Select Past Exhibitions
Select a year from the list below to view all of the exhibitions that were featured during that year.
2024
2023
September 12 – December 10, 2023
George Widener: Things I Have Seen
October 3 – December 31, 2023
Kristine Mays: A Time for Everything
September 21 – December 31, 2023
Local Stories Matter: Rediscovering Our Region with the Athenaeum Press
September 12 – December 10, 2023
Richard Hagerty: The Big UnEasy
June 13 – September 10, 2023
Lifting Black Voices: The Rhodes Collection of African-American Art
June 1 – September 3, 2023
The Stick by Clay Rice
April 27 – June 4, 2023
26th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Art Exhibition
April 16 – May 21, 2023
23rd Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
January 26 – April 16, 2023
The Supper Table
January 19 – April 16, 2023
Jennifer York: Estuary Blues
January 10 – April 16, 2023
Randi Reiss-McCormack: Wonderlust
2022
2021
September 16 – December 31, 2021
Reynier Llanes | When There Is No Frontier
September 7 – December 19, 2021
Chellis Baird | Tethered
June 22 – September 4, 2021
Lynne Clibanoff | Inside Out
June 15 – September 4, 2021
Edward Rice | Beyond Depiction
June 8 – September 4, 2021
Joe Karlovec | Private Property
June 1 – August 28, 2021
Leo Twiggs | Resilience
April 29 – May 27, 2021
24th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
April 13 – May 22, 2021
21st Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
February 16 – April 3, 2021
Bishop Collection of Antique Maps + Historical Prints
January 16 – April 17, 2021
18th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists
January 2 – February 6, 2021
10th Annual Collectors’ Event
2020
October 1 – December 19, 2020
Jim Creal | The South Carolina Coastal Lithograph Project
September 24 – December 19, 2020
Maura Kenny | Where the Rivers Flow
September 24 – December 19, 2020
Sara Farrington | Model Home
September 10 – December 5, 2020
Mana Hewitt | Persistence
June 16 – September 19, 2020
Yvette L. Cummings | Everything Will Be Ok
January 23 – April 11, 2020
Joseph Hoffman | A Tribute to Andrew Wyeth
January 19 – September 13, 2020
Voice Lessons | Eli Corbin, Fran Gardner, Lisa Stroud, Beau Wild
January 14 – April 11, 2020
Sara Golish | Birds of Paradise
January 1 – August 30, 2020
The Power of She
2019
October – December 15, 2019
Bordering on Abstraction | Selections from the Permanent Collection
September 26 – December 15, 2019
James Calk | Rhythm & Hues
September 19 – December 15, 2019
Betsy Havens | Congregate
September 10 – December 11, 2019
Collection Connections | A Visual Exploration of Southern Heritage
June 15 – September 8, 2019
Can’t You Sea? | Ocean Plastic ARTifacts
June 4 – September 1, 2019
Emily Esdaile Weston (1810-1886) | The Legacy of a Planter’s Wife
May 9 – May 23, 2019
Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild 22nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition
April 23 – May 23, 2019
Horry-Georgetown County High Schools 20th Annual Juried Exhibition
January 10 – April 28, 2019
Kate Hooray Osmond | Light Shine Down
January 2 – April 28, 2019
Elizabeth Bradford | Time + Terrain
January 2 – April 28, 2019
The Scape of Water
2018
October 4 – December 16, 2018
Sherry Strickland Martin | Roots Run Deep
September 27 – December 16, 2018
The Limited Palette
September 27 – December 16, 2018
Easton Selby | RootWork
June 23 – September 16, 2018
Making Waves | A Drew Brophy Retrospective
May 29 – September 2, 2018
The Water’s Fine
April 22 – May 20, 2018
19th Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
March 6 – April 22, 2018
Phil La Borie | Apparent Realities
January 16 – April 8, 2018
Collection Connections | A Visual Exploration of Southern Heritage
January 11 – April 22, 2018
Steven Bleicher | The Kings Highway
January 2 – April 22, 2018
William H. Miller | What You See Is What You Get
January 2 – February 25, 2018
Depth | 3D Art from the Museum Collection
2017
September 28 – December 14, 2017
Grand Strand Collects
Jocelyn Châteauvert: it bloomed at night
June 10 – September 17, 2017
Feast Your Eyes | Celebrating the Food of the South
June 10 – September 17, 2017
Feast Local | Photography by Brant Barrett
May 30 – September 10, 2017
Douglas Balentine | Beyond the Horizon
May 5 – June 1, 2017
Winyah Riverkeepers Photography Contest Winners
May 2 – June 1, 2017
20th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Art Exhibition
April 23, 2017 – May 21, 2017
Horry-Georgetown County High Schools’ 18th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
February 11 – April 23, 2017
The Fabric of Our Collection
