![Greensboro Cultural Center - 2018-04-03](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Greensboro_Cultural_Center_-_2018-04-03.jpg)
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 (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh, the 69th-most populous city in the Un ...
.
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.
![Van Dyke Performance Space](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Van_Dyke_Performance_Space.jpg)
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
Greensboro Ballet is a professional ballet company in North Carolina. It is the only ballet company in the Piedmont Triad. It is one of the only non-profit ballet companies in North Carolina. Greensboro Ballet has presented works by George Balan ...
, 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 dance, modern and contemporary dance.
Education
Van Dyke graduated from the University of Wisconsin wi ...
, 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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Cultural centers in the United States
Culture of Greensboro, North Carolina
Tourist attractions in Greensboro, North Carolina