wrestle”
Second Place:
Meade Inglis, “Solitude”
Third Place:
Elise Huguley, “Gigi”
Honorable Mentions
Matt Gutierrez, “A
Marriage”
Denzel Harrison,
“Untitled”
Valentin Brindel,
“Self-Portrait with Mood
Swings”
Steven N. Sato, “9
Sides”
“Wrestle” by Hattie Odell,
charcoal on paper
“Progression” by George Nnodim, copper, brass and nickel
V I S U A L A R T S
“Parting” by Tia Hall, pinhole photography
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“Radiation” by Caroline Dillard
Plaster sculpture by Hannah Rodgers

D A N C E
Dancers Jacqueline Calle, Rhiannon Laymon, Nikki Morath, Kara Nightingale
and Hannah Winton have been accepted into one or more of these dance
programs: SUNY/Purchase Dance Conservatory, California Institute of the Arts,
Florida State University, University of the Arts, Point Park University, University
of South Carolina.
Two dancers are valedictorians! Hannah Winton is valedictorian at Greenville
Technical College Charter High School, and Mattison Williams is valedictorian
at Greer Middle College Charter High School.
Rebecca Lee set challenging choreographic works on the morning and
afternoon dancers during her residency in February. Ms. Lee, an alumna of the Fine
Arts Center, received her BFA from Columbia College in Columbia, S.C., and her
MFA from Florida State University. She has been a company member with Dance
Repertory Theatre in Tallahassee, Fla., and the Power Company in Columbia, S.C.
She has been a guest artist with Wildwood Ballet and with Christian von Howard
in the Von Howard Project in New York City. Her dances, “Crispitudo Caelum” and
“Isomorphous” were performed in the FAC Dance Concert on April 26.
Rhiannon Laymon and
Nikki Morath in “Chaconne,”
choreographed by Tim Glenn
“Last Dance,” choreographed
by guest artist Tyler Gilstrap
Teri Goddard, a costume designer, designed
and created the costumes for “Chaconne,”
choreographed by guest artist Tim Glenn. Assisting
Ms. Goddard was Meade Inglis, a current Visual
Arts student at the Fine Arts Center. Teri Goddard
created costumes in the past for such dance pieces
as “Mud,” choreographed by Lisa Wheeler, when
her daughter, Danielle Goddard, attended the Fine
Arts Center.
The Fine Arts Center Dance Concert was April
26 in the Wade Hampton High School Theatre at
7 p.m. The repertory included choreography by
Tim Glenn (Associate Professor in the School
of Dance at Florida State University and former
dancer with Nikolais & Murray Louis Dance
Company), Sara Procopio (founding member and
former Artistic Associate of Shen Wei Dance Arts),
Tyler Gilstrap (founding member of Battleworks
Dance Company and featured dancer in such films
as “Across the Universe,” directed by Julie Taymor),
Andrew Kuharsky (Director of the Greenville Ballet)
and Rebecca Lee (Wildwood Ballet and alumna of
the Fine Arts Center).
On Feb. 14 the afternoon dancers had the
privilege of taking a master class with two cast
members from the National Tour of “Billy Elliot: The
Musical” at the Peace Center. The dancers learned
a dance that was a compilation of various sections of the show — it was non-stop
dancing for the entire hour-long class!
Vincas Greene, professor of Dance at Brenau University in Gainesville,
Ga., taught master classes on Jan. 31. He received his MFA from the California
Institute of the Arts and has trained with dance artists Merce Cunningham,
Mark Morris and Gerri Houlihan, among others. He has choreographed more
than 40 choreographic works and three operas.
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“Isomorphous,” choreographed
by Rebecca Lee
“Isomorphous,” choreographed
by Rebecca Lee
“Crash Rhythm,” choreographed by
Tyler Gilstrap. Dancers: Olivia Hopkins
(in the air), Kathy Gale, Addison
Kreisher and Megan Hannon
Meade Inglis, Visual Arts student, and
Teri Goddard, dance costume designer
Dancers took a master class with
members of the cast of “Billy Elliot.”

