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Title:	Ashlyn Pope _ A History of Moving Forward II
Date:	10/4/2025 - 2/15/2026
Address:	Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, 3100 South Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Location:	Myrtle Beach, SC
Hours:	Tuesdays - Saturdays: 10:00am – 5:00pm, Sundays: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Cost/Cover:	free - $8
Web Page:	https://myrtlebeachartmuseum.org/art-exhibitions/upcoming-ex ...
Contact Info:	843.238.2510

Details:

Contemporary ceramic, textile and printmaking artist Ashlyn Pope takes us on a powerful visual journey through the trials of her Gullah ancestral history, the traumas of which have coded themselves deep within the artist’s psyche. Pope explains, “As a young woman descended from the enslaved Africans in America, my body holds memories of my life while also recalling unconscious memories and responses imparted upon me by my ancestors. Although my mind cannot recall specific memories of my ancestors, my body has become in tune with the experiences my ancestors have gone through.” And in turn, learned reactions like fear, anger, sadness and survival have become embedded in her response system. A History of Moving Forward II is Pope’s effort of dealing with this deep-rooted trauma: by going through the pain of it so as to overcome it and start envisioning a new future for future generations free from those built-in responses of dread, fury and grief. Employing Gullah motifs like sweetgrass basketry, Pope creates works expressing the human form, always ingrained with African American culture, as a way of addressing the Black human condition but also the resilience and beauty of the Black community.