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February Issue 2002

Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, Features New Exhibitions

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach, SC, will be ushering in the new year with the opening of two new exhibitions featuring works by the art faculty of Columbia's Benedict College, along with the art of noted printmaker and Ohio University art professor Art Werger. The Benedict College art faculty exhibit, entitled Diversity, and Werger's work, entitled The Printmaker's Print Media, will be on view through Feb. 24, 2002.

Diversity is a reference to the diverse media of the works by the Benedict College's seven art professors, as well as the racial and cultural background of the faculty itself, according to Tyrone Geter, one of the faculty members. "Our faculty is black and white. They're southerners and northerners," he said.

Benedict College, a historically black college in downtown Columbia, SC, was founded in 1870 as a school for "the recently emancipated people of African descent." From its original mission of training teachers and preachers, the school has developed a liberal arts tradition with bachelor degrees in 23 majors. "We think we have a very important role with black youth, especially," Geter has said.

In addition to sculptures and paintings by Geter, Diversity will include photographs by Susan Dugan and John Wright, paintings by Tonya Gregg, mixed media works by Damond Howard and Gina Moore, and sculpture by Michael Hale.

Art Werger

Art Werger, who is recognized as one of the outstanding printmakers in America today, brings mezzotints, etchings, and drawings to the Museum. Included in the show is his Seven Affordable Sins mezzotint series, a contemporary look at age - old temptations, as well as his unusually large etchings with dimensions of 2 1/2 feet by 3 1/2 feet, and drawings from travels in France. Werger is considered a master of the mezzotint print process, a highly specialized form of nonlinear engraving which is a rarely used and painstaking procedure. Werger earned his BFA degree at the Rhode Island School of Design and his MFA at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He served as the chairman of the fine arts division of Wesleyan College in Macon, GA, in the 80's and 90's. He currently resides in Athens, OH, where he is a professor of art at Ohio University.

For more information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or call the Museum at 843/238-2510.

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