CULTURE | 11.27.2015 | GREENVILLE JOURNAL | 43
Peace Center art installation honors Betty Stall CINDY LANDRUM | STAFF
clandrum@communityjournals.com Without Betty Stall, Greenville may not have had the Peace Center. Stall, a member of the Peace family for which Greenville’s performing arts center was named, was instrumental in the original campaign to build the facility that is now one of the signatures of downtown. Three branches of the Peace family pledged $10 million to the project. Stall, the daughter of B.H. Peace Jr. and a member of the Peace Center board for 14 years, told the Journal in 2010 that while some in the community thought the idea to build a performing arts center on the bank of an almost-forgotten Reedy River was crazy, she and her family did not. On Nov. 19, a new art installation at the Peace Center was unveiled and dedicated to Stall, who served as the founding president of the organization. “Butterflies for Peace,” comprised of 200 stainless steel butterflies in flight by artist Yuri Tsuzuki, is located on the south side of the Concert Hall building on an exterior wall facing the Reedy River.
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Yuri Tsuzuki and Betty Stall