Myrtle Beach Days – a Visual & Literary Celebration of the Grand Strand Exhibition Sept. 1 – Oct. 3, 2012 Reception & Book Signing Saturday, Sept. 29, 1 – 4 p.m. By Dariel Bendin Myrtle Beach Days – a Visual & Literary Celebration of the Grand Strand opens at Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in [...]
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Sunset River Marketplace to Feature Two Authors on Oct. 4
By Dariel Bendin Sunset River Marketplace, the eclectic art gallery in Calabash, N.C. continues its Coffee With the Authors series on Oct. 4 from 10 to 11 a.m. with two presentations. Myrtle Beach mystery writer Troy D. Nooe will be discussing his newest in the Frankie McKeller gumshoe series, “Damn Yankee,” which is set in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Abstract Acrylic Paintings Featured at Sunset River Marketplace
On the heels of a hugely successful art workshop with Sterling Edwards, Sunset River Marketplace – the eclectic Calabash, N.C. art gallery – announces a showing of Edwards’ newest abstract pieces at the gallery. It includes two on paper under glass and several large acrylic paintings on canvas. Originally from St. Louis, Mo., Edwards now [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Craftsmen’s Summer Classic Celebrates 30-Year Tradition August 3-5
Meeting hundreds of the country’s finest artists and craftsmen. Choosing one-of-a-kind home accessories, gifts, collectibles and personal treasures from thousands of original works. Enjoying air-conditioned comfort during a break from the sand and surf. Being in the right place at the right time to attend one of the most acclaimed events of its kind in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Local Potter Has Roots in Seagrove and Ancient Korea
By Dariel Bendin Charles Chrisco was born and raised in the Seagrove/ Jugtown area of North Carolina, a region known around the world for its rich pottery heritage. So it’s no surprise to learn that Chrisco is a potter. The surprise is in the route he followed to get there … and the type of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Calabash Gallery To Offer Evening Block Print Class June 21
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery will offer a one-night class on block printing with instructor Janette Montgomery on Thursday, June 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is part of the eclectic gallery’s Creative After Hours series, designed to encourage non-artists explore their creativity in a fun and informal environment. The series, which has [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Peoples’ Choice Award – Winyah Rivers Foundation Photo Contest
By Christine Ellis Winyah Rivers Foundation held its fifth annual Photo Contest Awards Ceremony on May 11 at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach. Winning photographs were hung at the museum through May 22, during which time, visitors to the Museum had the opportunity to view all photographs entered and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Tenth Anniversary Events Continue At Sunset River Marketplace
Sunset River Marketplace, the eclectic art gallery in Calabash, N.C., is noting its ten years of operation with a month-long anniversary celebration, which incudes artist demonstrations, special classes, daily drawings, art exhibition, live music and other events that which began June 1 and run through the end of the month. Demonstrations thus far have been [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Annual Juried Art Show To Be Held In Southport Thru July 15
By Paula Thommen Ceramic artists, painters, and sculptors from throughout the Carolinas are showcased in Southport’s Franklin Square Gallery‘s highlight of the season, The Summer Regional Show. Regional artists have been invited to join gallery members and submit their latest work for judging, and the selected art comprises this juried exhibition which runs from June [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sunset River Offers Children’s Summer Art Classes
Theresa Reiter will conduct her popular children’s art classes at Sunset River Marketplace this summer, gallery owner Ginny Lassiter has announced. Classes run from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Wednesdays. The class schedule is: June 20. Aboriginal Animal Paintings. Students will study the Australian Aborigine people and their art. They will study some of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Brookgreen Offers Summer Camp For Kids And Adults
By Helen Benso Camp Brookgreen 2012 will host one-week sessions of summer fun and educational enrichment that will include activities at Brookgreen Gardens and Huntington Beach State Park. Some of the activities include storytelling, arts and crafts, native plant and animal interactive programs, and a boat ride along freshwater creeks and rivers. Two two-day arts [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Calabash Art Gallery Celebrates Ten-Year Anniversary
June 1 – 30 Celebration Includes Free Art Demos, Drawings for Artwork, Live Music On June 1 Sunset River Marketplace art gallery will mark ten years of operation at the same location in the historic fishing village located an eighth of a mile from the N.C.-S.C. border. The 10,000 square-foot gallery is well known for [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sunset River Accepting Applications For Freeman Beard Watercolor Workshop
Acclaimed Durham, N.C. artist Freeman Beard will conduct a watercolor workshop for all levels of proficiency at Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, N.C., owner Ginny Lassiter has announced. The watercolor workshop will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 12, 13 and 14. The cost for the three-day class is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Calabash Gallery Offers Summer Art Classes
Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 12 noon (Ages 6 – 12) Theresa Reiter will conduct her popular children’s art classes at Sunset River Marketplace this summer, gallery owner Ginny Lassiter has announced. Classes run from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Wednesdays. The class schedule is: June 20. Aboriginal Animal Paintings. Students will study the Australian [...]
