The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum‘s 10th Annual Collectors’ Event Exhibition is open in the second floor galleries featuring 100 works of art beautifully presented by Liz Miller, the Art Museum’s curator.
The exhibition is open through Saturday, February 6 – during the museum’s regular hours: Tue – Sat, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
If you have already purchased your Collectors’ Event ticket, please be sure to print out your ranking sheet from here and bring with you to begin your fun and challenging process of selecting and ranking your favorites.
Tickets are still available: at the museum, by phone (843.238.2510) or on the website by clicking here. Tickets are $200 each and enable you to participate in the Sunday, February 14, 2021 Zoom event to select a work of art valued at $200 or more.
Apropos of its setting in an ocean-side former beach villa, the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is proud to be presenting The 18th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists exhibition. This show opens Saturday, Jan. 16, and runs through April 17, 2021.
Lisa Egeli, Good Things Come, oil, 18×36
This special main floor exhibition features artworks in a variety of media from more than 100 contemporary artists, drawing inspiration from their relationship with water and marine wildlife. These include paintings in oil on canvas, pastel, watercolor on paper and mixed media; as well as five sculptures cast in bronze, a limestone sculpture and two scrimshaw carvings.
The American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of marine art and maritime history, with a focus on education and the exchange of ideas amount artists, collectors, educators, historians and students. Founded in 1978, the American Society of Marine Artists is the nation’s oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to marine art and history, as well as providing a registry of artists engaged in this work. Its first exhibition was held at the US Customs House Exhibition Hall in New York City and comprised 83 works, all paintings, by 55 artists. Since then the Society has mounted traveling exhibitions approximately every three years.
Admission to the Art Museum is free at all times but donations are welcomed.
Mark Gordon, formerly the associate professor of art and design at Barton College in Wilson, NC, will be the featured artist at Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC from Wednesday, Dec. 2 through Saturday, January 9, 2021, gallery owner Ginny Lassiter has announced.
“Mark’s work is exciting, organic and I’m thrilled to show it here at the gallery,” Lassiter recently noted. “Included in the show will be a number of Mark’s innovative ‘cube spheres,’ which are assembled ceramic sculptures made in a unique clayworking technique that Mark calls ‘dry-wet-dry.’ “
According to Gordon, “ the bone-dry modules and inner matrix form are united with a ‘mortar’ of wet clay, and then quickly dried. The clay mixture includes a large percentage of sawdust to decrease shrinkage, as well as to provide a rough surface for adhesion. The finished clay piece is fired to 2300 F and then fired again to 2100 F with the glaze.”
Gordon received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Physical Education from Oberlin Collect in Ohio and an MFA in Studio Art from Ohio State University. He has worked in clay for 45+ years and his work is exhibited regionally and nationally in galleries, universities and museums.
The artist has traveled to 24 different countries to document pottery-making traditions throughout the Mediterranean and Caribbean. Fluent in Spanish, he was a 1991 Fullbright lecturer at the Universidad Nacional in Obera, Argentina. He has given claywork demonstrations in Caracas, Cairo, Madrid, Amakusa (Japan), Jerusalem, and La Romana (Dominican Republic).
Photographs of Gordon’s work have appeared in American Ceramics; Ceramics Monthly; the New York Times; American Craft; Clay Times; The Journal of Ceramic Trends and Technique; Revista Internacional (Spain); and Ceramics: Art and Perception. He was featured in a career interview and images of his work were included in the 2010 Davis Publications textbook Experience Clay by Maureen Mackey. His work a also featured on a 2009 cover of PotteryMaking Ilustrated with the article “Pushing the Envelope” on his process of wet/dry assembly.
Other selected honors include the Lincoln Financial Excellence in Teaching Award, Barton College, 2018; lecture-demonstration, Amakusa Maruo Pottery, Kumamoto, Japan, 2018; Core Grant Review Committee, Fulbright Commission, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 2013-present.
Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Marketplace caters to both tourists and a growing local community of full time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, the eclectic gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.
There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes are currently being offered on a limited basis. Call the gallery for details.
Special Covid 19 Notice: To meet North Carolina State mandates, Sunset River Marketplace requires that patrons wear face coverings and requires the use of hand sanitizer plus six-foot social distancing between gallery visitors and at the cash register. The gallery staff conducts thorough cleaning of surfaces upon opening and closing and during the day and has placed complimentary hand sanitizer throughout the gallery for visitor use.
