February 2000 Issue
Two New Exhibits at Burroughs - Chapin Art Museum
The Burroughs Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, will be having two exhibits on view from Feb. 1 through Mar. 12. Gullah and African American Art, History and Artifacts will feature the work of Gullah and African American Artists and Carolynne Miller will be showing her collages and assemblages in an exhibit entitled Remnants, Relics and Wishbones.
Gullah and African American Art, History and Artifacts will feature the work which reflects the art, history and artifacts of Gullah and African Americans of SC.
This exhibit will present a collection of one-of-a-kind,
hand-made Gullah dolls designed and made by Zenobia K. Washington.
According to the artists, "each doll is created in honor
of a person whose thoughts or deed have helped to inspire [her]
in her lifetime." Also included in this exhibit will be Gullah
story quilts created by Vermelle "Bunny" Rodrigues,
such as Gullah Ooman, a quilt that depicts the origin of
man, life in Africa before the Europeans arrived and the enslavement
of African people.
Vennie Deas Moore will present an exhibit of photographs from
the seafood industry of McClellanville, SC. These works depict
oystermen, shrimpers and crabbers at work as well as seafood dockworkers
and others at work at the seafood trade. Baskets from a private
collection of sea grass or sweet grass baskets will be on display
as well. These contemporary baskets, made in Mt. Pleasant, SC,
descend from an ancient African Folk art that was introduced in
Carolina in the late 17th Century.
Finally, the exhibit will include images from a recently published
book Black American Series, Georgetown County, South Carolina
as well as both contemporary and historic photographs by local
writer and photographer Ramona La Roche. There will be a book
signing at the opening reception and La Roche's book will be on
sale in the Museum Store throughout the exhibit.
Remnants, Relics and Wishbones is an exhibit of collages and assemblages by Carolynne Miller. Her work responds to the social, political and cultural environment and addresses various aspects of the human condition, oftentimes incorporating objects we abandon. For the artist, "there is beauty in the texture of worn surfaces and cast-off debris."
Carolynne Miller
Miller's exhibit will include a recent project entitled Burgess, the Legacy, a story quilt based on the memory and history of the Burgess Community in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Miller received her Masters in Fine Arts in
Visual Art from Vermont College, Montpelier. She has taught art
in the Montgomery County Community College in Blueball, PA and
more recently at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC.
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