Thomasville Center for the Arts

The Thomasville Center for the Arts is Thomasville's doorway to the arts. This premier fine arts center offers art exhibits, cultural events and performances, as well as programs and classes in the visual, performing and literary arts for all ages. Throughout the year, the Center's galleries host a variety of artist exhibitions as well as selections from their extensive permanent collection. The Center's stage has seen hundreds of acclaimed and internationally reknowned performing artists of every genre through the years. The Center is also home of the nationally acclaimed Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival that takes place annually in November.

Mission

Thomasville Center for the Arts is dedicated to enriching the creative life of our community through the visual, performing, literary and applied arts.

History

Housed inside the historic East Side School, Thomasville Center for the Arts strives to fulfill and preserve not only the beloved building, but also the values of education, growth and community betterment upon which the school was built. East Side School, constructed in 1915, was the first school building in Thomasville built with public funding. In 1975 the school closed and fell into disrepair, but a group of citizens passionate about historic preservation rallied together to protect the school.

This led to the building's listing on the National Register of Historic Places and its renovation into a center with the original mission to enrich the quality of life for people of all ages in South Georgia and North Florida through cultural and educational experiences in the arts and humanities. This mission has guided us for more than two decades, and continues to be the driving force behind the Center.

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