The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467. Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
The FrameCenter, located within the gallery, is open Wednesday through Friday, 12 noon – 5 p.m. and by appointment. Call framer Louis Aliotta directly at 910.368.7351.
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, NC will hold its annual Holiday Art Market from Friday, Nov. 13 – Sunday, Nov. 15. Always a popular seasonal event, this year the Market will take place over three days in order to help reduce crowds and better maintain social distancing. According to owner Ginny Lassiter, she expects that this ease congestion. “We have a large gallery,” she says, “10,000 square feet of space, so people should be able to social distance pretty easily. We’re also offering a reserved shopping hour with limited availability from 10 – 11 a.m. each day. Anyone wishing to take advantage of it should call the gallery to make a reservation. We expect this to fill up quickly.”
Raku Santa by Betsy Parker
Approximately 15 artists are being featured to include Holiday pottery, jewelry, oil paintings, acrylics, watercolors, home decor items, photography, metal art, carved and turned wood, wearable art, fiber art, kokedama plants, hand made furniture and more. A ten-foot Christmas tree will be filled with artisan-made ornaments, so customers can choose their favorite directly from the tree. There will also be gift certificate drawings, holiday treats, wine and hot mulled cider. Lassiter says, “With the pandemic, we’ve had to make some changes, but once again, this will be a fun Holiday Art Market!”
Featured artists over the weekend, include: Donna Michaux (pottery), Betsy Parker (pottery), Gary Baird (wildlife photography), Ardie Praetorius (pottery),Vicki Neilon (watercolor and acrylics), Pat White (watercolors), Mary Cross (pottery), Jewel Simmons (jewelry), Mona Bendin (pillows), Wes Wagner (wood furniture), Kathy Wolk (pottery and jewelry); Kakie Honig (fused glass), and Sherry Godfrey (pottery and kokedamas). Two authors will be on hand, as well, including Carol O’Neill (Saturday) and Tom Kelso (Sunday).
Special Hours
Holiday Art Market hours are 11 – 6 on all three days.
Located in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Marketplace caters to both tourists and a growing local community of full time residents seeking fine art for their homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, the eclectic gallery is well known in the area for its collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique home décor items and artisan jewelry.
There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes are currently being offered on a limited basis. Call the gallery for details.
Special Covid 19 Notice
To meet North Carolina State mandates, Sunset River Marketplace requires that patrons wear face coverings and requires the use of hand sanitizer plus six-foot social distancing between gallery visitors and at the cash register. The gallery staff conducts thorough cleaning of surfaces upon opening and closing and during the day and has placed complimentary hand sanitizer throughout the gallery for visitor use.
The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467. Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
Artists invited to submit works for bicycle and pedestrian art contest in Myrtle Beach, thanks to AARP Community Challenge Grant
Here’s a chance to put your artistic skills to good use and have your creation appear in public! The City of Myrtle Beach has received a grant from the AARP Community Challenge to create and display bicycle and pedestrian safety messages at 10 key intersections throughout the city. The contest is for 10 illustrations that convey a Myrtle Beach-related message about bicycle or pedestrian safety, wayfinding or proper social distancing for walkers and bikers.
The AARP grant involves two of the city’s committees. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee will come up with the safety messages, while the Seniors Advisory Committee will sponsor the art contest and select the 10 winning artistic submissions. The safety messages and winning illustrations will be combined into vinyl wraps that will cover the large traffic signal control cabinets at the 10 intersections.
“This art contest and the resulting safety messages that will be seen at key intersections by our riders and walkers is made possible through the generous support of the AARP,” said Mark Kruea, public information officer. “It’s a great way to involve our residents in getting the word out about bicycle and pedestrian safety. The committees are excited to see what our local artists of all ages submit.”
Each winning artist whose work is selected will receive $250 and the honor of having his or her artwork appear in public as part of the safety campaign. Winning artworks will be displayed as described at one of the 10 intersections. Here are the contest rules:
The entry deadline is Wednesday, September 30, 2020, for the illustration contest. The Seniors Advisory Committee reserves the right to extend the deadline, if needed.
The contest is open to amateur or professional illustrators who reside in Horry County. Seniors and children are encouraged to participate!
The artwork will illustrate a bicycle or pedestrian theme, ideally related to Myrtle Beach.
