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Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, Offers 7th Annual Gullah Culture Celebration: Free Family Day on June 12, 2010

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Here’s some info about another event you can enjoy which came to us at Carolina Arts. Excuse the shortening of the Museum’s name – it’s always a mouth full in any title.

Nothing embodies the history and culture of the Lowcountry more than Gullah traditions, and the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, will highlight them in A Gullah Culture Celebration, a Free Family Day to be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010.

Gullah is the name given to descendants of former slaves of West African descent who settled in the coastal regions of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and their cultural traditions. The term is often used interchangeably with the name Geechee.
A Gullah Culture Celebration includes music, art, dance and, of course, food – both to sample and for purchase to enjoy later at home. All activities at the event, other than purchased items, are free.

Setting the mood for the day will be an African market with the Egbe Killimanjaro group. Other tasty treats will be available from Ultimate Eating in Beaufort, SC, whose owner Jesse Gantt is co-author of The Gullah Cookbook. Inside, on the Tea Porch, visitors can sample watermelon tea and sweet potato pone. (Watermelon tea is made from the recipe included in The Gullah Cookbook, written by Veronica Davis Gerald and Jesse Gantt. The cookbook is for sale in the Museum Shop.)

In the tent guests can enjoy listening to the gospel sounds of Billy Shepherd and the Celebration Gospel Ensemble, the Plantation Singers, and Carl Winters “The Kalimba King”. Later in the tent, Georgetown, SC, entertainers Egbe Killimanjaro will dance and drum along with Master Drummer Gene Golden.

At various locations within the Museum, a wealth of entertaining and educational activities will be available for visitors of all ages. See a demonstration on carving a walking cane, learn about Mancala, an African board game, and see how hammocks are made. There will also be sweetgrass basket making, storytelling with Adrene Harper, and noted Georgetown artist Zenobia Washington will lead a doll-making workshop.

Dr. Corrie Claiborne, Claflin University, will present her lecture From Sweetgrass to Housetop: Continuities in the cultures of the South Carolina Lowcountry and Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Later, Dr. Claiborne will give a docent tour of the exhibit A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts, on view at the Museum through Oct. 3, 2010.


Quilt by Mary Lee Bend

For the small fry, there will be face painting, along with workshops to learn to make Gee’s Bend-inspired wall hangings, church fans and a Gee’s Bend quilt square. Kids can also help paint a Gee’s Bend-inspired mural. Art Museum Education staffers Lori Seckinger and Arielle Fatuova will lead the workshops.

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is a wholly nonprofit institution located across from Springmaid Pier at 3100 South Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach.  Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.  Admission is free, but donations are welcomed.  Components of Museum programs are funded in part by support from the City of Myrtle Beach, the Horry County Council and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

For further information call the Museum at 843/238-2510 or visit (www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org).

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Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, Offers Tour of Exhibition – Feb. 27, 2010

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

We received this press release at Carolina Arts about an exhibit tour of fresh works by seasoned artists representing some of the best artists in South Carolina.

Here it is:

Art Museum Offers Tour of Milestones Exhibit

Bobbie Lawson, a retired Art History professor from Coastal Carolina University, will provide a guided tour of the Milestones: Celebrating 70 and Beyond exhibit at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, in Myrtle Beach, SC, at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 27. The tour is free and open to the public.


Joseph Cave, Blue Ridge Dairy Farm, 2008, oil on canvas

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, (on view through Apr. 25, 2010) comprises 27 South Carolina artists who have reached their 70th year and are still actively creating. The exhibition, features two works by each artist completed within the last two years, includes sculptures, paintings, prints, quilts, batiks, photographs, collages and hand-carved bowls.

Come enjoy the works of the “Who’s Who in South Carolina Art”. This exhibition features works from, Deane Ackerman, John Acorn, Bobbi Adams, Betty Bee, Carl Blair, Ethel Brody, Carrie Burns Brown, Edward Byrd, Joseph Cave, Ray Davenport, Jeanet Dreskin, Dixie Dugan, Maxie Eades, Tom Flowers, Darell Koons, Jean McWhorter, Rose Metz, Dottie Moore, Boyd Saunders, Marlene O’Bryant-Seabrook, Laura Spong, Barbara St. Dennis, Jo Ann Taylor, Carole Tinsley, Leo Twiggs, Sam Wang and Don Zurlo.


Dottie Moore, Om, 2009, art quilt-hand painted cotton fabric

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is a wholly nonprofit institution located across from Springmaid Pier at 3100 South Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. Components of Museum programs are funded in part by support from the City of Myrtle Beach, the Horry County Council and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Regular gallery hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Admission to the Museum is free at all times, but donations are welcomed.

For further information call the Museum at 843/238-2510 or visit (www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org).

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Don’t Miss Brian Rutenberg’s Lecture & Book Signing at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC – Oct. 21, 2009

Friday, October 9th, 2009

It should be no secret to any follower of Carolina Arts that I’m a big fan of Brian Rutenberg – we have featured his work on our cover twice – in full color and I have tried to make sure people always know when he has an exhibit in the Carolinas. I’m also a big fan of abstract art and Rutenberg’s work sings to my soul.


