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Myrtle Beach Collects

January 6-February 27, 2005

Opening Thursday, January 6, 2005

6:00 - 8:00 p.m

Docent Tour on Sunday, January 9th at 2pm

What do the Whitneys, Vanderbilts, Guggenheims, Carnegies and Rockefellers have in common with many Myrtle Beach residents?

Each of these famous families collected art -- paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, glass, pottery and collages. Myrtle Beach families collect art, too – paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, glass, pottery and collages.  Myrtle Beach Collects promises to be an exciting, fun-filled experience for residents and visitors alike as the Art Museum celebrates the spirit of this area's collecting!

Myrtle Beach Collects houses 152 works of art borrowed from the homes of 52 Grand Strand collectors.  Each piece of collected artwork has a story, whether it be a family heirloom passed down from generation to generation or one that serves as a memorable treasure reminiscent of past journeys and adventures.  It took Kay S. Teer, curator of the Art Museum, nearly a year to select the pieces that will be on display. The fascinating array of carefully selected artwork is a magnificent manifestation of the cultural interests that define our Grand Strand community.

Works range in date from pre-Columbian to contemporary times and in origin from Africa, China and Europe all the way to our very own South Carolina Lowcountry. Their media vary from ceramics to painting to photography to batik and all those in between. Internationally renowned artists, such as Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas and Henri Matisse, as well as some of our beloved locally renowned artists, such as Jonathan Green, Ben Owen III, Alex Powers and Dixie Dugan, will all be represented in this fine exhibition.

Join in this celebration of art and of the community by visiting this exhibition, which will fill all ten galleries of the Museum and will run through February 27, 2005.

In keeping with the enthusiasm of Myrtle Beach Collects, the Art Museum will host a black-tie gala in honor of the exhibit and our community. Ticket information is available by calling the Art Museum at 843.238.2510.

Special docent tours of Myrtle Beach Collects are available for groups of five to 20 persons by calling the museum at 843-238-2510.

Myrtle Beach Collects is sponsored by The Jackson Family Fund and Bellamy, Rutenberg, Copeland, Epps, Gravely and Bowers, P.A.