January 10 – April 16, 2017
Stitchin’ and Pullin’ | Painted Illustrations by Cozbi Cabrera
December 8, 2016 – April 23, 2017
Gee’s Bend | From Quilts to Prints
2016
October 13 – December 30, 2016
Logan Woodle | Blessed Burdens
September 27 – December 30, 2016
Celia Pearson’s Layerings | A Glimpse of Southeast Asia
October 8 – November 27, 2016
39th Annual South Carolina Watermedia Society Juried Exhibition
June 11 – September 11, 2016
The Art of the Brick
May 6 -May 26, 2016
Winyah River Foundation Photo Contest Winners
April 28 – May 26, 2016
Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild 19th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
April 17 – May 22, 2016
17th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
January 21 – April 21, 2016
Kirkland Smith: Assemblages
Charles Clary: Infect[ious] Installations
January 12 – April 21, 2016
Joe Quinn: Underwater
January 5 – April 7, 2016
Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior
2015
September 29 – January 7, 2016
Rice and Indigo: Paintings by Jonathan Green and Works in Denim by Jim Arendt
David Shriver Solliday: Remnants of the Rice Culture
September 20 – December 27, 2015
The State Art Collection: Contemporary Conversations II
June 9 – September 20, 2015
Norman Rockwell’s Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
John Baeder: A Road Well Taken
Sandy Logan: Ironic Abstractions
May 26 – September 29, 2015
Before I Die
May 26 – September 13, 2015
Steve Jameson: Ode to the Grand Strand
May 8 -May 21, 2015
Winyah River Foundation Photo Contest Winners
April 30 – May 31, 2015
Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild 18th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
April 19 – May 17, 2105
16th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
March 11 – April 12, 2015
The Mapmakers’ Art: The Bishop Collection of Antique Maps: 1606-1863
January 18 – April 23, 2015
Laurie Blum: My Inner Garden
January 15 – April 23, 2015
Voices of the Island: The Cuban Art Collection of Reynier Llanes
January 15 – April 23, 2015
Swim: An Artist’s Journey by Charles Williams
January 8 – April 12, 2015
Kathleen Elliot: Imaginary Botanicals
January 8 – March 8, 2015
Visual Poetry: Metal Leaf Paintings by Joseph Bradley
2014
October 5 – January 4, 2015
Shadow of the Turning: The Art of Binh Pho
September 21 – December 28, 2014
Dixie Dugan: A Retrospective
September 21 – December 28, 2014
Hurricane Hugo Recalled: The Batiks of Leo Twiggs
June 3 – September 21, 2014
Classic Images: Photography by Ansel Adams
June 3 – September 14, 2014
Claire Farrell: A is for Art
May 9 – May 22, 2014
Winyah River Keepers Foundation Photo Contest Winners
May 1 – May 23, 2014
Waccamaw Arts & Craft Guild 17th Annual Juried Exhibition
April 27 – September 14, 2014
Track of the Rainbow Serpent: Australian Aboriginal Paintings of the Wolfe Creek Crater
March 23 – April 19, 2014
15th Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
March 12 – April 19, 2014
I, the Writer: A Collection of Mickey Spillane Memorabilia
January 19 – April 24, 2014
State of the Art: Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection
January 19 – April 24, 2014
Fiberart International 2013
January 5 – March 16, 2014
Julyan Davis: Appalachian Ballads
2013
October 3 – January 5, 2014
The Opulent Object—In Wood, Metal and Fiber: Jon Riis, Richard Mafong and Mike Harrison
October 1 – December 29, 2013
Celia Pearson: Glass Transformed
September 22 – December 29, 2013
Passionate Collectors & 25 Years of Jonathan Green
June 6 – September 22, 2013
Animation B.C. (Before Computers): A History of Art in Motion
April 28 – July 31, 2013
FORE: Images of Golf in Art
May 10 – May 23, 2013
Winyah River Keepers Foundation Photo Contest Winners
May 2 – May 23, 2013
Waccamaw Arts & Craft Guild 16th Annual Juried Exhibition
March 24 – April 21, 2013
14th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
January 13 – April 25, 2013
Mullen: 2009-2012
January 13 – April 25, 2013
Room with a View: Images from our Permanent Collection
January 2 – March 17, 2013
Icons & Idols: A Photographer’s Chronicle of the Arts, 1960-1995
2012
October 4 – January 6, 2013
An Artist’s Eye: A Journey through Modern and Contemporary Art with Sigmund Abeles
Figuratively Speaking: The Art of Sigmund Abeles
September 25 – December 30, 2012
Jonathan Green Posters
June 8 – September 25, 2012
Kimono: Art, Fashion and Society
June 7 – September 25, 2012
Andrea Baldeck: Sea Treasures
May 11 – May 24, 2012
Winyah River Keepers Foundation Photograph Contest Winners
May 3 – May 24, 2012
