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The 5th Annual OPEN Arts Expo will be held on September 21st in the Cistern Yard on the College of Charleston campus. The FREE event will run from noon until 4 pm.
The family-friendly expo gives residents the chance to preview what the local art organizations have prepared for the upcoming fall season. In total there will be over 50 organizations that encompass the music, dance, theatre, visual, and literary fields.
Local musicians Chelsea Summers, Luke Cunningham, and David Higgins will all perform during the event. Also performing live will be the Smalls Institute Handbell Group, the Charleston Academy of Music Guitar Orchestra, DanceFX, WO'SE of Charleston, the Backporch Storytellers, Summerville Civic Ballet, Palmetto Oasis Dance Troupe, and the Annex Dance Company.
The Expo will also allow visitors to explore the Smalls Music Lab Mobile Classroom, the Carolina Studios Mobile Studio, the Bottles N Brushes Brush Bus, and more.
The event is presented by the Charleston Regional Alliance for the Arts in partnership with the College of Charleston School of the Arts.
For more information, call 843-577-5288, visit the official website, or email lily@ArtsCharleston.org. For a preview of what’s to come, check out the video below.
