First by Louisiana P. Bendolph | Color aquatint and softground etching on paper, 31″ x 27″ Grand Strand Magazine | December – January 2017 Since their first appearance at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2002, the quilts of Gee’s Bend have been the subject of national critical acclaim and popularity. Made by multiple generations of African-American women from […]
By: Ettie Newlands | Carolina Forest Chronicle November 17, 2016 Logan Woodle bangs humor and pathos out of metal, telling the stories that might otherwise be lost. Take his clabber ladle, for example. What Woodle knew of his paternal grandfather “revolved around his inability to waste anything. “He owned a country store and when the milk started to sour, he’d […]
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By GINA GAMBONY • JUL 21, 2016 • WHQR, Wilmington, NC Listen…3:47 | LISTEN to Nathan Sawaya talk about his transition from law to art in 2004 and his current focus in human figures. More audio below. The artwork of award-winning contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya may surprise you-and your children. Sawaya creates sculptures out of LEGOS, the same Legos parents have in couch cushions […]
By: Peggy Mishoe, The Sun News July, 7, 2016 The Franklin G. Burroughs – Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum and Brookgreen Gardens are featuring awesome art exhibits created with LEGO blocks. At the Art Museum, The Art of the Brick® features large-scale LEGO® brick sculptures by Nathan Sawaya. In addition to the one-of-a-kind exhibition, there are interactive areas including Brick […]
Grand Strand Magazine August – September 2016 Written By: Sara Sobota Photographs By: Carl Kerridge and Janet Roe Watch out, tourist attractions and outlet malls; Billy Miller has arrived, and he aims to bring a shot of adrenaline to the Myrtle Beach arts scene. With a personal mantra of PACE, or “Positive Attitudes Change Everything,” Miller creates much more than […]
Last Look: Palace by Celia Pearson 2010, Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Rag Paper, 15.5″ x 35.5″ Profoundly touched by Vietnamese, Thai and Cambodian cultures she glimpsed during two trips to Southeast Asia, nationally recognized photographer Celia Pearson felt challenged to make a body of work that would express the intensity and vitality of these rich and layered cultures and […]
By August R. Dittbenner Myrtle Beach Herald AUGUST.DITTBENNER@MYHORRYNEWS.COM LEGO bricks were one of the original toys inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998, along with Crayola crayons, marbles, the Frisbee, and Barbie. Since 1958, they have all been made to interconnect, so a vintage 1958 LEGO brick will connect perfectly with a brand new kit off the […]
Last Look: Yellow by Nathan Sawaya The Art of the Brick, a global-touring, one-of-a-kind Lego art exhibition featuring the large-scale sculptures created out of iconic Lego bricks by contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya, is being presented for the first time in South Carolina and will be featured in all 11 galleries of the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum. The […]
A look back… Those new to the area or to our Art Museum family may wonder why our newsletter is called The Villa Voice. It’s named after the building in which our Museum is housed—and that dates back to before there was an Art Museum. The structure was built in 1924 as a family beach home. Its last residents were […]
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Myrtle Beach’s Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum strives to be one of the finest visual arts museums in the Carolinas. With 11 galleries that change throughout the year, Myrtle Beach’s only art museum offers exhibitions featuring paintings, textiles, sculpture, photography, video, ceramics, assemblage, collage and more. A visit to the Art Museum’s exhibitions can be enhanced by its lively programming, including artist receptions, tours, lectures, workshops and classes for both adults and children.
