Welcome Our New Gallery Graduate Assistant, Rebecca!

Rebecca Lindblade is a transplant from Frederick, Maryland and has lived in the Myrtle Beach/Conway area for the past 9 years. Rebecca graduated from Coastal Carolina University this past May with a Bachelor's Degree in Art Studio with a minor in Art Education. Rebecca joined our gallery staff on August 19, 2013.

Rebecca is now enrolled in Coastal Carolina's Masters in Art of Teaching Graduate Program. By summer of 2014 Rebecca plans to graduate with her MAT in Art Education and begin teaching.

Not only will Rebecca help set up events in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery here at Coastal Carolina University, but she will also be working as a liaison between the local school districts and the Bryan art gallery. Creating this connection will help the Bryan gallery's involvement within the community and help local teachers integrate galleries into their classrooms by gaining access to lesson plans and activities from current exhibitions.

Looking forward to Rebecca help build this connection. Welcome to the team, Rebecca!

Today, September 6th, we will be hosting the opening reception for the Faculty Biennial Exhibit at 4:30 pm.  Come see what our art faculty has to offer!  The Faculty Biennial Exhibit will be housed in the gallery until September 28th.  We look forward to seeing you soon!

Leah K. Woods' Exhibit, "Structure: Sculptural Furniture"

Image: "Vanity", Walnut Veneer, Dye, Brass Hardware

The exhibit will be housed at the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery from July 16th until August 24th, 2012.  Visit the gallery to see Woods' additional artwork.

The closing reception with the artist is on August 23rd from 4:30-6:30 pm.  Come by the gallery to meet the artist and discuss her significant works of art and function.

Video of Summer Arts Academy duct tape fashion show!

Check out our video of the 2012 Summer Arts Academy duct tape fashion show from June 22! The theme was "Hollywood Movies" and the costumes (and performances) were awesome!

After the fashion show, the 68 Horry County middle and high school students exhibited over 300 pieces of artwork at the Bryan Gallery. The artwork included weaving, still-life painting, sculptures made entirely out of natural objects found on campus, stop-motion photography, drawing, papier-mache sculptures, graffiti and much, much more.


Students experienced an intensive schedule of five different art classes a day, from 8:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. during the summer camp. They also had the chance to build sand sculptures at Myrtle Beach State Park.

Summer Arts Exhibit Tomorrow!

The students at CCU's Summer Arts Academy 2012 have been hard at work getting ready for the big exhibit on Friday, June 22! Come check out all the impressive work created by these local middle and high school students.

Students have been working on everything from weaving, to still-life painting, to sculptures made entirely out of natural objects found on campus. Students have spent the last 10 days in an intensive schedule of five different art classes a day, from 8:30 a.m. until 9 p.m., and we can't wait to show off their hard work. It is looking like this year's artwork is the best yet!

And,of course, the show can't begin without the annual duct tape fashion show. This year's theme is "Hollywood Movies." You can see a video of last year's show here.

The show starts in the courtyard of the Edwards Building at CCU at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 22. The exhibit is open in the Bryan Gallery until 1 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!

"Meet Our New Gallery Graduate Assistant, Olivia!"

Olivia Marlowe Frank joined our team on Monday, May 21st, 2012.  Olivia is a native of Conway, SC, but also spent a few of her formative years in West Chester, PA.  She was a former student of Coastal Carolina University and graduated in 2007 with two bachelors' degrees--one in art studio and one in English as well as a French minor.

Currently, Olivia has returned to CCU in order to obtain her M.A.T. degree in art education.  In May of 2013, she plans on graduating from CCU and beginning her teaching career.

While assisting with events at the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, Olivia plans on working as a liaison between the Horry County School District as well as other neighboring school districts and CCU, increasing both CCU's and the gallery's visibility and accessibility within the community and art world, generating and distributing lesson plans for personal and professional development and gaining a thorough understanding of the available technology to the world of "academia" and how it may be channeled into a beneficial resource for the modern day classroom.

Welcome aboard, Olivia!

Dr. Howie - Why Students Need Art History

We sat down with Dr. Elizabeth Howie, an art history professor in Coastal Carolina University's Visual Arts Department.  In this segment, Dr. Howie discusses teaching art history and why it is important for students to get an early start learning about the subject.

Check out our Guide to Great Online Resources for several websites, including the Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art, for lessons and ideas to bring art history into your classroom.