Blue Point

A few months ago on one of my daily trips to the post office to get the mail a large package was there and I wasn’t expecting a thing that large in the mail. When I opened it – it was an amazing book of Rutenberg’s work – I was blown away by it, but the big news came a few days later when I attended a gathering of folks involved in the visual arts at the Gibbes Museum of Art in downtown Charleston. Someone from the Gibbes was handing out a little flyer of upcoming exhibits planned for the Gibbes – interesting news as they don’t seem to release much info about upcoming exhibits – at least to me. As I scanned down the list I saw that Rutenberg was having an exhibit there in Oct. 09. It was hard to concentrate on the meeting after that.


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So why all the excitement for Rutenberg? Well, first I think he is very good and second, he is a SC native who has made it big and it’s my opinion that he will get even bigger as time goes by. I said in my editorial commentary in the Oct. 09 issue of Carolina Arts – he could be SC’s next Jasper Johns. The other thing I like about Rutenberg is that although he has made it big in bigger places – he still brings his work home to SC and the Carolinas.


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So I hope – if you can – you’ll go hear the lecture, buy the book and later visit the exhibition. See if I have good taste.

Here’s a press release about the event:

The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, SC, will offer an artist talk and book signing by Brian Rutenberg on Oct. 21, 2009, at 6pm. Abstract artist Brian Rutenberg will host a discussion about his upcoming solo exhibition Brian Rutenberg: Tidesong on view from Oct. 23, 2009 through Jan. 10, 2010. Rutenberg will talk about his process and inspiration and will welcome questions from the audience.

A book signing of Brian Rutenberg, the first ever major monograph on the artist’s paintings and drawings, will be held immediately following the lecture. The artist talk and book signing is free for museum members and $10 for non-members. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at (www.gibbesmuseum.org/events).

The exhibition was organized by the Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, NC. Inspired by the landscape and waterways of his home state, Rutenberg’s work combines brilliant color with expressive brushwork to create visually stunning abstract paintings. Tidesong includes recent paintings on canvas and works on paper that explore the artist’s fascination with the landscape and quality of light along the South Carolina coast.


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Reflecting on his work, Rutenberg has said, “My imagination was in large part formed by my childhood experience growing up in the Lowcountry of South Carolina from Myrtle Beach down to Charleston and to this day I still use that sense of light and that geography as kind of a springboard, as a starting point for the work even though the work does not end up being about the Lowcountry or anything down there. There’s a certain kind of light down there when you’re around a lot of water. It’s like a silvery, blue light that permeates everything. It can be melancholic. It can be joyful. It can be many, many different facets, and I try to get that feeling of light.”

A South Carolina native, Rutenberg received a BFA from the College of Charleston and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Since 1985, Rutenberg has been honored with over 100 gallery and museum exhibitions across the United States, including a retrospective in 2006 at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, SC. The artist lives in New York City with his wife and two children.

Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the Gibbes Museum of Art opened its doors to the public in 1905. Located in Charleston’s historic district, the Gibbes houses a premier collection of over 10,000 works, principally American with a Charleston or Southern connection, and presents special exhibitions throughout the year. In addition, the museum offers an extensive complement of public programming and educational outreach initiatives that serve the community by stimulating creative expression and improving the region’s superb quality of life.

For further info call the Museum at 843/722-2706 or visit (www.gibbesmuseum.org).

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37th Art in the Park Takes Place in Myrtle Beach, SC – Oct. 10 & 11, 2009

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild will hold its 37th year of Art in the Park on Oct, 10 and 11, 2009, from 9am-4pm both days in Chapin Park, 1400 N. Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach, SC. The event is free and open to the public.

The event will feature works by over 60 artists from the East Coast and as far away as Tennessee with about 20 of those artists from the local Myrtle Beach area. Typical art will include original paintings, woodworking, photography, jewelry, fabric, glass, metal, pottery and stone.

The Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild is a non-profit, state-chartered organization. Sixteen artists and crafts people who wished to encourage and promote fine arts in the community organized it in 1969. Membership is open to professional, non-professional and student artists and crafts persons as well as associate members interested in the arts.

A Board of Directors oversees the operations of the Guild. The calendar of events for the year includes: Monthly program meetings from September to May on the third Thursday of the month. A variety of programs are offered including demonstrations, slide presentations, social gatherings with exhibitions of recent works by members, and panel discussions on subjects of interest to artists such as framing and making slides of your art, etc. Guests are always welcome at no charge; Two art shows, at least one of which has been ongoing for 33 years; Three Art in the Park shows are held in Chapin Park each year giving artists an opportunity to display and sell their work; and an annual Student Show held at The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach.

Members are kept informed of events of interest by periodic newsletters and postcards.

The next Art in the Park event will take place on Nov. 7 and 8, 2009.

For further info about Art in the Park or the Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild, contact JoAnne Utterback at 843/446-7471 or visit (www.artsyparksy.com).

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