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January Issue 2007
Myrtle Beach, SC, Art Museum Marks 10th Anniversary with Retrospective Exhibition
For most of us, a new year means reflecting on the past and looking to the future - and even more so when it's the start of a new decade. So it was only fitting that the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, launches its 10th anniversary year Jan. 14 with an exhibit titled Then and Now: Selected Artists from the Permanent Collection. The exhibit runs through Apr. 22, 2007.
It's a terrific opportunity to see how the artistic styles and techniques of some now-prominent artists have developed over the years and to speculate on where they're going. As well as marking the start of a yearlong anniversary celebration, the exhibit marks the Museum's reopening following a $100,000 renovation that began in late November.
Alex Powers
Although the Art Museum itself is only 10 years old, its permanent collection spans more than three decades of artistic expression. Assembled by the Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild through purchase awards from the Guild's annual exhibitions from 1970-84, the original collection was donated to the Museum at its inception in 1997. With such prominent artists as Sigmund Abeles of New York, Denny Mecham and Kincheloe of North Carolina and Allan Taylor of Georgia; plus well-known South Carolina artists including Carl Blair, Eva Carter, Dixie Dugan, Alex Powers and Betty Anglin Smith.
Dixie Dugan
This collection is widely respected among regional art authorities. Fourteen artists will have archival works from the permanent collection on display, along with new works created within the past two years. Museum-goers will get to see not only the changes in each artist's vision and style, but also the impact of technological changes in art media and materials that have occurred since the collection's early days.
A total of 56 works are included in the exhibit, created in media ranging from acrylics, oils and watercolors to stoneware and white earthenware, gouache and collage.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at 843/238-2510 or visit (www.MyrtleBeachArtMuseum.org).
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