"Artists in Your Own Backyard" Art Education day this Saturday!



St. James High -
Acrylic Landscape lesson
based on the work of
Jack Cayton

We are gearing up for CCU's Art Education Day, "Artists in Your Own Backyard," at Coastal Carolina University this Saturday, March 31! The show will be open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

We would love for you to come out and see the exhibit-- over 100 Horry County students' artworks and a meet-and-greet with five local artists. The student artwork was created from lesson plans designed by CCU graduate students and based on the artwork of local artists. We are also opening the Bryan Gallery during this event, giving you a 2-for-1 show! The Bryan Gallery is currently exhibiting "Shifting Plates," which examines the work of fifteen printmakers from the Upstate of South Carolina. A variety of techniques and styles is on display. 
 
During our Art Ed day, you will have the opportunity to meet and converse with local artists involved in our research project, see the two-part short documentary of our interviews, and see the work of our area students. The student artwork ranges from elementary to high school and includes painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics and even a mural painted at Myrtle Beach High School with the help of Conway artist Ruth Cox.

Come and join us in the side courtyard of the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards building from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.! Find out more information, including video, lesson plans, and pictures from the project at artistsinyourbackyard.blogspot.com.

St. James High - Acrylic Landscape lesson based on the work of Jack Cayton

Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Art Exhibition!

Congratulations to all the talented students in the 11th Annual Horry-Georgetown County High Schools Juried Art Exhibition at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum! The show will be up until April 22nd, go check it out!

 

"Artists In Your Backyard" - Part 2

CCU's M.A.T. Art Education students arrived home on Sunday from the National Art Education Association conference in New York City. They presented Artists in Your Backyard, a research project on finding local artists, creating lesson plans based on these artists, and bringing them into area classrooms during their student teaching.

To find out more about the project and to see the lesson plans, check out http://artistsinyourbackyard.blogspot.com/.