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June 1 – 30 – Sunset River Marketplace Celebration Includes Free Art Demos, Drawings for Artwork, Live Music On June 1 Sunset River Marketplace art gallery will mark ten years of operation at the same location in the historic fishing village located an eighth of a mile from the N.C.-S.C. border. The 10,000 square-foot gallery [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Two Special Exhibitions Open At The Gibbes In May
By Marla Loftus The Gibbes Museum of Art will have two special exhibitions which opened May 4 and run through Sept. 9, 2012, Mary Whyte: Working South and Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens of the South. In the Main Gallery, renowned watercolorist Mary Whyte captures the essence of vanishing blue-collar professions from [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Artists Vie For Honors In Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Competition
By Casey Church Over 40 artists from around the region will vie for top honors and over $2000 in cash prizes in the fifteenth annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Juried Exhibition, opening Thursday, May 3, at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum. A reception (free and open to the public) will be [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Snead, Hickey Featured At Franklin Square Gallery Thru June 14
By Paula Thommen Two featured artists will debut their latest works at Franklin Square Gallery‘s new Members Show opening May 7 and running through June 14. Both construct art rooted in land and sea, inspired by their natural surroundings. Ceramic artist Dinah Snead embellishes her pottery with imprints and textures, and watercolorist Carole Hickey creates [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sunset River Marketplace Features Vignettes Of Eclectic Design Through May
By Dariel Bendin Calabash, N.C. art gallery Sunset River Marketplace is featuring Feed Your Eclectic Soul through May 31. According to gallery owner and design consultant Ginny Lassiter, the group exhibition is “a showing of custom design ideas, fine crafts and gently loved pieces from the past.” Lassiter and fellow designer Beth Pethtal of Sunset [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Local Artists Try Something New To Sell Their Art
A group of local artists have decided to try a new way to sell their art. On Saturday, April 21 and Sunday April 22, the artists group known as The Back Porch Painters will hold a yard sale of original art and related “art stuff” at the home of Jan Wurst, 4611 Little River Road [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Titanic Exhibit Makes Centennial Opening At State Museum May 5
By Tut Underwood A century ago, on April 15, 1912, Titanic, the biggest ocean liner in history, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives and subsequently altering the world’s confidence in modern technology. On the centennial of the sinking, the South Carolina State Museum will observe the anniversary of the tragedy [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sunset River Marketplace To Feature Author Terri Godwin April 5
Calabash, N.C. gallery Sunset River Marketplace will hold its next Coffee With the Authors event on Thursday, April 5 from 10 to 11 a.m. The featured author will be Brunswick County’s Terri Godwin, author of “Natasha’s Joy: The Gift of Life for My Sister.” The story chronicles Godwin’s own life changing experience that inspired her [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Making Music With The Old School: Museum Receives Custom Guitar
By Christy Blanton The Horry County Museum Renovation project has yielded more than just new gallery spaces. Custom guitar maker, Rick Buchanan has created an original custom built guitar made out of the scrap wood removed from the floor joist of the old Burroughs School. The Burroughs School is currently under renovation to become the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Environmental Horticulturist To Speak At NMB Library
By Bobbi Bernstein On April 7 at 10 a.m., North Myrtle Beach Library will present “Flowers, Herbs, and More…” with Gary Forrester of the Horry County Extension Office of Clemson University. He will focus his talk on creating annual beds with flowers and herbs to enhance the landscape. As always, Gary will welcome questions from the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Juried Exhibition Offers Horry/Georgetown High School Artists Awards, Recognition
By Casey Church Local high-school artists will have the opportunity to win cash prizes, sales and a museum showing of their work when the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum hosts its eleventh annual Horry/Georgetown High Schools Juried Fine Art Exhibition. The exhibit opens Sunday, March 25, with a reception open to the public, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Gurney’s ‘Sylvia’ Closes Out Fourth Season Of Atlantic Stage
