Beaufort, South Carolina - top 25 Small City Arts Destinations

Beaufort, South Carolina is ranked number 14 in the top 25 small city arts destinations according to American Style's cover story of "National Treasures: Top 25 Cities for Art."

John Villani, author of The 100 Best Art Towns in America stated, "In Beaufort, what you have is a very accessible, easily walkable, small-scale downtown that's loaded with great art and a range of diversely programmed art galleries...for the size of the town, the concentration of galleries here is phenomenal. It's block for block, one of the densest concentrations of galleries I've ever seen."

Enjoy the following galleries in Beaufort:

• Art & Soul, Old Bay Marketplace, 917 B Bay Street 843-379-9710
• Bay St. Gallery, 719 Bay Street 843-522-9210
• Beaufort Art Association Gallery 1001 Bay Street 843-379-2222
• Four Winds Gallery, 709 Bay Street 843-379-5660
• I. Pinckney Simons Gallery, 711 Bay Street 843-379-4774
• Indigo Gallery, 809 Bay Street 843-524-1036
• LyBensons Gallery 211 Charles Street 843-525-9006
• The Charles Street Gallery 914 Charles Street 843-521-9054
• The Craftseller, 818 Bay Street 843-525-6104
• The Gallery, 802 Bay Street 843-470-9994
• The Rhett Gallery, 901 Bay Street 843-524-3339

Additional contact information:

Guild of Beaufort Galleries, P. O. Box 938, Beaufort, SC 29901, www.guildofbeaufortgalleries.com