November Issue 1999
Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum Offers Three New Exhibits
From Nov. 20 through Dec. 19 the Franklin G. Burroughs - Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, will be featuring works by three artists. The artists and their exhibits are Susan Filley:Contemporary Porcelain, Leo Twiggs: Batiks and Zdzislaw Sikora: Printmaking.
Susan Filley
Susan Filley received her Masters in Fine Arts in Ceramics from Louisiana State University. Her contemporary porcelain studio is situated along an inland marsh in Charleston, SC. She exhibits her work internationally at shows and galleries and teaches at workshops, colleges and craft schools. Filley's major focus as an artist is functional porcelain pottery and she uses " the intrinsic beauty of porcelain and (her) affinity toward detail to create a sense of delight and intimacy."
Leo
Twiggs
Leo Twiggs studied at the Art Institute in Chicago and later earned his MA from New York University. He received his doctorate in Art Education from the University of Georgia and was named an Outstanding Young Man of America for his accomplishments in teaching art to disadvantaged African American students. In June 1998, Twiggs retired as a distinguished professor of art and the Executive Director of the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium at SC State University. He currently resides in Orangeburg, SC.
Zdzislaw
Sikora
Zdzislaw Sikora received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He currently resides in Detroit, MI, where be teaches with the Center for Creative Studies. Formerly a resident of Myrtle Beach, Sikora taught art at the local college, Coastal Carolina University from 1984 to 1988. Sikora has been exhibiting in one man, two man and group shows since 1978. His works are found in the public collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, the Kaohsiung Museum of Art in Taiwan, the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC, and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, among others.
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