By Kimberly Miles Opening Night Performance to Benefit Canine Angels Kristi Rau McIntyre (Sylvia) and Mindi Penn (Kate) in last season’s Dinner with Friends. Atlantic Stage, the nonprofit, professional theatre in the Myrtle Beach area follows its sellout production of Lost in Yonkers with A.R. Gurney’s comedy Sylvia. Presented at the 79th Avenue Theatre in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CCU Art Professor Brings Home Best In Show
By Mona Prufer Elizabeth F. Keller, professor of ceramics at Coastal Carolina University, was recently awarded Best in Show for her entry in the Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition 4 at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn. The competition is one of the premier international juried clay exhibitions in the country. Keller’s ceramic sculpture titled “Momiji” [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Calabash Gallery Features Mirrors & Glass Show Through March 31
Calabash, N.C. art gallery Sunset River Marketplace is featuring a group show entitled Reflections, owner Ginny Lassiter has announced. Running through March 31, the show includes mirrored and glass pieces by artists Tony Carr, Courtney Tomchik, Mary Reid-Smith, Shandi Berls, Jeff Achterberg, Vivian Levit, Scott Summerfield, Richard Bunting and Fred Schwartz. Tony Carr creates glass [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Art Appraiser To Give Gallery Talk In Calabash March 14
By Dariel Bendin If you have ever wondered what a piece of art is worth, if you’ve wished you knew what to look for when purchasing art or you have other questions about art appraisals, you might want to attend the next Creative Exchange presentation at Calabash, N.C. art gallery Sunset River Marketplace. Professional art [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Seacoast Artist Guild Annouces Spring Art Show
By June Groft The Seacoast Artist Guild of South Carolina announces their ninth annual Spring judged Art Show and Sale, from March 14 through March 24, at the Center Court of Inlet Square Mall in Murrells Inlet. Show hours coordinate with mall hours. Art can be viewed from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. on weekdays [...]
Read the rest of this entry »South Carolina Academy of Authors Calendar of Events
Spring 2012 ~ Calendar of Events Throughout the winter and spring of 2012, there are many collaborative events leading to the April 21 induction of four authors ~ Franklin Burroughs, Marian Wright Edelman, Charles W. Joyner and the late Mickey Spillane ~ into the South Carolina Academy of Authors. For additional information, contact the hosts [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winter Classes at Franklin Square Art Gallery
By Paula Thommon The tourists are fewer, the pace is slower, but many area artists still visit Southport in the quiet winter months. The Franklin Square Gallery is a hub of artistic activity, with an array of classes and workshops for both beginners and professionals. Painters and potters from Wilmington and throughout Brunswick County travel [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sunset River Offers Valentine-Making Class
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, N.C. announces that the monthly Creative After Hours will feature artist Janette Montgomery on Feb. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. With Montogmery’s guidance participants, who need no experience in this area, will create their own unique linoleum-block prints to create a personal Valentine gift or card. Montgomery [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Call For Artists At Franklin Square Gallery
Franklin Square Gallery in Southport is calling for artists to submit their paintings and pottery for its annual Spring Show, the opening event of the season. Only twice a year are guest artists invited to participate in exhibitions in this cooperative gallery run by The Associated Artists of Southport, which regularly features Members Shows. The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Special Program Featuring Alice Ravenel Huger Smith at Waccamaw Library
By Elaine Flannery What connection did cultural leader Alice Ravenel Huger Smith of the Charleston Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s possibly have with rawboned Myrtle Beach of the 1940s and 1950s? If you don’t know the answer and you are interested in S.C. history and the arts, then don’t miss the Feb. 2 First [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Classic Film Showings at Waccamaw Library
Friday Night at the Movies, the annual classic film festival of movies from the 1930s and 1940s, began last week with Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense masterpiece Vertigo. The movies, which are free and open to the public, are shown at 7 p. m at the Waccamaw Library. The festival is presenting six movies from Hollywood’s so-called [...]
