Spartanburg Academic Movement

TJC’s artwork is located in the hallways of the Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM) with paintings themed around education and artist educators, and is open 8:30 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday. It was only fitting that the artwork selected reflect SAM’s commitment to the success—academically, professionally, and personally—for our county’s children and youth.

A strikingly poignant painting on display is Winfred Rembert’s (1945 – 2021) autobiographical tooled-leather piece, Schoolhouse (The Wood Boy). Having learned to carve and dye leather during a harrowing incarceration for demonstrations in the Civil Rights Movement, Rembert began exploring his childhood and lived experiences through creative endeavors. Schoolhouse places the artist himself at the top of the painting delivering wood to his schoolmates.