Q. Where is Up?
A. Up is located on the 2nd floor of the Gettys Art Center, at 201 East Main Street in Old Town Rock Hill, SC. The Gettys Center previously served as the city’s Post Office and Courthouse but is currently home to a collection of art-related offices and artist studios and galleries including the Rock Hill Pottery Center and Loading Dock Gallery.
Q. What is Up?
A. Up is comprised of an artist-run gallery, store and custom frame shop. Up’s gallery and retail components provide emerging and established artists the opportunity to exhibit their work in a professional manner.
Q. Who is Up?
A. Up is owned by Tamara LaValla and Zan Maddox, partners in Social Design House also located in the Gettys Art Center. Social designed, developed and helps maintain Up’s home on the web. Up’s retail space is managed by Ashley Herron, it’s gallery space by Chris Lange and framing by Jessica Johnson.
Q. What kind of exhibition space do you have?
A. Our 540 sf gallery space features award-winning work from local and regional photographers, painters, sculptors, printmakers, metal and ceramic artists. The gallery presents over a half dozen shows each year and is free and open to the public from Monday by appointment, Tuesday-Friday from 10 am to 6 pm and on Saturdays 11 am to 3 pm. We are also open during Old Town art crawls.
Q. What is the Gallery Store?
A. Up’s adjacent 420 sf gallery store (including an online, ecommerce component) offers a wide selection of affordable fine arts and crafts including apparel and handmade jewelry. If you are interested in submitting work to Up please download our submission form — it contains all of the necessary requirements to apply to Up’s gallery or shop.
Q. Do you offer custom framing?
A. Yes, Up proudly provides custom framing services. Please see our framing page for more information or contact our framer, Jessica Johnson, with specific questions.
Q. Do you offer consulting?
A. Because Up has access to so many talented local and regional artists we also offer art consulting for both private and public buyers, as well as organizations and institutions looking to expand their collections. Contact Gallery Director, Chris Lange, with questions.
Q. How do I submit work for the store or gallery space?
A. Please download our submission form — it contains all of the necessary requirements to apply to Up’s gallery or shop.
Q. How can I contact you?
A. If you have questions or suggestions you can contact us at: Up, 201 East Main Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730 / p (803) 980 5355 / f (866) 536 5242
Q. How does buying on Gallery Up work?
A. To buy items, you’ll need to create a Up account — it’s free and easy! You can purchase items using whatever payment you specify when checking out via PayPal.
Q. How does the shopping cart work?
A. As you shop around and find items that suit your fancy, add them to your cart. Note: items in your cart are not removed from the site, or reserved for you, until you complete the checkout process. The majority of items on Up are one-of-a-kind and thus tend to sell out quickly, so it’s risky to leave items in your cart for too long. Once you’ve got everything you want, click the Check Out button and follow the onscreen instructions.
Q. Why am I required to register before being able to buy anything?
A. Our feedback system relies on being able to identify the parties involved in every transaction. Your username is the unique identifier which makes this possible.
Q. Is Gallery Up in USD and how do I handle currency conversions?
A. Right now you can only list items in USD on Up. PayPal (credit card sales) will automatically convert your currency. We have plans to offer built-in currency conversion, but as of right now it doesn’t exist.
Q. What is PayPal, how does it work on Up, and how do I buy items with it?
A. Up facilitates payments through a third-party service called PayPal™. Sellers must register a Business or Premier account with PayPal, which lets buyers pay securely using their credit card. The buyer does not have to be a member of this service in order to submit a payment.