Read the rest of this entry »‘Birds in Art’ Flies to Brookgreen in January
By Robin R. Salmon In 1976, three simple words – birds in art – took on a life of their own when the phrase became an exhibition title at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, WI. Since then, Birds in Art has morphed and grown and now is recognized around the world as [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Southern Charm and Worldly Sophistication: B&C Art Museum Has It All
By Dariel Bendin Art museums, particularly in smaller cities, are often the culmination of monumental efforts by groups of art lovers, and Myrtle Beach’s hidden jewel of a museum is no exception. Located on Springmaid Beach at the south end of town, the B&C Art Museum was conceptualized by a group of local visionaries who [...]
Read the rest of this entry »January Events At Brookgreen Gardens
Brookgreen Gardens has a full slate of events this winter. Mark the calendar with your favorites: Silent Cities. Through March 1, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. Ride on the new Trekker down back roads and emplore celeteries, the Silent Cities at Brookgreen. Walk through former slaes and plantation owners’ graveyards [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sunset Beach Artist Exhibits At Sunset River Marketplace
Abstract artist Liz Roberts has joined the roster of Calabash, N.C. gallery Sunset River Marketplace, owner Ginny Lassiter announced recently. According to Roberts, her work is all about emotion and spontaneous expression, a meditative experience expressed through color and shape. “This eclectic life I have lived, lends itself to big bold abstract art. With each [...]
Read the rest of this entry »HGTC’s Annual Addiction Lecture Series Features TV Celebrity
By Mary Eaddy Jeff Van Vonderen, an interventionist best known for his work on A&E’s Intervention, will be the keynote speaker Thurs., Feb. 16, for the annual public lecture series on addiction and recovery held at Horry Georgetown Technical College. Van Vonderen will share highlights of his addiction and recovery and speak with the audience [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Two Exhibitions Premiere At The Gibbes On Jan. 20
By Marla Loftus The Gibbes Museum of Art has organized two new exhibitions that will run from January 20 through April 22. The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston, on view in the Main Gallery, offers a career retrospective of the 20th century American artist Alfred Hutty, the master painter and printmaker who is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Old Smokehouse Day At The Farm Is Jan. 21
By Christy Blanton Visit the L. W. Paul Living History Farm to celebrate the pig. Winter was the time of year for curing pork on the farm and a season when the family was dependent on home preserved foods during the cold winter months. Volunteers will demonstrate how foods were preserved and prepared on the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Calabash Gallery Announces Schedule Of Author Presentations
Sunset River Marketplace, the eclectic Calabash art gallery, has announced its schedule of Coffee With the Authors events for 2012. On the first Thursday of select months, from 10 to 11 a.m., an author or panel of authors, gives a presentation that often includes a reading from the novel or other recently published book. A [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Art Museum Offers Docent Tour Through Rutenberg Exhibit
By Casey Church The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum of Myrtle Beach is offering the public a free docent tour through Brimming Tide: Paintings and Drawings by Brian Rutenberg. The docent tour, offered Sunday, December 4 at 2 p.m., will be given by the former Art History professor at Coastal Carolina University, Bobbie [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Nights Of A Thousand Candles At Brookgreen Gardens In December
By Helen Benso On December 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17, from 3 to 10 p.m. see Brookgreen Gardens come to life amid the soft glow of more than 5,500 hand-lit candles and countless sparkling lights. Walk the paths with a warm cup of cider, hear the sounds of hand bells ringing, carolers [...]
