Established in 1974, the Fine Arts Center (FAC) is South Carolina’s first secondary school for gifted students in the literary, visual and performing arts. As an application based school of 400 students, FAC operates within the Greenville County’s public school system. Students are able to study architecture, creative writing, dance, filmmaking, music, theatre or the visual arts with a faculty of practicing artists. FAC’s 2013-2014 graduating class of 88 students earned over 10.8 million dollars in scholarships and enrolled in over 40 different colleges and universities.