Waccamaw Arts & Craft Guild 15th Annual Juried Exhibition
April 28 – September 16, 2012
At First Light: The Katagami Sculpture of Jennifer Falck Linssen
March 25 – April 22, 2012
13th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
March 13 – April 22, 2012
I Can Make a Difference: Illustrations by Barry Moser from the book by Marian Wright Edelman
March 13 – April 22, 2012
Photographs of Afghanistan by Fardin Waezi
March 4 – March 18, 2012
Marching to the Art Beat: Celebrating Children’s Art
January 15 – April 26, 2012
From Tree to Treasure: An International Exhibition of Turned or Sculpted Wood
January 15 – April 26, 2012
William Jameson: Woodland Textures
January 14 – February 26, 2012
Wish You Were Here: A Photographic Documentary by Farnell and Powell
January 8 – February 29, 2012
Bishop Map and Prints Collection
2011
October 8 – December 30, 2011
The Lonely Shadow: Silhouette Art by Clay Rice
October 8 – December 30, 2011
Story, Song and Image: A Collaborative Project of Paintings and Music by Glen Miller and Jon Fowler
September 16 – January 3, 2012
Brimming Tide: Paintings and Drawings by Brian Rutenberg
June 7 – September 4, 2011
Babar’s World Tour: Original Paintings and Sketches by Laurent de Brunhoff
April 30 – October 2, 2011
The Collectors’ Vision: Southern Folk Art from the Collection of Ann and Ted Oliver
May 5 – May 25, 2011
Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild 14th Annual Exhibition
March 27 – April 23, 2011
12th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
February 23 – April 23, 2011
Preserving a Cultural Heritage: The Coffee Paintings of Reynier Llanes
January 16 – April 28
Robert Courtright: Collages, Collage Constructions and Masks
January 9 – March 20, 2011
Serendipity: Raku by Steven Forbes-deSoule
2010
October 12, 2010 – January 9, 2011
alex powers: inquiries
October 2 – December 30, 2010
Treelee MacAnn: Looking Out, Looking In
June 8 – October 3, 2010
A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts
April 29 – May 27, 2010
13th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
April 25 – September 26, 2010
A Sense of Time; A Sense of Place
Selections from the Art Museum’s Permanent Collections
March 25 – April 21, 2010
11th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
January 17 – April 25, 2010
Milestones: Celebrating 70 and Beyond
January 9 – March 19, 2010
Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections
2009
September 5, 2009 – January 3, 2010
25 Years of Jonathan Green – From the Barbara Burgess and John Dinkelspiel Collection of Southern Art
September 5, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Faces and Stories: A Portrait of Southern Writers
Platinum Print Photographs
October 11, 2009 – January 8, 2010
Soul’s Journey: Inside the Creative Process
October 15 , 2009 – January 8, 2010
Bassmi Ibrahim: The Isness of Being
June 4 – October 4, 2009
Benny Andrews: The John Lewis Series
June 4 – October 4, 2009
E.B. Lewis: Story Painter
April 30 – August 30, 2009
Jack Thompson: The Wonder Years
Myrtle Beach Photographs from the ’50s and ’60s
April 30 – May 22, 2009
12th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
April 7 – April 26, 2009
Passionate Collectors and Other Great Gifts
March 27 – April 22, 2009
10th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
February 3 – March 29, 2009
Jonathan Green: Seeking
January 4 – March 20, 2009
The Mapmakers’ Art: The Bishop Collection of Antique Maps – 1608-1863
January 15 – March 29, 2009
Tools in Motion: Works from the Hechinger Collection
2008
October 21-December 31, 2008
Uncommon Folk: Traditional Folk Art from the South Carolina State Museum
October 25 – December 31, 2008
South Carolina Watermedia Society 31st Annual Exhibition
June 5 – October 19, 2008
Jonathan Green – The Artist & The Collector
Jonathan Green’s Roots and Wings
May 8 – October 5, 2008
People Reading: Selections from the Collection of Donald and Patricia Oresman
May 1 – May 25, 2008
11th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
April 11 – May 4, 2008
9th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
February 21 – March 30, 2008
Kaleidoscope of Nature: Fabric Sculptures by Priscilla Sage and Paintings by BrianTaylor
January 13 – April 17, 2008
The Smiths: A Lowcountry Family of Artists
Michael McDunn: Works in Wood
January 10 – February 17, 2008
Pete the Cat: Acrylic Paintings by James Dean
2007
October 28, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Springmaid Water Media Masters II
USC Ceramics: Past and Present 1992-2007
September 11, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Mapping the Dark: A Museum of Ambient Disorders