The entry must be the original creation of the entrant. No reproductions, in whole or in part, of any existing artwork or logo will be accepted.
Up to two artistic submissions per entrant will be accepted. The artist’s name, address, age and phone number must accompany each submission on a separate piece of paper.
The artistic illustration must be a finished, color artwork, suitable for translating into a three dimensional design (the four sides of the traffic control box, plus the top).
Digitally-created artwork is acceptable and must be submitted on a disc or USB drive.
Submitted illustrations must be of a high-enough quality to convert to camera-ready art without significant alteration or effort.
Ten winning illustrations will receive $250 each and the honor of being displayed at one of the intersections.
The winning artworks become the property of the City of Myrtle Beach.
Non-winning entries can be returned to the artists and will be available for pick-up at the Myrtle Beach City Hall, 937 Broadway. Please indicate whether you want your entry returned, or you may enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return.
All entries must be delivered to the Myrtle Beach City Hall, 937 Broadway, by 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 30, 2020, or mailed to Seniors Advisory Committee Art Contest, City of Myrtle Beach, P. O. Box 2468, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578, with a postmark date no later than September 30, 2020.
The Seniors Advisory Committee members will judge the entries and select the 10 winning designs for the AARP Community Challenge project.
Here are the 10 intersections where the winning artworks will be displayed, with an accompanying safety message, as a vinyl wrap on a traffic control cabinet (one per intersection).
· Kings Highway and Main Street
· Mr. Joe White Avenue and Oak Street
· Kings Highway and Ninth Avenue North
· Kings Highway and the Myrtle Beach State Park Entrance
· Grissom Parkway and Harrelson Boulevard
· Kings Highway and Farrow Parkway
· Grissom Parkway and 21st Avenue North
· Kings Highway and Third Avenue South
· Kings Highway and Harrelson Boulevard
· Kings Highway and 13th Avenue South.
The finished vinyl wraps with the illustrations and safety messages will be in place no later than December 18.
Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, NC has announced a special sale of Jeffcoat Pottery pieces following the death of long time potter Joe Jeffcoat, gallery owner Ginny Lassiter has announced.
“Joe and his wife, Tonda, have been part of the Sunset River family almost from day one, “ Ginny says. “We’re heartbroken that Joe has passed. Everybody loved him. And their traditional wheel-thrown pottery with surface carving has been immensely popular here at the gallery.”
Joe Jeffcoat died on June 8 following complications from a fall and resulting surgery. At the time of his death Joe and Tonda were in the midst of readying for their 400th pottery firing, Tonda says, “As we completed our 39 th , then 399th firings, Joe kept saying, ‘We need to do something to celebrate 400.’ We were going to each make some special pottery – Joe, me, the kids. So when Joe passed away, we did create some family pieces in addition to the work for the gallery. And every single piece in this firing – over 250 of them – is marked 400F. All but the family pieces will be available at Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash.”
The Jeffcoats have combined their talents and love of clay in the creation of functional pottery since 1974. Tonda, an art educator and Joe, a retired banker, graduated from Atlantic Christian College and continued their study of pottery in the first ceramic class at Wilson Technical Institute in Wilson, NC. Additional study with Lanny Pelletier, Hiroshi Sueyoshi and Frank Byrd provided the critical fundamentals that allowed them to develop their own personal style. Joe often credited their association and friendship with Dan Finch at Finch Pottery in Bailey, NC, as playing a major role in their continued growth as potters. After retiring in 2005, they moved to Little River, SC and opened Jeffcoat Pottery just outside of Calabash, NC. Often the pair would collaborate, with Joe throwing forms on the wheel and Tonda carving the surface of each.
Beginning Monday, Sept. 7, the collection of 400F-marked pottery will be on display and available for sale at Sunset River Marketplace. According to Ginny Lassiter, collectors are already visiting the gallery to purchase the Jeffcoats’ current inventory, and she expects work from the final firing to sell out quickly.
Sunset River Marketplace showcases work by approximately 150 North and South Carolina artists, and houses some 10,000 square feet of oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, art glass, fabric art, pottery, sculpture, turned and carved wood and artisan-created jewelry. Due to state mandates and Covid 19 restrictions, masks or face coverings are required.
The gallery continues to host Coffee With the Authors, a series of presentations by local and regional authors. Social distancing is maintained. Sunset River Marketplace is located at 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467. Hours are Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
Sunset River to feature A
Day At the Beach group show opening August 12
Sunset
River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, NC will feature a group show titled
A Day At the Beach from Wednesday, August 12 through Saturday, September 12.
