34 Melrose Avenue, Tryon, NC, 28782    Phone: 828.859.8322
34 Melrose Avenue, Tryon, NC, 28782   Phone: 828-859-8322   Fax: 828-859-0271  
The Friends of the Fine Arts Center

is an auxiliary whose purpose is fundraising for TFAC’s
children’s programming encouraging its wide reach in
the surrounding area.  It is our hope that children who
are given the opportunity to experience the visual and
performing arts – the fine arts – will come to have a love
for all art forms.

Established in 1994, this organization has made
impressive regular contributions to TFAC.  During Patty
Otto’s tenure as president, Friends offered a generous
grant to be matched for the purpose or hiring TFAC’s
first Executive Director.  Currently focused on children’s
programming, recent successful fundraisers include
silent auctions, a Fashion Show and High Tea, and the
popular Dining with Friends, dining occasions hosted by
TFAC supporters in their homes.


Contact them by emailing
friends@tryonarts.org for
more information.

Friends of TFAC
Board of Directors

President                
Virginia Lisella

Past President                
SueZ Truitt

Vice President                
Beth Spring

Secretary/Treasurer        
Jeanie Daniel

Historian                
Shelley Dayton

Sally Berg
Lynette Conrad
Shelvie Foust
Libby Frohlich