Greenville Forward

In 2025, Greenville is highly recognized as a center for the arts, fostering community-wide support and appreciation of the value of all arts disciplines and cultures. The arts are valued by residents and community leaders and are a vital part of the growth and prosperity of the community. The arts environment contributes to a strong sense of place where young and old want to live.

Future direction will focus on COMMUNICATION; communication with audiences, with other arts organizations, with government and elected officials, and with the business and philanthropic communities.

Greenville is highly recognized as a center for the arts because of its strong commitment to art as an essential element in the quality of life.

Greenville is a community that supports and nurtures professional artists and arts organizations as important contributors to the community's quality of life and important players in its economy. The arts are a key part of the community's economic development policy.

Greenville's educational leaders firmly reinforce the philosophy that arts and cultural learning are critical components of a complete education for all of our area's youth. Arts are used as a catalyst to stimulate academic achievement in core curriculum areas.

Development and Construction for the Arts. A portion of construction costs throughout the county and municipalities is invested in the arts. Developers and businesses contribute a portion of construction costs in a process that directly nurtures the arts by opening a dialogue with new and expanding business interests.

Education for the Arts. All students at middle, high school, and college levels complete a required number of cultural visits in the community to cultural events, activities, and venues during each school year. Cultural credits are earned with individual visits to arts related facilities.

Making Arts Financial Viable for Artists and Arts Organizations. Nurture and encourage arts organizations that are intrinsic to making Greenville a center for the arts by developing and encouraging new community-based funding for viable arts organization. City and County Governments in Greenville County contribute to local arts organizations at a per capita level exceeding the US National average. \

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Gathered a wide, diverse and representative group of arts organizations throughout the county and between disciplines to continue to discuss how to improve the arts..
Developed an assessment of the needs of the Greenville County arts community and its audiences.
Increased collaboration and communication between arts groups, improving a drive toward becoming a complete arts community.
Enhanced the arts vision to be more reflective of the needs of the arts community and its audiences.