About GSOlab

About Us

GSOlab is an international arts education center dedicated to the creative life. Located in North Carolina’s Triad region at the East Greensboro Creative Complex for the Arts, GSOlab offers total-immersion creative workshops in East Greensboro along with artist residencies, a gallery and visitors center, in addition to community programs in partnership with local government.

The GSOlab believes progress happens when we support one another. We strive to connect, educate and empower to build a strong Community and Startup Ecosystem. Through the generosity and engagement of our supporters, we are able to offer all of East Greensboro creative services and education; that for too long have been withheld from working-class communities. With these partnerships, we hope to launch opportunities for entrepreneurs & local startups to engage with the greater community in a unique and transformative way.

GSOlab Mission Statement

Educate. Advocate. Administrate. Beautify.  

To assist our community in creating more economic, administrative, and creative access for disadvantaged communities in the greater Greensboro region and beyond.

We aim to bring communities together through creative, development and administrative policies for all people. Creating a bigger table for our community through creative advocacy.

The GSOlab’s mission is to advance the quality of Greensboro’s built environment and bring public awareness to the importance of urban design. The center reveals how design influences quality of life and economic resilience, and advocates for great public places in a livable city. The Center provides programming designed to have a meaningful impact on creative businesses and entrepreneurs in our city.

Our values

• Community-powered public spaces are key to a sustainable city
• Art is a catalyst for rebuilding communities that citizens want to live, work, play, and raise a family
• Our Values guide us every day as we help people create community-powered public spaces. They inform how and with whom we work and serve as the ethical principles of GSOlab as a public community foundation committed to public good based on
  • • Integrity
    • Community Collaboration
    • Inclusive Participation
    • Local Advocacy

Foundation Focus

• Graduate and professional artist housing
• Grant services for creative projects in underserved communities
• Creative economy education for student and adult learning
• Community advocacy and municipal accountability studies for underserved communities
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Mentorship & Apprenticeship Programs