Metropolitan Arts Council

The Metropolitan Arts Council (MAC) is the only organization in Greenville, South Carolina working daily to support every discipline of the arts. MAC provides support to area arts organizations and many individual artists through its grants program, through its cultural planning process, by advocating on behalf of all artists and arts groups, and b... y providing cooperative marketing opportunities promoting arts groups that might not have resources available to them. In 2015, MAC distributed $398,086 to area arts groups, artists, and schools touching over 450,000 residents in and around Greenville County. The arts and cultural industry in Greenville County account for more than $200 million in direct economic impact with an ancillary impact of $94 million. Finally, MAC serves as an arts advocate through the South Carolina Arts Alliance and through direct contact with all governmental entities. MAC receives its funding from the City of Greenville, the National Endowment for the Arts, the County of Greenville, the South Carolina Arts Commission and through private donations. MAC was founded in 1973 and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.Read More