Friends and likeminded people

Hi everyone! I'm moving to Charleston in mid March and I'd love to be able to meet like-minded people and make some friends, but unsure where to start! I'm male, 42 years old, and I'm a fine artist. I paint full time and teach privately as well and I'm into things like museum-going, architecture and historical conservation, antiquarian books, classical music, bluegrass, animals, hiking and the great outdoors, I enjoy dogs a lot, and cultural things in general. I joined the historical preservation society of Charleston already but who knows how social that gets! I look forward to hearing from you folks, thanks for your time!