THE ART MUSEUM 2010-2011 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chairperson: Mary Jo Rogers, South Atlantic Bank
Vice Chair/Development Committee Chairperson: Susan Hudgins
Emeritus: Carolyn Burroughs
TRUSTEES
Freida Allen
Marie Claire Brittain
Nancy Cave
Rachel Gandy
Veronica Davis Gerald
Mary Ellen Greene
Vern Hearl
Cynthia Powell
Bill Pritchard
Grace Sandoz
Richard Singleton
John C. Stewart
CONTACT US
By Mail:
3100 South Ocean Boulevard
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
By Phone:
843.238.2510
By Fax:
843.238.2910
By E-Mail:
artmuseum@sc.rr.com
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OUR STAFF
Patricia Goodwin, Executive Director
pgartmuse@sc.rr.com
Kay S. Teer, Curator
kay_teer@yahoo.com
Karen Olson, Special Projects Coordinator
koartmuse@sc.rr.com
Lori Seckinger, Education Coordinator
lsartmuse@sc.rr.com
Casey Church, Museum Services Coordinator
ccartmuse@sc.rr.com
Jill Jemison, Corporate Development
jillj@sc.rr.com
THE FACILITY
Our Museum is composed of the following:
- Six first floor galleries featuring rotating exhibits
- Four second-floor galleries including the Grace Martin Matlock Education Galleries
- The Art Studio, classroom space used for children's, adults' and family workshops
- Simeon Chapin Art Resource Library
- Reception Room with baby grand piano, used for receptions, concerts, lectures, displays and demonstrations
- Carolyn Burroughs Tea Porch, an enclosed space for receptions and other events offering a breathtaking view of the Atlantic Ocean.
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MUSEUM HISTORY
The Museum first opened to the public in June, 1997, but was conceived some 13 years earlier by a small group of Myrtle Beach visionaries - artists, art patrons, business leaders, cultural enthusiasts and other private citizens.
The building itself dates to 1924, when it was built by textile industry mogul Eugene Cannon in the Cabana section of Myrtle Beach. It was subsequently sold to Col. Elliot White Springs for use by his family and executives of Springs Industries and re-christened Springmaid Villa.
In 1975, the Villa changed hands again and was slated for demolition. A campaign to save Springmaid Villa began, led initially by Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild President Gaye Sanders Fisher. The building's survival, however, was contingent on its relocation: a Herculean effort organized by Guild member and Myrtle Beach Councilman Harry Charles, along with his wife, Jane. Relocating the 150-ton structure required two flatbed trucks for three full days, with a team of city employees, utility workers and every member of the Guild working side by side.
The Villa was taken to its new home eight miles south, an undeveloped property whose donation by the Myrtle Beach Farms Company, precursor to the Burroughs & Chapin Company, had been negotiated by Harry Charles.
Charles was also instrumental in creating the Springmaid Villa Art Museum Corporation, a new non-profit with a board of trustees charged with converting and later managing the property as a public Art Museum. Following a decade-long fundraising effort, the Museum opened its doors in June, 1997.
In recognition of the land donation, it was re-named for the founders of Myrtle Beach Farms and became the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum.
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