By Dariel Bendin
Sunset River Marketplace, the eclectic gallery in Calabash, N.C. is featuring Barns of the American Landscape, a group show of oil painters, watercolorists, pastel artists and photographers, which began Feb. 20 and runs through Thursday, March 25. The exhibit includes works by Richard Dixon (oil), Richard Kuhn (oil), Steven Sullivan (oil), Elaine Bigelow [...]
The “Adapting Spaces: A Photographic Exploration in Four Acts” exhibit has just opened in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery in the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University. The exhibit which continues through April 9, is free and open to the public.
This four-person exhibit explores [...]
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February 26, 2010 0Renowned artist Robert Verrier gives from the heart
By Trudy Bazemore
Having lived all over the world, renowned artist, Robert Verrier was looking for a new place to call home, and upon arriving in Georgetown, S.C., he felt as though he was where he was supposed to be. After giving much consideration to other parts of the country, Georgetown [...]
By Karen Magradey
The Boy Scouts of America turns 100 years old this year, and the South Carolina State Museum will help celebrate that illustrious mark with the exhibit The Centennial History of the Boy Scouts of America, which opens Jan. 29.
The exhibit, to be seen in the museum’s lobby, will feature photographs and artifacts which [...]
By Marla Loftus
Author and art consultant Barbara Guggenheim will discuss the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of collecting art at an event titled How the Art World Works: New Twists on the World’s Second Oldest Profession at the Gibbes Museum of Art on Thursday, February 4. Ms. Guggenheim’s lecture will begin at 6 p.m. and it will [...]
“Textural Tracings,” an exhibition of the work of three sculptors from the Washington, D.C., area, will open with a reception on Thursday, Jan. 21 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The reception and exhibit in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery at Coastal Carolina University are open to the public. The show continues through Friday, March [...]
By Ellen Woodoff
The Columbia Museum of Art celebrates its sixtieth anniversary year by hosting a major exhibition of art by contemporary African-American artists. The Chemistry of Color: Contemporary African-American Artists and its accompanying catalogue chronicle the accomplishments and struggles of African-American artists in the latter half of the twentieth century with approximately 72 works by [...]
By Nancy Greene
From Jan. 15 through March 20, The Fabric of a People: African-American Art, Experiences & Contributions, a fabric arts exhibit emphasizing Gullah culture and African-American history will be displayed in Learning Lab I of the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Lowcountry Center Complex. Curated by Zelda Grant of Awendaw, S.C. – fabric artist, author, [...]
By Regena Berg
The Silver Coast Winery is proud to announce the opening of a new art show featuring the artistry of Joanne Geisel and Phil Meade. Both of these fine artists will have award winning selections on exhibit. Joanne’s landscapes and still life paintings capture beautiful locations, changing moods and have a unique perspective. While [...]
By Debbie Bissette
Sunset River Marketplace, the eclectic art gallery in Calabash, N.C., presented its first Creative Exchange event of the new year on Jan. 13 The presentation, titled The History of Sunset Beach, featured two local published authors and included a luncheion from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Jacqueline “Jack” DeGroot has written eleven novels and [...]
By Casey Church
Gather up those works of art, antiques and other treasures you’ve always wondered about and head to the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum for the First Annual Art, Antiques and Treasures Roadshow on Thursday, Jan. 21. Inspired by PBS television’s popular Antiques Roadshow, this Museum fundraiser will bring together experts in [...]
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January 15, 2010 0By Casey Church
Milestones are those momentous occasions that mark our lives, from birth to death and all the important events in between. Milestones: Celebrating 70 and Beyond, an exhibition opening at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum Sunday afternoon, January 17, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., recognizes a significant milestone 27 of South [...]
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November 21, 2009 0Ansel Adams: Masterworks From the Collection of the Turtle Bay Exploration Center, Redding, Calif. opened in Oct. and runs through Jan. 17, 2010. The collection includes 47 gelatin silver prints by the artist, representing a choice of works Adams, himself, made late in his life to serve as a representation of his life’s work and [...]
