October Issue 2001
Burroughs~Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC Features Two New Exhibitions
Marilyn Hower & Paul Vincent
The Franklin G. Burroughs~Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, closed for the past three months due to tornado damage, will reopen Sat., Oct. 6 at 6pm with two new exhibitions. Coastal Carolina University instructor Maura Kenny's Family Matters will present works in watercolors, oils and mixed media. Also opening is Pattern on Pattern, which features the works of Marilyn Hower and Paul Vincent, who have served as resident artists at the William King Regional Arts Center in Abingdon, VA. Hower, a fiber artist, and Vincent, a watercolorist, explore the aesthetics of surface texture and pattern in their works.
Maura Kenny
Kenny, a Pawleys Island resident who has taught art at Coastal Carolina University since 1984, paints within the personal realm of family and friends. Some of her works explore the faceted and fractured effect of water and light on the human form, whether submerged or on the surface. Others delve into the layered complexity of family issues and the realities of loss and support within the family structure. Portraiture and revealing the psyche of the sitter also weave threads throughout the exhibition. Kenny is a graduate of Southern Connecticut State College with an MFA from the University of NC at Greensboro. She has participated in numerous regional juried exhibitions as well as having one-person shows throughout the area. In 2000, her work was judged best of show at Georgetown's Harbor Walk juried art show in addition to winning a judges award at the Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild Juried Show.
Marilyn Hower
Pattern on Pattern is a traveling exhibition organized by the William King Regional Arts Center. Curator Thomas Perryman describes the show as a "delightful blend of two very different media." Perryman notes that Hower's fiber works are presented in such a way that they can be discussed and comprehended with the same criteria one uses to approach paintings. Vincent's watercolors, especially those which employ paperweaving, lose the rigidity often associated with painting and take on the pliability of fiber. The influence Hower and Vincent have had on each other working side by side at the Arts Center is evident in this exhibition. They have also collaborated on one piece, Rose, in which a Vincent watercolor and Hower's fabric version were woven together.
The upstairs galleries of the museum, which house the permanent collection, will remain closed as repairs continue in that portion of the building. Weekend business hours may be suspended until the renovation is completed. Visitors should call the museum to verify hours.
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