The exhibition will showcase several of the gallery’s Carolina artists who
create coastal beach scenes in a range of media.
By the Sea by Phil Meade, oil, 16 x 20 inches
Participating
artists include Brenda Butka (oil and watercolor); Janet Sessoms (oil); Phil
Meade (oil); Vicki Neilon (acrylic); Ortrud Tyler (acrylic); Linda Karaskevicus
(watercolor); Lee Mims (oil); William West (watercolor); Sue Coley (acrylic);
M.T. McClanahan (acrylic); Nancy Hughes Miller (oil); Rachel Sunnell (acrylic);
and Beti Strobeck (acrylic). All are inspired by the unparalleled sandy beaches
of North and South Carolina.
Sunshine by MT McClanahan, acrylic, 48×48 inches
Located
in coastal Brunswick County, Sunset River Marketplace caters to both tourists
and a growing local community of full time residents seeking fine art for their
homes and businesses. Featuring work by approximately 150 North and South
Carolina artists, the eclectic gallery is well known in the area for its
collection of oil paintings, watermedia, pastels, photography, hand-blown
glass, fused glass, pottery and clay sculptures, turned and carved wood, unique
home décor items and artisan jewelry.
Beach Reading by Brenda Butkha, oil, 36 x 48 inches
There are two onsite kilns and five
wheels used by the gallery’s pottery students. Art classes are currently being
offered on a limited basis. Call the gallery for details.
Special Covid 19 Notice: To meet
North Carolina State mandates, Sunset River Marketplace requests that patrons
wear face coverings and requires the use of hand sanitizer plus six-foot social
distancing between gallery visitors and at the cash register. The gallery staff conducts thorough cleaning
of surfaces upon opening and closing and during the day and has placed
complementary hand sanitizer throughout the gallery for visitor use.
The gallery address is: 10283 Beach
Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467. Hours are
Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or
visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.
Daily updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, NC will feature author Bobby Hunt as part of its ongoing Coffee With the Authors series Thursday, June 25 from 11 a.m. to 12 noon . Hunt has co-authored They Call Me Panda along with his son Matt Hunt. The book is a humorous story of a father and son bonding over months as they hiked the legendary Appalachian Trail, a 2,200-mile torturous path winding through 13 states from Georgia to Main. It is the true tale of the characters they met, the wildlife they encountered and mishaps that befell them. This novel took them years in the making between bouts of wine, beer, disagreements, erroneous recall and arguments.
This event is free, but due to the Covid 19 pandemic,
seating is limited so chairs can be placed at six-foot intervals. Call
910.575.5999 to hold your spot. Coffee and tea will be served.
Wildlife photographer Gary W. Baird
From Friday, July 3 through Saturday, August 1, Sunset River
Marketplace will present Baird’s Birds, an exhibition of wildlife photography
by Carolina Shores, NC artist Gary W. Baird. The public is invited on opening
day from 4 to 7 p.m. to meet the artist and view the exhibition for the first
time.
tricolor Heron photographed by Gary W. Baird
Baird, an avid backpacker, first became interested in
photography during his teenage years in California and Colorado. He carried his
first camera through the Sierras and the Rocky Mountains. Baird’s work has been
featured in assorted publications and books. He was honored in the Audubon
Society Photo contest where his work earned a spot in the Top 100 out of more
than 8,000 entries. Locally, his photographs have earned a Grand Prize,
Photography Division at Sunset Visions and Best Wildlife in Coastal Carolina
Exhibit and Fort Fisher Aquarium
Eagle Launch photographed by Gary W. Baird Painted Bunting photographed by Gary W. Baird
Sunset River Marketplace showcases work by approximately 150
North and South Carolina artists, and houses some 10,000 square feet of oils,
acrylics, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, art glass, fabric art, pottery,
sculpture, turned and carved wood and artisan-created jewelry.
There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by the
gallery’s pottery students. Art classes are currently being offered on a limit
basis. Call the gallery for details.
The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW, Calabash, NC 28467. Hours are Monday – Saturday, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com.
