December 3, 2025

YORK COUNTY ARTS NEWS

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Art Frenzy

Center for the Arts

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED | CLOSES DECEMBER 7, 2025 at 12 PM

Your opportunity to shop local this holiday season extends into the galleries at the Center for the Arts.

Created in 2007 by Harriet Goode, Art Frenzy was designed to ignite a passion for collecting original art. An incredible array of affordable artworks by both emerging and established artists will be available for purchase throughout the evening.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to have your art presented to an eager audience of art collectors, connect with fellow artists, and turn your passion into profit. Submit your entry today!

ART AUCTION & RECEPTION

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025

6 - 8 PM

TICKETS | $25

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Vernon Grant's Santas

Center for the Arts | Dalton Gallery

121 E. Main Street. Rock Hill, SC

GALLERY EXHIBITION DATES

December 1 - 8, 2025

RECEPTION

Sunday, December 7, 2025

2 - 4 PM

Renowned illustrator and creator of Kellogg’s® Snap!® Crackle!® Pop!®, Vernon Grant built his reputation on his signature gnomes, jolly Santas and his whimsical approach to illustration.

Along with Grant’s favorite subject, Santa Claus, this year’s ChristmasVille exhibit will feature skiers, snowmen and winter scenes that graced the covers of some of America’s most popular magazines of the times.

Visit our galleries to capture the artistry of Vernon Grant and view his hallmark collection of Santa Claus, gnomes and scenes of the holiday season.

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CHRISTMASVILLE 2025

York County High School Art Show

Center for the Arts

Lewandowski Classroom Gallery

121 E. Main Street. Rock Hill, SC

GALLERY EXHIBITION DATES

December 1 - 13, 2025

RECEPTION

Sunday, December 7, 2025

2 - 4 PM

This annual high school art exhibition is open to all high school students in York County.

Cash prizes are awarded for Best of Show, First, Second, and Third Places. Honorable Mentions are also awarded.

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ARTS NEWS

REGIONAL

South Carolina lands first Levitt AMP grant

by Jason Rapp

Image credit | Caitlyn Schumacher

The 2025 Governor’s Award recipient is now also the recipient of South Carolina’s first Levitt AMP Music Series grant. The multi-year Levitt AMP grants support free, live music in towns and cities with a population of up to 250,000. Levitt AMP concert series reflect the three goals of the Levitt AMP program:..

NATIONAL

Hidden in Plain Sight: Activating the Arts and Creative Workforce Development at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Produced by The National Endowment for the Arts

Image credit | The National Endowment for the Arts

This report describes the nature and current state of arts and cultural assets at HBCUs, how these assets are used in preparing students for the workforce, and challenges that HBCUs encounter in maintaining and expanding these assets. HBCU faculty, students, and partners who participated in this study felt that their institutions

are...

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CALLS FOR ARTISTS

December 7 | Call for Artists: Art Frenzy | more info
February 1 | Call for Artists: In the Making: Contemporary Craft from South Carolina | more info
February 8 | Call for Authors: 2026 Literary Competitions - Poetry & Short Story | more info

EXHIBITS, CLASSES, RECEPTIONS, & EVENTS

December 1 - 8 | Vernon Grant's Santas | Center for the Arts | more info
December 1 - 13 | York County High Schools Art Show | Center for the Arts | more info
December 4 - 7 | Christmasville | Downtown Rock Hill | more info
December 6 - 14 | It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play | Rock Hill Theatre | more info
December 6 | Soup, Song, Santas and more | Center for the Arts | more info
December 7 | Vernon Grant's Santas & York County High Schools Reception | Center for the Arts | more info
December 7 | With Tidings of Great Joy | York County Choral Society | more info
December 12 - 14 | Miss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley | Fort Mill Community Playhouse | more info
December 16 | York Technical College Holiday Festival | York Technical College | more info
SOLD OUT: December 17 - 21 | The Nutcracker | Ballet of York County | more info
December 18 | Art Frenzy | Center for the Arts | more info
December 21 | The Magic of Christmas | Rock Hill Symphony | more info

For more arts events in York County, visit the online arts calendar

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Headquartered in the Downtown Rock Hill, SC Cultural District.

Support for this project is provided by the SC Arts Commission (which receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts), Rock Hill Accommodations Tax Grant Fund and the ACYC Annual Fund. For visitors information including lodging, contact Visit York County at visityorkcounty.com.