M U S I C
FAC Percussionist Performs with the
Carolina Crown Drum Corps This Summer
Fine Arts Center percussion student Justin Lamb (Eastside High School 2011) will
perform as a mallet percussionist with the Carolina Crown Drum Corps this summer. His
membership in Crown came about as the result of an intense, competitive audition, preceded
by extraordinarily dedicated practice and preparation.
According to the Carolina Crown Drum Corps website, “(The corps) is the largest
performing ensemble offered by the Carolina Crown Organization and is based out of Fort
Mill, S.C. Students from all over the world come to audition on an annual basis to become
part of this national touring group of 150 members. The general makeup of the group is young
people between the ages of 17 and 22 who aspire to become music educators, performing
artists and the leaders of tomorrow. While touring the United States, the group performs
while participating in competitions held in conjunction with Drum Corps International.”
Justin occupies an extraordinary place in this lineup of musicians: he is the only high school student participating as a
member of Carolina Crown’s mallet percussion section. The corps has already begun preliminary rehearsals on weekends
this calendar year and will begin regular, intensive rehearsals starting in May. Justin has been given permission to finish
his junior year early and will depart for rehearsals in Fort Mill following his participation as timpanist in the Young Artist
Orchestra’s May 11 “Shoulder-to-Shoulder” concert at Dorothy Gunter Theater. Starting in June, Crown will undertake a
40-city concert tour with stops in Mesa, Ariz.; Sacramento, Calif.; Ogden, Utah; Casper, Wyo., Denver, Colo., and many
other locations.
FAC Percussionist Wins Music Club
of Greenville Scholarship
FAC percussion student David Wilson (Wade Hampton High School 2012) won the
recent Music Club of Greenville Scholarship. Performing two selections on the marimba
(the prelude from Bach’s “Cello Suite in G Major” and Matthias Schmitt’s “Ghanaia”) David
was awarded a prize of $1000 that he will use toward college expenses next year. Having
applied as a music technology major, David is currently considering scholarship offers from
the Berkeley School of Music in Boston, Belmont College in Nashville, and the University
of Michigan.
Maestro Gary Robinson rehearsing for
the “Shoulder-to-Shoulder” concert
On Saturday, May 11, the Young
Artist Orchestra, led by Fine Arts
Center faculty member Dr. Gary
Robinson, will be joined by members
of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra
for the annual “Shoulder-to-Shoulder”
concert. Performed at the Peace
Center’s Dorothy Gunter Theater, the
combined forces will perform Franz
Liszt’s “Piano Concerto No. 1 E Flat”
and the monumental “Symphony No.
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FAC percussion student
Justin Lamb
FAC percussion student
David Wilson
YAO Piano Soloist
Stephen Hawkey
5 in C Minor” by Ludwig van Beethoven. YAO cellist Stephen
Hawkey will be the featured piano soloist in the Liszt concerto.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for adults are $15;
student and children’s tickets are $8.

M U S I C
Alumni News: Caroline Robinson
Keyboard artist and strings chamber music student
Caroline Robinson (Wade Hampton High School 2009) is completing
her senior year at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with a
flourish. On April 5-7, Caroline was the soloist with the Kansas City
Symphony under the baton of Michael Stern, performing Francis
Poulenc’s “Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings in G Minor.”
These performances were followed by a solo recital on April 10 on the
Casavant organ in Helzberg Hall of the new Kauffman Performing Arts
Center. Following a senior recital and graduation from Curtis, Caroline
will carry out a Fulbright grant, living and studying in Toulouse, France,
for one year, beginning in July.
