May 2 – June 2, 2024 | opening reception, May 2, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
The Art Museum was conceived by a small but visionary group of local art enthusiasts, among them a group of artists formed in the late 1960s called the Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild. Beginning in the spring of 1969, a pattern of art exhibitions was established that continues today. To honor the integral role that the Guild played in the Museum’s establishment, the Museum proudly hosts the Guild’s annual spring juried art exhibition. A diverse array of media in both two and three-dimension, all completed by local artists within the past two years, will be exhibited. The work this year was juried in by Coastal Carolina University Visual Arts Professor Steven Bleicher and Associate Professor Charles Clary, as well as the Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology’s Advanced Art Teacher, Jamie Franklin. Returning to judge the exhibition is South Carolina painter Alicia Leeke, who uses digital technology to incorporate scientific-research-related imagery into her work, thereby blending her passion for art and science.
© 2016 Franklin G. Burroughs • Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
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.