By Elizabeth Isenhour
Love a good mystery? A new exhibition at the Mint Museum of Art contains the elements of an art history whodunit—a carefully crafted forgery, a persistent art scholar and a painting thought to be lost for more than 100 years—while taking the viewer behind the scenes of museum life. The exhibition, Identity Theft: [...]
By Ashley Standera
Toying with Art is an exhibition of toys designed and fabricated by artists. More than 50 artists from around the country and two international artists have created toys in a wide variety of sizes, themes and styles for this exhibition. The exhibition will open Friday, Nov. 13 and will remain on view through [...]
By Debbie Bissette
Sunset River Marketplace’s Creative Exchange series continues with “The Art of Decorative Pillowmaking,” presented by Beth Pethtal. The workshop will demonstrate how to decorate pillows in a creative, innovative way. It will be held on Wednesday, November 11 from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The fee for the event is $5 and includes [...]
“Brooklyn Painters,” an exhibit of work by Brooklyn-based artists, will be on display from Thursday, Oct. 22 until Monday, Nov. 30 at Coastal Carolina University’s Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery. An opening reception will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22. Admission is free and open to the public. The gallery, [...]
The Global Awareness Project (GAP), a registered nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing awareness to the community through the arts, will be launching its much anticipated third annual nonprofit promotional art calendar with the theme, “Synergy,” at 2001 Nightclub from 6 to 9 p.m on Nov. 2 and 3.
The ticketed VIP event will honor the local [...]
Honors were awarded for the sixty-fourth annual Watercolor Society of N.C. Juried Exhibition on Sunday, Oct. 11 at Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, N.C. where the exhibition is being held. Acclaimed Fla. artist Steve Rogers served as juror for the show and also selected the award-winning entries. This year there were 261 entries. Seventy-six of [...]
Watch as glass blowers create colorful glass ornaments and pumpkins from molten glass during the Create! Conway First Saturday Art Walk from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Nov. 7. Glass demonstrations are free. Sign up for glass blowing classes, ages five and up. Learn how to blow a glass ornament or make your own [...]
By Paula Thommen
Painters and potters, beginners and experts, all hone their skills at many different classes at Southport’s Franklin Square Gallery, and once a year their work is featured in the Class Show. This year’s student art is under the spotlight from November 2 to November 14.
Students grow under the tutelage of several instructors at [...]
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October 9, 2009 1Already known as the “seafood capital of the world,” Calabash, N.C. may soon become celebrated for a proliferation of watercolor paintings.
This year, the quaint fishing village tucked away in the southeastern corner of the state has been chosen as the site for the Watercolor Society of North Carolina’s sixty-fourth annual juried exhibition. Hosting the 75-piece [...]
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September 25, 2009 2House of Blues boasts one of the finest collection of antique and contemporary folk art in the world. Every year the local Myrtle Beach club celebrates its own local outsider artists with a special two-day show in the courtyard.
This year they’re going one better: the House of Blues Art Show and Battle of the Blues. [...]
By Jessica Durivage
Myrtle Beach’s favorite ex-pat, Carl Kerridge is launching a new photographic exhibition entitled Body of Light at Sea Blue Restaurant in North Myrtle Beach on Monday, August 17 from 6-9 p.m.
The British born Kerridge said recently, “The current series entitled Body of Light is a continuation of an earlier series I started in [...]
By Paula Thommen
Art outside the box takes center stage at Franklin Square Gallery’s newest Members Show which opened July 20 and runs through September 5. Expressionist painter Greta Swaim and potter Betsy Sellers each stretch the limits of their media beyond the ordinary to create their own unique styles.
Greta Swaim hails from Canada. An artist [...]
By Kathy Palermo
Myrtle Beach artist Kathleen McDermott installed her painting entitled Marsh At Vereen Gardens, in the community meeting room at Horry County’s C. B. Berry Historical and Memorial Center at Vereen Gardens, 2250 Hwy 179, Little River, S.C. earlier this summer. Sandi Kendrick, executive director of the Horry County Arts Council, and Tona [...]