According to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts website,
Caroline at Casavant organ
“The new, multi-venue center for music, opera, theater and dance
was designed by Moshe Safdie and opened in Kansas City on Sept. 16, 2011. The Kauffman Center seeks to enrich
the lives of all Greater Kansas City residents by presenting vibrant and diverse performances, educational programming
and creating a tradition of the performing arts as a catalyst for Kansas City’s civic, economic and educational vitality.” To
showcase the grand Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant organ in Helzberg Hall, the Kansas City Symphony will present four
organ recitals hosted by Michael Barone of American Public Media’s popular radio program, “Pipedreams.” Caroline
began her evening with a discussion with Michael Barone followed by a performance of Sowerby’s “Pageant,” Bach’s
“Präludium and Fugatum in Organo Pleno a 5 Voci in E-s,” Vierne’s “Carillon de Westminster” and more.
Caroline garnered glowing reviews from the Kansas City press for her performances with the Kansas City Symphony,
including these comments: “Robinson played with verve, virtuosity and drama” (The Kansas City Star) and “... young
organist Caroline Robinson was in command of the mighty Casavant” (Don Clark of the Kansas City Symphony Blog).
Caroline is the recipient of a grant from the J. William Fulbright fellowship fund, allowing her to travel to Toulouse,
France, to study for one year at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional with renowned concert organist and
pedagogue Michel Bouvard. While in France, Caroline will focus on the performance practices of French organ repertoire
and strive to better understand how organ-building influenced the repertoire composed in the area. She also hopes to
collaborate with other musicians on both organ and harpsichord, travel around southern France as well as Spain, and
(of course) eat cassoulet and paté. Caroline’s parents, Gary (FAC music faculty member and conductor of the Young
Artist Orchestra) and Kathleen (violinist, educator and conductor) will travel to Toulouse in July to assist Caroline as she
establishes herself for the coming year.
Kauffman Center back view Kauffman Center front view Caroline at Casavant organ
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Student News
Violinist Reagan Bachour won the South Carolina Music Educators Association’s highest honor, the Memorial
Scholarship. The $1000 award is given to the outstanding high school senior music student in the state. Reagan also
won a $500 award in the Music Club of Greenville scholarship competition.
Senior cellist Jonathan Simmons won a $1000 scholarship from the Music Club of Greenville.
Violinist Katherine Woo appeared as soloist with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra in a performance of music
from the film “Schindler’s List.” Katherine also won a $500 award in the Crescent Music Club’s scholarship competition.
Katherine has been accepted as a participant in the Heifetz International Music Institute this summer.
Junior violinist Paul Aguilar won an $800 scholarship from the Crescent Music Club and has been accepted to return
to study at the Meadowmount School of Music this summer.
Pianist Jeon Yu-Jung won first place in the Crescent Music Club grade 10-11 Piano Division and the Piano Duet
division. Yu-Jung also won first place at the state level in the National Federation of Music Clubs competition.
Maria Parrini won first prize in the Senior Piano division from the Greenville Music Teachers Association. Equally
talented as a cellist, Maria appeared with Pan Harmonia at the Altamont Theatre in Asheville, N.C., in a performance of
“Piano Trio in D Minor” by Felix Mendelssohn.
Guest Artists
In April, the Grammy Award-winning Parker String Quartet performed a concert for the Fine Arts Center students
and then led a chamber master class. The quartet was in South Carolina for an extended residency at the USC School
of Music. The Parker Quartet’s visit to the Fine Arts Center was presented courtesy of Dr. Bob Jesselson and the
University of South Carolina. The members of the Parker Quartet are violinists Daniel Chong and David McCarroll,
violist Jessica Bodner and cellist Kee-Hyun Kim. Many students from the Strings Chamber Music classes attended the
Parker Quartet’s concert in Columbia, S.C. on April 19.
Asheville-based ensemble Pan Harmonia performed a free public concert in the Fine Arts Center’s Sutherlin
Recital Hall on Thursday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. This Holocaust remembrance concert featured the engaging and
energetic “Trio Concertino” by Erwin
Schulhoff, Sephardic songs, and an
Elegiac Sketch by T. G. Febonio. The
performers were Kate Steinbeck,
flutist; Amy Brucksch, guitar;
Ian Bracchitta, double bass; and FAC
faculty member John Ravnan, viola.
More information about Pan Harmonia
activities can be found on the group’s
website at http:// pan-harmonia.org.
