Community Projects
Blue Ridge Arts Center mission is to “Bringing Art to the People and People to the Arts”. To that end, we make it out goal to bring art into the local community whenever we can. Below are a few examples of how BRAC is sharing art throughout Seneca.
Public Murals
“Welcome to Seneca”
Location: Buchanan Park-Ram Cat Alley
Artist: Jim Juras
“Planes, Trains & Automobiles”
Location: Buchanan Park-Ram Cat Alley
Artist: Students from Seneca High School
Park Benches
Benches created by Hamilton Career Center Students and Carpentry Instructor, Dawson Alexander.
Murals for benches designed and painted by students from local schools.
Tamassee-Salem MS/HS – Laura Bush |
Walhalla High School – Suzanne Glenn |
Walhalla Middle School – Leslie McDonald |
Hamilton Career Center – Cheryl Bennefield |
Walhalla Elementary - Robyn Bayne |
Tamassee-Salem Elem - Savannah Bearden |
James Brown Elementary – Clare Mooneyhan |
Blue Ridge Elementary – Connie Compton |
Northside Elementary – Mandi Nelson |
Ravenel Elementary – Teena Hunt |
Alley Cat “sCATenger Hunt”
Twelve steel cats were laser cut by Hamilton Career Center Welding Students, then painted by local artists and “hidden” throughout downtown Seneca for you and your family to search out. Locations of the cats changes regularly, so you can have a new adventure each time you head into town.
Brought to you by a grant provided by Hughes Investments – “Ten at the Top” Outdoor Art Project
Current Cat Sponsors: Ann Cramer ~ City of Seneca ~ CatBus ~ Lighthouse Restaurant
Allie Kat by Beki Hancox |
Blue Moon By Tania Santibanez |
Cat Fish by Karen Drake |
CheroKat by Norah Mendoza |
Chicago by Annie Garzilli |
Cotton by Donna Bradley |
Hat in the Cat by Jim Juras |
Hope by Trell Rice |
Miss Lacey by Beti Strobeck |
Calico Cat by Pat Sink |
Stand Catiello by Fred Edgerton |
Whimsy by Donna Juras |