ShAy teaches on Monday mornings. She is a professional working artist and a resident artist and specializes in acrylic painting, but she is also an accomplished ceramicist.
Instagram @iamshayblack
Arts Classes
The City of Greer offers a variety of arts classes at the Center for the Arts, located at 804 Trade Street. Classes are offered throughout the year. See below for a listing of upcoming classes.
Adult & Teen Classes
Intro to Art & Design
The class will include an introduction to elements and principles of design and color theory, use of multiple mediums (including pencil/charcoal, acrylic, and texture). We will create a finished work each week incorporating the techniques covered at the beginning of class. Instructor: Jaime Cain.
Ceramics & Pottery
All of our ceramics classes are great for beginners and intermediate students alike! Once you've learned basic skills, this flexible class will allow you to choose your own projects. All of our instructors are capable of teaching both hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques.
MEET THE INSTRUCTORS: ShAy Black, Sam McElveen, Kristina Peay, & Zy Sawyer
Kristina teaches Saturday morning and afternoon classes. She is a recent graduate of Lander University and she holds a BFA in 3D Visual Arts and a minor in Art History.
Instagram: @kpeay712
Sam teaches Monday and Tuesday evenings, Wednesday afternoons, and she facilitates open studios on Thursdays. She has a BA and an M. Ed in Art Education and spent seven years teaching art in schools. Currently, she enjoys working with her friends at Donovan Pottery, Flying Fox, and her cat, Charlie, in her own home studio.
Instagram: @sammce.pottery
Zy teaches Wednesday evenings, as well as a kids clay class on Thursdays. She is a recent graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University.
Sign up for Zy's adult class! or Sign up for her kids class!
Kids Classes
Afterschool Art Class
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR: Miss Robin teaches Creative Art Adventures, an afterschool explorative art class. She's also the Cultural Arts Supervisor for the City of Greer and oversees the Greer Cultural Arts Council, but teaching holds a special place in her heart. She's usually covered in paint and loves to try new techniques!
Interested in Teaching?
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Arts Instructors at the Center for the Arts are not employees of the City of Greer, and are instead independent professionals. All instructors have been background checked and carry their own general liability insurance. Contact Sara Odom, Cultural Arts Coordinator with any questions about teaching arts classes: seodom@cityofgreer.org
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, activity or public meeting of the City of Greer should contact Keith Choate, ADA Coordinator, at 864-848-5386 or TTY at 864-968-7014 as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours prior to the scheduled event.