About Us

Mission

Black Creek Arts Council is dedicated to providing guidance and assistance in arts administration, funding, education, and program coordination to arts-based organizations and artists in Darlington County.

Black Creek Arts Council (BCAC) is an arts-based, registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Darlington County, South Carolina. Our offices are housed in a historical 10,000-square-foot building in Downtown Hartsville, South Carolina.

We offer a variety of arts programs, including arts education classes for adults and children, after-school and pre-school aged programs, summer camps and private music lessons. Our Jean & James Fort Gallery hosts changing exhibits of regional and national artists.

Each year, we also award sub-grants to arts-presenting non-profit organizations and individual artists in Darlington County.

History

Black Creeks Arts Center is housed in a historical building once known as the Hartsville Community Market. The Community Market the Community Market is a two-story, five bay, rectangular plan, brick building with a flat roof and parapet and cast stone trim and is one of several buildings built in 1935-1936 utilizing federal loans from the Public Works Administration.

The other main building, the Hartsville Community Center, is a two-story, five bay, rectangular plan Art Deco style brick building with a flat roof, parapet, and decorative cast-stone trim. The Hartsville Community Center now houses the Center Theater, a performing arts venue.

The buildings were were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Learn more about the buildings at the National Register's website.

  • Form 990

  • Annual Report

  • Strategic Plan

Meet the Team!

Meet the Team!

Allison Pederson

Executive Director

info@blackcreekarts.org

Jamie Martell

Art Education Director

learn@blackcreekarts.org

Adrian Rhodes

Gallery Coordinator

gallery@blackcreekarts.org

Board of Directors

Jonathan Lee, President
Choice Realty, Owner/Broker

Open Position, Vice President

Sarah Vaughn, Secretary
Coker University, Director of Accounting and Finance

Carol Ann Beasley, Treasurer
Hartsville High School, School Counselor

Eric Tew
DCIT, Graphic Communications Instructor

Hannah Howle
Darlington Veneer Company, Sales Representative

Teresa Oelze
Siemens Healthineers, Business Excellence Project Manager

Mark Ingram
Ingram Law Firm, Attorney-at-Law

Megan Woosley-Goodman
Francis Marion University, Associate Professor of English

Jasna Shannon
Coker University, Professor of English, Emerita

Susan Askins
Real Estate developer, Self employed

Join us!

If you have time and energy, we are looking for you! Support our fundraising events and become an advocate for an exceptional organization. This is an opportunity to give back to the community and have fun.

Board meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Be a part of something that will change your life. If you are interested in joining our Board, please contact Allison Pederson by email at info@blackcreekarts.org.

Board Member Application: Application

Funding and operating support for BCAC are provided by:

  • South Carolina Arts Commission (which receives support from John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC and the National Endowment for the Arts)

  • Local businesses

  • Regional and national foundations and corporations

  • Most importantly, by the people of Darlington County

  • Charles W. and Elizabeth H. Coker Foundation

    Joan S. and Charles W. Coker Foundation

    Sonoco Foundation

    South Carolina Arts Commission

    National Endowment For the Arts

  • Vintage Craft Beer and Wine

    Sonoco

    Choice Realty

    Define Wealth

    North Industrial

    Refine Spa

    Carolina Dental Partners

    Carolina Pines

    SPC Credit Union

    Blackwell Law

    The Citizens

    The Rooster One Thirty Six

    Pepsi of Florence

    Waymaker

  • Mrs. Gay Ham

    Mrs. Jane Wheeler

    Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hoffman

    Mr. and Mrs. Bob Anderson

    Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bush

    Mrs. Linda Szablewski

    Ms. Candace Holcombe

    Mrs. Leslie Tallon

    Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Drayton

    Ms. Elizabeth Hill

    Mrs. Sue Brand

    Mr. and Mrs. Pat Youngblood

    Mrs. Mary Houser

    Mrs. Hannah Rose Areephanthu

    Mr. Chandler Peel

    Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gant

    Mrs. Nancy Culpepper

    Mrs. Greta Hawkins

    Mr. and Mrs. Howard Coker

    Mrs. Sharon Brown

    Ms. Diane DeLucia

    Mrs. Timi Bronson

    Mrs. Audrey Tripp

    Mrs. MaryAnn Chapman

    Mrs. Judy Jacobs

    Mrs. Jennifer Marshall

    Mrs. Kathy Moore