2018 ‘Young Women in Art’ Competition is Open For Entries
Converse College’s Department of Art and Design is accepting entries for the Young Women in Art Juried Exhibition for 2018. The exhibition provides a venue to recognize exemplary art works …
Art Therapy
School of the Arts Season Preview: Bold. Brilliant. Beautiful.
Bold. Brilliant. Beautiful. The School of the Arts at Converse College is creating a powerful new season of works for 2016-2017 that will amaze. “Our students and faculty are expanding …
Rainey Amphitheater Gives New Life to Former Clifton Mill
Breathing new life into historic materials from Spartanburg’s textile mill heritage, the new Rainey Amphitheater at Converse College was dedicated during a celebration held Friday, June 24th. Building materials for the project came from Clifton Manufacturing Company No. 2 Mill, which was built in 1888 by Converse founder Dexter Edgar Converse and dismantled in 2013.
Professor Hurlbut and Students Present Research at Art Therapy Conference
Professor Hurlbut along with Senior Art Therapy students Nicole Campbell, Drea Kelley, and Laura Slade, and Don Scott (Visiting Scholar) had their research accepted for presentation at the 47th Annual …
Art Therapy Grads Find Futures in a Variety of Fields
Art therapy students have gone to graduate school in areas such as clinical counseling, special education, social work, marriage and family therapy, art education, and expressive arts therapy.
Milliken Gallery Exhibition Explores Disorder of Man-Made Spaces
Opening on September 24th, the Milliken Art Gallery at Converse College will host Disordered Functions, an exhibition by Shannon Rae Lindsey of large-scale site-specific installations that respond to and expose …
School of the Arts Season Preview
“In the School of the Arts we have a fun motto: We’ll sell you the whole seat, but you’ll only need the edge,” says Dr. Boone Hopkins, who stepped into …
Artist Brings Whimsical Ceramics to Milliken Gallery
Opening on August 27th, the Milliken Art Gallery at Converse College will host a ceramics exhibition by Charlotte, NC artist Terry Shipley in her exhibition Down the Rabbit Hole. Shipley’s …
Converse Mandalas Exhibited for SC Celebration of Art Therapy
A collection of mandalas created by Converse students and faculty will be on display as part of the exhibition Circles of Hope and Healing: Art Therapy in South Carolina, sponsored …