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CREATIVE RAYS GREENVILLE’S ART & LIGHT GALLERY IS HOME TO SOUL - STIRRING ARTISTS by Angie Toole Thompson • photography by Paul Mehaffey
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little white bungalow sits on a corner lot in the Village of West Greenville. It’s flanked by mill houses, across the street from a church, and, if it weren’t for the big orange house numbers painted next to its front door, you might mistake it for another charming residential space in the neighborhood. That little house on the corner is home to Teresa Roche’s long-established Greenville gallery, Art & Light. A walk across the bright front porch and through the door feels like visiting the home of a friend, with its cozy artfilled rooms and the open-armed demeanor of the gallerists. Their combined 25 years of gallery experience make Art & Light a soughtafter partner for artists worldwide, an evolving gallery family that is never lacking in warmth and vision. Gallery director Bracken Sansbury knows how to expertly blend the gallery’s local color with its widespread reach. “Really, an exhibition for a local artist [and] an out-of-town artist are pretty