Violin soloist Rachel Lee will give a
master class for the Strings Chamber
Music students on May 3. The master
class is presented by the Greenville
Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Lee will be
performing Tchaikovsky’s “Concerto for
Violin and Orchestra in D Major” with
the symphony at the Peace Center on
May 4 and 5.
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T H E A T E R
The Theatre Department has had an incredibly busy spring!
Semester performances for the Beginning and Advanced Theatre Ensembles took place April 18 and 19. The morning
students presented a movement demonstration of “The Viewpoints” as well as a stirring performance of Shakespearean
sonnets. The afternoon students presented original projects, from a 20-minute version of Lee Blessing’s “Independence”
to originally composed pieces about Craigslist, inspirational quotes, and Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree.” Most of
these pieces will be performed again on Friday, May 3, at 7 p.m. for the annual Generation to Generation concert, which
highlights original student work.
Please catch our performance on Saturday, May 11, at noon at
Artisphere! The Theatre and Dance departments will be performing
at the TD Bank Stage at the Peace Center.
For those of you who caught our production of “welcome to the new
age yeah yeah yeah” by David Garcia, you know what a successful
night of theatre it was. We thank David for his plays, and we look
forward to doing more original work by up-and-coming playwrights
in the future. It is an amazing experience for young actors to work
on new plays, and it is an experience they will get more of the longer
they stay in theatre.
The Theatre Department had another unique experience this
semester, with voice-over artist Lisa Biggs. You have heard Lisa’s
voice on TV and in film (including Pixar’s “Toy Story 3”), and we
were lucky enough to have her for a six-part workshop! The students
learned the basics of voice over and were recorded, and several
even walked away with a rough demo. We look forward to having her
again in the future, and we are thankful she is now calling Greenville
her home.
A huge congratulations goes to the seniors. Out of 10 seniors
in Theatre Performance this year, eight will be majoring in Theatre
next year. Our trip to Unified Auditions in New York City was an
enormous success. Congratulations to Anna Barry, Tiffany Bunch
and JP McLaurin for their successes there. A big round of applause
also to Claire McCreight, Eren Brock, Cameron Treiper and
Courtney Weber for completing their extensive audition schedules.
Between all of the seniors, they have auditioned at more than 20 schools, have received recognition from some of the top
theatre schools in the country (including Juilliard, University of Minnesota, the Hartt School and the University of the Arts)
and will be attending excellent programs in the fall. Nick Brown and Brianna Rodriguez will be majoring in something
other than Theatre (as of now), but their hard work and talent are no less appreciated. Seniors, we are proud of you and
wish you well as you journey on to the next stop.
Tiffany Bunch and JP McLaurin in
the subway stop at Lincoln Center
JP McLaurin and Eren Brock in
“Max and Bo” by David Garcia
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Kerrie Cloonan, Kennedi Brunstad, Michael
Matheny and Quinn Jones in “The Budget
Cut Players Present” by David Garcia
Tiffany Bunch, Anna Barry and JP McLaurin steal a few
minutes in a rehearsal room at Unified Auditions in NYC.
Kirstin McWaters and Julia Britt in
“Billie and Eddie” by David Garcia

C R E A T I V E W R I T I N G
The Spring newsletter for Creative Writing is dedicated to graduating Senior Kathleen Cole, who has had astonishing
success in the past few months with her writing and college plans. Kathleen was chosen as a finalist in Fiction in the
YoungArts national arts contest and spent a week in Miami in January attending workshops with other young writers and
artists. As a result of her time there, she was awarded a $1,500 cash grant in recognition of her outstanding potential in
the field of short fiction. Additionally, the national awards in the Scholastic Art and Writing competition were announced in
March, and Kathleen was awarded a national gold medal — given to the top 5 percent of creative youth in the country —
for her work in poetry. In June she will be traveling to New York City to accept her award in a ceremony at Carnegie Hall.