Mixed Media by Rosamond Casey
October 9 – October 14, 2007
The Mystical Arts of Tibet: Mandala Sand Painting – The Architecture of Enlightenment
September 11 – October 21, 2007
Bhutan, the Cloud Kingdom: Photographs and Artifacts Organized by The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
September 11 – October 21, 2007
The Art of Stephen Chesley: Twilight, Slight Rain
Poetic Realist Paintings
May 3 – September 2, 2007
From Whence I’ve Come: Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture by Sigmund Abeles
June 5 – September 2, 2007
Jasper Johns: 41 Years of Prints
From the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation
April 26 – May 23, 2007
10th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
April 1 – April 27, 2007
8th Annual Horry-Georgetown High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
January 14 – April 22, 2007
Then and Now: Selected Artists from the Permanent Collection
Sixteen Artists and Various Media
January 14 – March 25, 2007
The Fabric of Jazz: A Tribute to the Genius of American Music
Lauren Camp, Fiber Artist
2006
Novermber 30 – January 29, 2007
USC Ceramics: The University of South Carolina, Ceramics Department
November 2 – 26, 2006
Gerard Tempest: Abstract Spiritualism – A Retrospective Exhibit From 1947 to 1991
November 2 – 26, 2006
South Carolina Watercolor Society
August 17 – October 29, 2006
The Color of Money: Acrylics by John W. Jones
August 24 – October 29, 2006
Sequences and Events: Mixed Media Paintings, Short Documentaries and Artists
Books by Kristy Higby and Mark Flowers
June 8 – August 17, 2006
John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist
May 11 – August 13, 2006
Attic Habitat: Conceptual Art Installation by Janet Orselli
April 27 – May 26, 2006
9th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
April 2 – April 30, 2006
7th Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
March 2 – April 23, 2006
Jacob Kainen: Works on Paper from the Collection of William Strydesky and Sharon Willick
Sally Bowen Prange: Exploring the Vessel
JoAnne Anderson: Letting the Painting Lead
January 5 – February 26, 2006
Myrtle Beach Collects: Portraits
Keeper of the Gate: Designs in Wrought Iron by Philip Simmons, Master Blacksmith, with Photographs by Claire Y. Greene
2005
September 22, 2005 – January 1, 2006
A Crystalline Place: Southeastern Artists at Littleton Studios
The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau
June 9 – September 11, 2005
From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog: The World of Clement, Edith and Thatcher Hurd
April 21 – May 29, 2005
The Adorning Arts: Art to Wear
April 21 – May 29, 2005
Water Media: Ray Kass
April 3 – May 8, 2005
6th Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
March 3 – April 17, 2005
An Everlasting Piece: Quilts from the McKissick Museum
8th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
January 6 – February 27, 2005
Myrtle Beach Collects
2004
October 14 – December 29, 2004
Hurricane Hazel: Transforming the Grand Strand 1954-2004
November 4, 2004 – December 29, 2004
Preserving Memories: The Artistry of Genevieve Willcox Chandler
South Carolina Birds
July 16 – October 31, 2004
Ansel Adams: Masterworks
July 3 – 29, 2004
South Carolina Watercolor Society
27th Annual Awards Exhibition
April 22 – July 11, 2004
Linda Fantuzzo: Painted Landscapes and Still Lifes
Scotty Peek: general/specific – a site-specific installation
March 28 – May 2, 2004
5th Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
March 4 – April 18, 2004
Seven Studios from Seagrove: Legacy Takes a Detour
7th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
January 8 – February 29, 2004
Inspired by Nature: Art Quilts by Dottie Moore
In the Spirit of Sankofa: Art Quilts by Marlene O’Bryant-Seabrook
In Praise of Our Mothers: Carved & Painted Gourds by Michele Tejuola Turner
2003
October 3 – January 4, 2004
Lynne Clibanoff: Boxed Constructions and Works on Paper
Chris Wilson: Oils, Watercolors and Acrylics
June 12 – October 26, 2003
Southern Images of Faith, Family and Friends: The Art of Jonathan Green
April 3 – June 8, 2003
From the Garden…
Alice Ballard Munn: Earthenware Ceramics
Anna Ferri: Fabric Tapestries
Aaron Pierce: Metal Garden Sculptures
April 3 – May 4, 2003
4th Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition
March 1 – 30, 2003
6th Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition
January 4 – February 23, 2003
Rose Metz: Pentimento
Lee Sipe: East Meets West—Innovations from Nature
Deane Ackerman & Sylvester Hickmon: Pencil, Pen and Paint