By Elizabeth Isenhour
The Mint Museum has acquired an early 19th century portrait by John Singleton Copley, one of the greatest and most influential painters in colonial America. St. Cecilia, a Portrait (Mrs. Richard Crowninshield Derby) (1803) is the first painting by Copley to enter the Mint’s collection. The painting and its original period frame were [...]
Source Derivation: An Installation, a sculpture exhibit by Stacy Isenbarger, opened earlier this month in Coastal Carolina University’s Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery. The exhibit, which explores the cultural meanings of sacred and secular imagery, will remain up until Aug. 28. It is free and open to the public.
A closing reception will be held at [...]
There aren’t too many fused glass artists around, but that’s what Suz Mole decided she was, and we’re lucky to have her on the Grand Strand.
Originally from N.C. and living out west for the past 30 years, Suz now calls Pawleys Island home. She came to our attention through her fused glass workshop going on [...]
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June 5, 2009 0There are still a few days to catch a performance or three at the 2009 Spoleto Festival USA. Some of the highlights are listed below:
A major event of this year’s ten-day cultural extravaganza in Charleston, S.C. has been Don John, the latest production from Britain’s Kneehigh Theatre. Inspired by Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Kneehigh’s distinctive brand [...]
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May 22, 2009 0Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales opened its nationwide tour in Columbia, S.C. on March 6. This magnificent show is scheduled to close June 7, so make your plans to view it as soon as possible.
National Museum Wales, known for having one of the finest Impressionist art collections in Europe, [...]
By Dariel Bendin
In a show entitled Here and There: Marshscapes and Seascapes Near Sunset Beach, North Carolina, Cary, N.C. artist Nancy Hughes Miller will be exhibiting her newest collection of oil paintings at Sunset River Marketplace from June 1 through July 11.
The collection consists of just fewer than 20 works depicting the seashore and wetlands [...]
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May 22, 2009 0PRESENCE (ATALAYA) is the third project in artist Cynthia Farnell’s South Carolina series of site-specific photographic installations.
PRESENCE (ATALAYA) consists of delicate photographic transfers on white panels, placed in selected rooms of Atalaya, the former Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington residence at Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. [...]
By Kathryn Martin
Photographer Jack Thompson has chronicled Myrtle Beach’s history since the early 1950s and become in the process a local legend himself. Now his photographs are being featured in an exhibition at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, titled Jack Thompson: The Wonder Years; Myrtle Beach Photographs from the 50s and 60s. [...]
Seventy-seven artists from around the region will vie for top honors and over $2000 in cash prizes in the Twelfth Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition, opening Thursday, April 30, at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum.
A reception open to the public will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with [...]
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April 15, 2009 1By Brian M. Howle
Artists and art enthusiasts alike now have a new gallery in town that seeks to fill their respective needs, and it’s the culmination of a life-long dream and a labor of love. It’s called Studio B, Myrtle Beach’s newest & edgiest local art gallery, and is located in Market Commons on the [...]
Babs Ludwick One Woman Show April 18
Award-winning local artist Babs Ludwick will present Painting From the Heart, her one-woman art show, on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Brunswick House at Brunswick Plantation and Golf Resort on Hwy. 17 in Calabash, N.C.
The show consists of more than 20 original watercolor [...]
By Kathryn Martin
On Saturday, March 7, area residents and visitors will get to tour an eclectic assortment of six Myrtle Beach homes – including those of several custom home builders and artisans – in the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum’s 9th Annual Spring Tour of Homes.
Tour hours are from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets [...]
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February 27, 2009 0Book signing March 12.
It’s difficult to express just how excited I am that Brian Rutenberg will be coming home to the Grand Strand in the near future. On Thursday, March 12, at 10:30 a.m., Brian will be at the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, S.C. for an informal discussion of his artwork [...]
Sunset River Marketplace, the innovative art gallery in Calabash, N.C. is featuring Sweet Dreams, a collection of new, re-newed and inspired art pieces by Conway folk artist Kim Clayton, also known as Kimberly Dawn. The show runs from Feb. 9 through March 15. Originally from the mountains of Tennessee, she is a self-taught visionary [...]