As if that weren’t recognition enough, Kathleen is also the winner of the Bennington Young Writers Competition for 10th,
11th and 12th grade students. Her winning poem can be downloaded in PDF format here: http://tinyurl.com/KathleenCole
On the same day that Kathleen found out about her Bennington prize, she also received a call from the University of
Chicago, admitting her into their incoming class and offering her a $50,000 grant renewable for all four years of her college
career. This, added to the offers from the University of Richmond (which offered Kathleen a full, four-year tuition remission)
and Davidson University (which awarded Kathleen their prestigious Patricia Cornwall Scholarship for outstanding promise
in writing, worth a total of $10,000) has made her college decision unusually difficult. Ultimately, however, Kathleen has
decided to accept the University of Chicago’s offer and will be traveling to Illinois this summer to start school in the fall.
In other college news, all four of the graduating seniors in Creative Writing have been accepted to the colleges of
their choice and are planning to attend the University of Chicago, Perdue University, Converse College and Winthrop
University, respectively. We wish them the best of luck and are proud to have the Fine Arts Center represented in such
a diverse range of schools.
This summer, Creative Writing underclassmen will keep busy in their field. Sophomore Adina Lasser and Juniors
Willard Ramsey and Ashley Israel have all been accepted into highly competitive summer writing programs and have
all been offered substantial scholarships to attend. Adina and Willard will both be students at Kenyon College’s Young
Writers Summer Program in Gambier, Ohio. Ashley, who attended the Kenyon program last summer, will be going to the
highly selective Institute for Writing and Thinking at Bard College, where she will be a part of the Young Writer’s Workshop.
Instructor Sarah Blackman, her husband, John, and their daughter, Helen, are expecting a second girl to join their
family. The Little Stranger (as she is currently called) is due Aug. 2.
F I L M
Digital Film students Amanda Fryar and Colton Miller recently earned their IMDB credits by working on a web series
called “The Adventures of Iguana Man,” starring Chris Cashon and directed by Dean Ferreira. Amanda served as sound
operator, and Colton worked in the grip department. Amanda has also recently worked as an actress and a production
assistant on a black and white short film called “It Should’ve Had Water.” The short film is scheduled to premiere later
this year.
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FAC PERFORMANCE AND SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR
April 23: Spring Greenville County Youth Orchestra
Concert at the Peace Center at 7:30 p.m.
April 24: Morning Jazz Class Concert
in the Recital Hall at 7 p.m.
April 25: Pan Harmonia “Elegy” Concert
in the Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
April 25: Juried Student Show and Reception
in the Sheffield Wood Gallery at 6:30 p.m.
April 26: Spring Dance Concert (in the
auditorium at Wade Hampton High School)
April 28: ARMES Dance Concert
May 1: Afternoon Jazz Class Concert
in the Recital Hall at 7 p.m.
May 2: Strings Recital in the Recital Hall at 7 p.m.
May 3: Generation to Generation
Theatre Performance at 7 p.m.
The School District of Greenville County, W. Burke Royster, Superintendent
Fine Arts Center
Dr. Roy S. Fluhrer, Director
102 Pine Knoll Drive • Greenville, SC 29609
The School District of Greenville County does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, color, handicap, religion, or national origin in
its dealings with employees, students, the general public, applicants for employment, educational programs, activities, or access to its facilities.
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May 6: Music Club Recital from 6-10 p.m.
May 8: Percussion Recital at 7 p.m.
May 11: FAC Dance and Theatre Students Perform for
Artisphere at 3 p.m. at the TD Stage at the Peace Center
May 11: Young Artist Orchestra Concert at the
Peace Center’s Gunter Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
May 13 and 14: Voice Recital in the Recital Hall at 7 p.m.
May 17: Showcase and Last Day for Seniors
May 21: Awards Day Ceremony from 1:30-3:20 p.m.
May 21: Graduation Rehearsal at 4 p.m.
at Wade Hampton High School
May 22: Graduation at Wade Hampton
High School at 7:30 p.m.
May 27: No Students/Teacher Workday
May 31: Last Day for Underclassmen
May 31: Film and Video Showcase at 7 p.m.