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The Greensboro Cultural Center is a City of Greensboro Office of arts & culture facility, and is home to many arts-related programs in
Music organizations including Bel Canto Company, Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro Opera, and the Greensboro Symphony are based out of the Cultural Center.
Performing arts organizations located in the Cultural Center include Community Theatre of Greensboro, Dance Project, Greensboro Ballet, and Triad Pride Performing Arts.
The Van Dyke Performance Space, named in honor of
The Greensboro Cultural Center is a City of Greensboro Office of arts & culture facility, and is home to many arts-related programs in Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the List of municipalitie ...
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Facilities
The Cultural Center is a four-story building plus a basement and is located at 200 North Davie Street. 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.Tenants
Four contemporary visual art galleries are located within the Cultural Center. African American Atelier Inc., Center for Visual Artists, The Guilford Native American Art Gallery, and GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art 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.
Music organizations including Bel Canto Company, Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro Opera, and the Greensboro Symphony are based out of the Cultural Center.
Performing arts organizations located in the Cultural Center include Community Theatre of Greensboro, Dance Project, Greensboro Ballet, and Triad Pride Performing Arts.
The Van Dyke Performance Space, named in honor of Jan Van Dyke
Jan Van Dyke (April 15, 1941 – July 3, 2015) was an American dancer, choreographer, dance educator and scholar who was a pioneer of modern and contemporary dance.
Education
Van Dyke graduated from the University of Wisconsin with an undergr ...
, is located on the first floor of the Cultural Center. Greensboro Community Television, ArtsGreensboro, and City Arts are based out of the Cultural Center as well.
Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park
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. 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.References
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