Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro
The Greensboro Cultural Center is a vibrant hub for the arts, located on North Davie Street in downtown Greensboro. Operated by the City’s Office of Arts & Culture, this four-story facility-with an additional basement level-brings together over 25 arts organizations under one roof, offering a rich mix of visual, performing, and community arts experiences.
A repurposed newspaper building reimagined as a modern cultural space, the Center retains architectural details from its past-like ornate plaster moldings-and features a dramatic three-story diagonal atrium. With more than 114,000 square feet, the complex includes galleries, studios, rehearsal spaces, and a 20,000-square-foot addition dedicated to the arts.
On the second floor, visitors can explore four dynamic visual art galleries: GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, African American Atelier Inc., the Guilford Native American Art Gallery, and the Center for Visual Artists. Some artworks are also available for purchase. Downstairs, the Art Alliance hosts classes and maintains a full pottery studio.
The Center also serves as the home base for several acclaimed music and performance organizations, including the Greensboro Symphony, Greensboro Opera, Bel Canto Company, and the Eastern Music Festival. Theatre, dance, and performance groups such as the Community Theatre of Greensboro, Dance Project, Greensboro Ballet, and Triad Pride Performing Arts bring year-round programming to life.
Performance spaces include the intimate black box theatre and the state-of-the-art Van Dyke Performance Space-a 300-seat venue named after dancer and choreographer Jan Van Dyke.
Additional amenities include Café Europa, a popular onsite restaurant with outdoor seating, and studio spaces for podcasting and printing. Adjacent to the Center is the family-friendly Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park, complete with playgrounds, a dog park, a seasonal splash pad/ice rink, and Janet Echelman’s dramatic aerial sculpture Where We Met.
With convenient parking and an ever-rotating calendar of exhibitions and events, the Greensboro Cultural Center is the heart of the city’s creative community and a top destination for art lovers of all ages.
A repurposed newspaper building reimagined as a modern cultural space, the Center retains architectural details from its past-like ornate plaster moldings-and features a dramatic three-story diagonal atrium. With more than 114,000 square feet, the complex includes galleries, studios, rehearsal spaces, and a 20,000-square-foot addition dedicated to the arts.
On the second floor, visitors can explore four dynamic visual art galleries: GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, African American Atelier Inc., the Guilford Native American Art Gallery, and the Center for Visual Artists. Some artworks are also available for purchase. Downstairs, the Art Alliance hosts classes and maintains a full pottery studio.
The Center also serves as the home base for several acclaimed music and performance organizations, including the Greensboro Symphony, Greensboro Opera, Bel Canto Company, and the Eastern Music Festival. Theatre, dance, and performance groups such as the Community Theatre of Greensboro, Dance Project, Greensboro Ballet, and Triad Pride Performing Arts bring year-round programming to life.
Performance spaces include the intimate black box theatre and the state-of-the-art Van Dyke Performance Space-a 300-seat venue named after dancer and choreographer Jan Van Dyke.
Additional amenities include Café Europa, a popular onsite restaurant with outdoor seating, and studio spaces for podcasting and printing. Adjacent to the Center is the family-friendly Carolyn & Maurice LeBauer Park, complete with playgrounds, a dog park, a seasonal splash pad/ice rink, and Janet Echelman’s dramatic aerial sculpture Where We Met.
With convenient parking and an ever-rotating calendar of exhibitions and events, the Greensboro Cultural Center is the heart of the city’s creative community and a top destination for art lovers of all ages.
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Sight Name: Greensboro Cultural Center
Sight Location: Greensboro, USA (See walking tours in Greensboro)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery
Sight Location: Greensboro, USA (See walking tours in Greensboro)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery
Walking Tours in Greensboro, North Carolina
Create Your Own Walk in Greensboro
Creating your own self-guided walk in Greensboro is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Greensboro Downtown Statues and Monuments Walk
The birthplace of renowned author O Henry, Greensboro, North Carolina, also holds the distinction of harboring the genesis of the American Civil Rights Movement. Both these facts are commemorated in public artwork. Other esteemed personalities and notable chapters in the city's history also find reflection in a plethora of monuments and statues throughout Downtown.
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Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.7 Km or 1.7 Miles
Among these landmarks,... view more
Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.7 Km or 1.7 Miles
Greensboro Introduction Walking Tour
Before the arrival of Europeans in this part of North Carolina, the present-day area of Greensboro was inhabited by the indigenous (Siouan-speaking) Saura people, who called it "an unbroken forest with thick undergrowth of huckleberry bushes, that bore a finely flavored fruit."
Quaker migrants from Pennsylvania, by way of Maryland, arrived here in about 1750. They bought land from... view more
Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.6 Km or 2.2 Miles
Quaker migrants from Pennsylvania, by way of Maryland, arrived here in about 1750. They bought land from... view more
Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.6 Km or 2.2 Miles