Read the rest of this entry »‘Christmas In the Inlet’ Home Tour Tickets On Sale For Dec. 10 Event
By Sue Sledz Tickets are on sale now for the “Christmas in the Inlet” Holiday Home Tour which runs for one day only on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s tour features eight beautiful homes in historic Wachesaw Plantation, a private gated community overlooking the Waccamaw River in Murrells Inlet.The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Myrtle Beach Paintings By Steve Jameson Featured At Sunset River Marketplace
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, N.C. is displaying a collection of paintings by Scott Jameson through Jan. 28, 2012. The show, entitled, Myrtle Beach Remembers, includes images of the Pavilion, Mammy’s Kitchen and other favorite landmarks. Jameson, who paints under the name Cedar, says he finds a special charm in the many confetti-colored [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Monique Holenko To Present Holiday Sweets Program At Gallery’s Creative Exchange Dec. 14
Sunset River Marketplace, the eclectic art gallery in Calabash, N.C. will offer its monthly interactive Creative Exchange program on Wednesday, Dec. 14 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The featured speaker will be Monique Holenko of Sugar Confections in Shallotte, N.C. She will present The Art of Holiday Baking and demonstrate how to put together [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Moveable Feast At Waccamaw Neck Restaurants
By Linda Ketron The Moveable Feast, a popular series of literary luncheons, each featuring an exciting author at different Waccamaw Neck restaurants, is held every Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Paid reservations are requested by the Wednesday prior to the feast; each feast is $25. The 2011 fall schedule through December is available [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dec. 1 Holiday Open House Features Authors At Sunset River Marketplace
On Thursday, Dec. 1, Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, N.C. will hold an open house featuring several local authors. Authors who will be in attendance include Charleston novelist Sean Keefer, James Kaufman, Joan Leotta, Al Strohmyer, Marsha Tennant and several others. They will have their most recent books available for purchase and signing, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Holiday Exhibits In Brookgreen’s Sculpture Pavilion Nov. 25 – Jan. 2
By Helen Benso Opening Friday during Thanksgiving weekend, the festive indoor exhibits at Brookgreen Gardens offer a bright beginning to the holiday the season. Created by the Gardens horticulture staff, Signs of the Season in Flora and Fauna provides inspiration for decorating your own home with poinsettia and bromeliad trees, wreaths, and assorted natural materials. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Signing At NMB Library
The Friends of the Library of North Myrtle Beach will host a book signing (“In the Footsteps of Marco Polo”) with New York’s Francis O’Donnell during Coffee with Friends, Thursday, Dec. 1, at 10 a.m. Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell met on an archeology dig in France in 1984. After leaving the School of Visual [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Cup Of Joe At Sunset Market Gallery’s Creative After-Hours
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery will hold it’s monthly Creative After-Hours at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7. Gather up your best pals and a bottle of your favorite wine, and get ready to uncork your creativity. This month’s project for attendees will be a pair of colorful coffee mug paintings on wooden blocks. Gallery [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sunset River To Introduce Cookbook At Creative Exchange Nov. 9
100% of proceeds will go to Brunswick’s Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter Sunset River Marketplace art gallery in Calabash, N.C. will present The Art of Making Easy Holiday Appetizers at their next interactive Creative Exchange event, which will be held Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A $7 fee includes all [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Wilmington’s Cucalorus Film Festival Nov. 10 – 13
By Connie Nelson The Port City has always embraced an independent spirit and energy that nourishes the soul and recharges the spirit. So it’s no wonder that this creative coastal community in N.C. is home to the Cucalorus Film Festival, a fiercely independent festival. On Nov. 10 through 13, the seventeenth annual Cucalorus Film Festival [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Conway Offers Guided Tour Of Historic Warehouse District
By Betty Molnar The Conway Visitor Center will continue the Welcome Wednesday tour series during the month of Nov. with a guided tour of the Waccamaw River Historic Warehouse District located at the Conway Riverwalk. Enjoy the beauty of fall along the banks of the Waccamaw River as your guide takes you back to the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Charles Chrisco Raku Pottery To Be Featured At Sunset River Marketplace
Sunset River Marketplace, the eclectic art gallery in Calabash, N.C. will feature works by raku artist Charles Chrisco from Oct. 24 to Dec. 3, gallery owner Ginny Lassiter has announced. Chrisco, was born and raised in the Seagrove/Jugtown area of North Carolina, a region long recognized for its extensive pottery heritage. He studied pottery at [...]
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