Gallery Shows & Art Shop

Immersive, contemporary gallery shows and unexpected experiences. A year-round market featuring fun handmade gifts to highly-collectible, sought-after fine art.

C’mon over and find something you’ll love—on our walls or in the shop.

In the Gallery: FEB 7th—MAR 1st

Sinkhole, SC!!! | Joseph Smolin Solo Exhibition

Sinkhole, SC is a new solo exhibition by Joseph Smolin. The show approaches sinkholes both as literal collapses in the earth and as a metaphor for communal and psychological catastrophe. Through paintings, sculpture, and experimental film, Sinkhole presents a deeply personal look at how communities in Southern towns and cities increasingly suffer from gentrification, displacement, and climate disaster. Images of melting cities and immanent angels abound, all with an eye toward an absurdist view of the apocalypse. Cheers to the end!

OPENING RECEPTION & ART PARTY: Friday, February 7th from 6pm—9pm

ARTIST TALK & CLOSING RECEPTION: Thursday, February 27th from 6pm—9pm

Learn more about Smolin’s work on his website here!

In the Gallery: NOW—MAR 1st

State of the Art: 30 Years of Innovation | Solo Exhibition Featuring Deb Puretz

Don’t miss "State of the Art: 30 Years of Innovation," a solo exhibition featuring new work by Deb Puretz in the Good Art Co. Printshop.

"State of the Art: 30 Years of Innovation" is an exhibition of over one dozen curated new works of layered intaglio collage that have been featured in numerous galleries including MIT and the National Gallery in Washington, DC.

Learn more about Deb’s work here!

In the Gallery: MAR 5th—APRIL 26th

CALL FOR ART!

Natural Impact | A Works on Paper Eco-Exhibition

Juried by Good Art Co.'s own Shaun McCallum this exhibition aims to celebrate formed fibers and all of their iterations.

Natural Impact: Works on Paper and Eco Exhibition invites artists to consider the multiple forms and functions of paper from the harvesting and processing of fibers to their application in a variety of media including: book arts, collage, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.

This exhibition is aimed toward artists who use paper in their work as fiber, pulp, or formed sheets. Additionally, the subject matter should relate to the substrate, including but not limited to, the paper's source, processing, or end product. This could include, but is not limited to the plant matter itself, the ecological impact, the process of paper making, or functional objects like books and stationary found in our daily lives.

A portion of all proceeds from this exhibition will be donated to benefit TreesUpstate and their work planting, protecting, and promoting trees in upstate South Carolina.

Non-refundable $5.00 entry fee

Find Submission Instructions and Pay Your Artist Fee Here!

Year-’round Art Shop: OPEN 10-6 WED-SAT!

Unique, handcrafted finds from local makers

Our Art Shop is open every Wednesday—Saturday from 10am to 6pm, and features a curated selection of original fine art and prints, as well as handmade goods including jewelry, leatherworks, ceramics, clothing and so much more! Explore giftable and collectible creations from dozens of talented local and regional artists and makers.

Exhibition Info Below!

  • Good Art Co. curates a few "types" of shows to rotate through every year. We intentionally seek out shows or ideas that reflect our "4 C's"—exhibitions that focus on or promote: CURRENT (reflecting a trending topic we're seeing in the Upstate), CULTURE (reflecting something unique about an Upstate community), CAUSES (reflecting a nonprofit or charitable cause), and COMMUNITY (reflecting a local group or somehow lifting up a local group).

  • You can send us a message on our "Contact" page under the category "artists and creatives." We will get back in touch if the show or idea is in line with our mission and if we forsee a potential timeslot opening. Please also subscribe to our newsletter, and follow us on social! We send our calls for artists via email and social media.

  • We send out calls for artists every few months. To be alerted of those, please subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on social!

  • Good Art Co. handles everything: show installation, promotion, media and publicity, opening and closing receptions + food and drinks, sales and sales tax, packaging and de-installation, and more. The artist is responsible for dropping off and picking up work, although we can arrange help. Good Art Co. takes a commision of 30% for every sale within our gallery and shop; this directly funds our 501c3 free programming for the community.

Past Exhibitions

  • MAY '24 | SYNAPTIC: An Art Experience Celebrating Neurodiversity

    SYNAPTIC was a visionary art event with a dual mission: to foster greater awareness and acceptance of neurodiversity and to generate financial support for The Meyer Center’s mission to empower children with physical and cognitive differences to reach their highest potential. It featured 16+ artists, raised 2K+ in funds for TMC, and was curated by Nicole Shannon of Create Potential.

  • MARCH-APRIL '24 | I'm Tryna Get Like YOU

    BLKMRKTCLT is an arts studio and collective based in Charlotte, NC that was created to give Black artists a safe space to create. Curated by artist Carla Aaron-Lopez, this exhibition is “a snapshot of the range of practices and skills the BLKMRKTCLT collective brings to table. We are Black and Southern. We are young and old. We move the needle of culture. Which is why you need to get like us.”

  • FEB '24 | My Rage is Like a Flower Garden

    Marcy Parks’ new solo show was called, “My Rage is Like a Flower Garden.” it featured explosive, emotive new works of art from the Bristol, TN-based artist and podcaster. Marcy’s work explores opposing yet sublimely complementary themes of beauty, healing, femininity and rage in bold, luscious paintings and prints.

  • NOV-DEC '23 | Collective Good

    “COLLECTIVE GOOD” was our first ever Good Art Co. Studio Artist group show featuring 14 incredible in-house studio artists, with a portion of gallery sales benefitting Harvest Hope Food Bank and families in need during the holiday season.

  • OCT '23 | Cloudscapes: The Auras I See

    "Cloudscapes" by Laura Cleary Williams was our very first exhibition. This body of work by Chattanooga-based artist and author Williams featured ephemeral, entrancing mixed-media pieces that explore her healing after an injury and how she started to perceive the world.

  • JUNE-JULY '24 | Wet Paint: Celebrating the Upstate's Waterways

    WET PAINT united 20+ talented local artists in presenting new works of art that celebrate the Upstate’s beautiful waterways, especially Connestee Nature Preserve, and raised awareness of why it is so important to protect and preserve this priceless natural resource.

  • SEPT-OCT '24 | RAICES de Quienes Somos

    In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, RAICES explored the vibrant Hispanic and Latinx cultures through art. The stunning exhibition featured a rich tapestry of work from Carla Henriquez, Jorge Rojas and Orlando Corona. It was hosted by the SC Hispanic Alliance.

  • SEP-OCT '24 | Figures & Faces

    FIGURES & FACES was our first mixed-media group exhibition featuring new works by local and regional artists making art around the theme of the human figure. A celebration of the myriad beautiful and painful ways we are born, we grow, we thrive, we become truly ourselves and embrace our bodies, and age gracefully, the show was a powerful testament to how incredible and inspiring the human body is in all of its forms.