Elsewhere
Art Museum
Why pick this one
Elsewhere transforms a three-story former second-hand store and its 60-year collection into a living museum and artist residency.
Best for
- visitors interested in evolving, collection-based installations
- people seeking artist residencies and interdisciplinary collaboration
- site-specific and socially engaged art projects
- research involving vintage textiles, army surplus, clothing, books, and ephemera
- community events, workshops, and participatory art
Look elsewhere if
- visitors seeking a conventional static art museum
- artists needing a residency unrelated to an existing material collection
Specialties
- site-specific artistic experimentation
- interdisciplinary artist collaboration
- artist residencies
- living archive and collection-based art
- social practice and participatory art
What makes them different
- Preserves the entire collection that was inside the building when the store closed in 1997
- Operates inside a three-story former furniture, fabric, military surplus, and thrift store
- Collection includes approximately 10,000 army-surplus articles, 10,000 vintage fabric bolts, 20,000 vintage clothing items, and 20,000 books
- Artists live and create within the collection during residencies
- Front window theater provides a space for street performance and community participation
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 606 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27406
- Phone
- +13369073271
- Website
- https://www.elsewheremuseum.org/
- user@domain.com
Services
- museum exhibitions
- artist residencies
- art research
- public art projects
- arts education
- events and workshops
- venue rentals