Sylvia Gray was an entrepreneur of ephemera. Decades after she and her husband opened a surplus store in downtown Greensboro, she turned the business into a three-story thrift shop that she filled by taking twice-daily trips to the local Salvation Army.
In 2003, her grandson decided to turn the store into an experimental arts space and seasonal museum, now known as . For more than a decade Elsewhere has provided a space for artists to repurpose old things into new creative collaborations.
After major renovations, the living museum will officially reopen in September as a year-round museum with space for 12 live-in artists.
Host Frank Stasio talks with museum director George Scheer about the history of the space. He is also joined by , program coordinator at Elsewhere, and , current artist-in-residence at the museum.