Special Covid 19 Notice: To meet North Carolina State mandates,
Sunset River Marketplace requests that patrons wear face coverings and requires
the use of hand sanitizer plus six-foot social distancing between gallery
visitors and at the cash register. The
gallery staff conducts thorough cleaning of surfaces upon opening and closing
and during the day and has placed complementary hand sanitizer throughout the
gallery for visitor use.
Beginning Tuesday, June 16, the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum will be open for visitors, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with lots of great art and great experiences, as well as new guidelines in place to protect the health of visitors and staff.
During this 100th anniversary of the arrival of women’s right to vote in America, the museum is highlighting women’s work with three exhibitions running through the summer. These include Yvette Cummings: Everything Will Be Ok, colorful paintings and installations that simultaneously convey the viewpoint of a sexual abuse survivor; Voice Lessons, a multimedia visual-arts narrative about women’s life experiences by four female artists from around the region. Both will be on display through September 13, 2020. The Power of She, a collection of about 40 works of art by and about women, curated from the Art Museum’s Permanent Collection will be on exhibit through August 30, 2020.
In addition to the new exhibitions, the museum is offering two new activities for children: Happy Place, two creative three-day camps for ages 6 – 8 to be held during July; and Hear Her Roar, two three-day art camps celebrating women in art for ages 9 – 12, with one session during July and the second in August.
The Museum Shop will be offering a variety of new merchandise in keeping with the women in art theme, as well as some fun new items for children including art sets and interactive games. We’ll also be featuring interactive games and activities for artists of all ages.
On June 23, the Lineta Pritchard Pottery Studio will reopen and classes will be available to the public in August. Although Summer Pottery Camp has been delayed until 2021, the Art Museum will be offering special pottery projects that the whole family can enjoy from home.Information on these projects will be available at the end of June on the website: myrtlebeachartmuseum.org
“The Art Museum is proud to be an active, important and vibrant part of life along the Grand Strand,” says Patricia Goodwin, executive director. “The Museum’s Board of Trustees, volunteers and staff are looking forward to reopening and to welcoming everyone back to see our exhibitions in person and to bring beauty, inspiration and joy into our community once again.”
While the museum is delighted to reopen, they stress that the health of guests and staff members is their top priority. Consequently, visitors are asked to:
Avoid entering the Art Museum if they have a fever, cough or feel unwell;
No food or beverages in the museum;
Wear facial coverings at all times;
Allow six feet between themselves and other visitors;
Follow directional floor signage through the galleries;
Comply with posted gallery capacity limitations;
Refrain from shaking hands or any unnecessary physical contact;
Sneeze or cough into a cloth or tissue;
Wash hands as necessary.
Avoid touching any surfaces throughout the museum.
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, NC will
present Abstraction, a group show of abstract works from Wednesday, March 4
through Saturday, April 4. The program includes a free painting demonstration
by gallery owner and artist Ginny Lassiter on Saturday, March 14 from 1 to 3
p.m.
Oceanic 30501, artist Joe DiGiulio, acrylic 30×30
Lassiter works most often in acrylic, creating abstracted
landscapes and expressionist pieces. She
graduated from East Carolina University with a major in art and an emphasis in
Interior Design. The Ocean Isle Beach resident has always been a creative soul.
She’s a potter, she paints, she sketches and she designs fabrics.
Ginny Lassiter photo credit Louis Aliotta
Other artists featured in the exhibition include Tim Patton,
Sterling Edwards, Joe DiGiulio, Roseann Bellinger, Adrienne Watts, and Roberta
Rotunda. Lassiter said, “I love the energy of these artists. Sterling Edwards
was one of my early influences and I still try to take his workshop when he
comes to town.”
Meet Me There, artist Roseann Bellinger, acrylic 30×24
Sunset River Marketplace showcases work by approximately 150
North and South Carolina artists, and houses some 10,000 square feet of oils,
acrylics, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, art glass, fabric art, pottery,
sculpture, turned and carved wood and artisan-created jewelry.
Not All Is Known, artist Roberta Rotunda, acrylic 30×40
There are two onsite kilns and five wheels used by students in
the ongoing pottery classes offered by the gallery. There are realistic and
abstract art classes as well as workshops by nationally and regionally known
artists. During select months, the gallery hosts Coffee With the Authors, a
series of presentations by local and regional authors. The gallery address is: 10283 Beach Drive SW,
Calabash, NC 28467. Hours are Monday –
Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 910.575.5999 or visit the
website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com. Daily
updates are available on the gallery’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
