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LEGO exhibits pop up throughout Grand Strand

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 […]

Why Is Our Newsletter The Villa Voice?

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 […]

THE FRANKLIN G. BURROUGHS-SIMEON B. CHAPIN ART MUSEUM IN MYRTLE BEACH

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.