Happy New Year!
Hello and a very happy (soon to be) New Year! We’ve had an exciting year at the Greenville Presents gallery and are eagerly looking forward to 2010! We’ve been privileged to showcase amazing artists from around the world and enjoy musical performances by The Honeycutters, Matt Butcher, Look Mexico, Jill Andrews and many more!
Special thanks to Jeff and Mike’s BBQ down the street, Coffee to a Tea (around the corner, keeping us going!) and especially the Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council for their continued encouragement and support!
We are currently accepting submissions for 2010 – please look to our submission guidelines for consideration.
Keep a look out on our facebook, twitter and calender for many exciting new artists and musicians to be showcased in our upcoming events in 2010!
Greenville Presents: Look Mexico (acoustic sets)
watch Look Mexico perform an acoustic set of you ever been punched in the face for talking too much. more videos from their acoustic set to follow. You can find them all at the Greenville Presents vimeo channel.
Coma Cinema played an amazing set Saturday night
Locals neighboring from Spartenburg, Coma Cinema played an amazing set Saturday night at the Greenville Presents gallery.
You can check out photos from the show here. We also finished shooting for Coma Cinema’s music video for Flower Pills, from their debut album Baby Prayers. We’ll be sure to keep you posted when the editing is complete!
Baby Prayers is available for free on their website. We highly recommend downloading!
Thanks East North!
Big thanks to East North for playing a beautiful set last night at the gallery space. You can check out the photos from last night here. Video to come!
Gallery opening thanks!
Thanks to all who came out on Friday for Greenville Presents gallery opening! a big, big thanks to all of the wonderful artists who participated in our first group show.
Lots of wonderful new faces, plenty of BBQ with all the fixins and a great performance by The Honeycutters (we’ll have video up shortly of their performance)!
You can check out more photos from our opening here.
video of Matt Butcher at Greenville Presents
Greenville Presents: Matt Butcher
If you missed Matt Butcher last month, check out this video of Matt performing Famous Country singer live at Greenville Presents. He’ll be back next month on November 21 joined by Jill Andrews. You can find videos of all performances at Greenville Presents on our vimeo.
Greenville Presents: Group Art Show, November 21
Saturday, November 21 at 8pm
Greenville Presents Gallery, group art show with original artwork by ROCOM (Los Angeles), TFAIL (Los Angeles), David Childers (Greenville), Felix Klee (Germany), Julianna Swaney (Portland), Thomas Moffett (Greenville), Bobby Miller (New York), Gabrielle Rose (San Francisco).
also joining us, special music by Jill Andrews (of the everybodyfields) and Matt Butcher!
Greenville Presents: Final look at the space, pre-open
(more photos of the inside of the gallery on our flickr)
The past month we’ve been hard at work getting the gallery space ready for our opening reception this Friday, October 16th at 9pm. The art has arrived from all over the world. Be sure to check out he artist’s profiles to get some background on each of the collections at the group show.
Also joining us for the very special event will be The Honeycutters from Asheville, NC. They’ll be on air at WNCW 88.7 at 11am, live in Studio B. Tune in and get a sneak peak at their performance for us on Friday.
Greenville Presents: Jill Andrews – special acoustic set, with Matt Butcher
Jill Andrews
Performing at Greenville Presents
with special guest Matt Butcher
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 8:00pm
$7 at door
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Jill Andrews has been a musician all her life: from her first original tune in kindergarten – a ditty about the letter P – to the stage at Fillmore East. Jill picked up a guitar for the first time when she was 19; armed with only three chords, she had all she needed to create deep and soulful songs with lonesome melodies and haunting lyrics. In 2003, Jill teamed up with Sam Quinn to create the everybodyfields—it was an undeniable musical union. And the face of Tennessee’s roots music would never be the same. The everybodyfields played Bonnaroo and Floydfest, honkytonks, bars, and theaters from coast to coast. Paste Magazine listed them in their “Best of What’s Next” issue in September 2008, saying that they “straddle old and new, bitter and sweet, desperation and transcendence with an arresting command.” Jill’s taking that arresting command into her new solo project, but the themes will be familiar, and fans who’ve fallen head over heels for her material can expect that signature alt-country, roots-rock sound to deliver and grow. Her songs will warm you like a winter quilt – or chill you to the bone. Either way, when you hear Jill Andrews sing, you will remember it.
Greenville Presents: The Jaded Rakes
special guests The Jaded Rakes
to open for Aaron Berg & the Heavy Love
Performing at Greenville Presents
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 9:00pm
$5 donation
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Sweating in their Basement with just enough time to change clothes in their car. The Jaded Rakes have been sweeping out their closets and they’re shifting through what’s going to stay or be tossed. Will it be Heart Felt Americana, Baroque Country Pop, Indie Noise, Static, the Beat of the Traps, Power Pop or Blasts of Springsteenism Histrionics with a slice of Replacement Revisionism.
Check out The Jaded Rakes:
myspace.com/thejadedrakes
jadedrakes.com
Greenville Presents pre-opening Show with Matt Butcher
last night’s Matt Butcher show kicked off the unofficial opening of the Greenville Presents gallery. We had a killer turn out! Thanks to everyone who showed up and supported! We’re uploading photos throughout the week – you can check them all out here.
Be sure to check out our upcoming events at the gallery here!
construction all weekend
all weekend long we were hard at work getting greenville presents up to code. you can check out our photos of the construction in progress . don’t forget — our first show is this Wednesday, September 23 with Matt Butcher at 9pm
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Greenville Presents Photoshoot
We had a great photo shoot last night for our online store. Photos soon!
The gallery space at Greenville Presents curates a consistent rotation of refashioned and original clothing pieces from designers from all over the world. We also showcase vintage pieces, selected with lots of southern hospitality from all over the Carolinas.
gallery opening – October 16
you are cordially invited to the opening reception of the
Greenville Presents gallery
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, South Carolina
Friday, October 16, 2009
at 8 o’clock
original artwork
BBQ
and special bluegrass performance by the Honeycutters
New stage!
we just finished up the stage and are excited about the great lineup of artists and bands coming to the gallery. you can take a look at all the construction photos here.
Greenville Presents: Matt Butcher
Matt Butcher
Performing at Greenville Presents
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 9:00pm
$5 donation
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Me and My Friends, is the debut record from the 25 year old singer-songwriter, Matt Butcher. Released in early fall of 2008 after a successful Spring tour opening for friends the Avett Brothers, Orlando Weekly dubs Butcher as, “the area’s prince of Americana.”
The music brings to mind artists of the late sixties and early seventies. “I wear my influences on my sleeve. Proudly. I’m not trying to re-invent the wheel. Just keep it spinning,” says Butcher. The influences are there, but the voice is entirely his own. Butcher writes with a wisdom and maturity that belie his twenty-five years.
Check out Matt Butcher:
mattbutchermusic.com