Events

The 2021 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Over Here: The Homefront During World War I. This film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, examines why African-Americans supported the war effort and how they were disappointed by the response to their efforts; women’s roles and how the war played a part in the women’s movement; military camps and what they meant for South Carolina cities; and how the influenza epidemic in 1918 impacted the state.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 3rd, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2021. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

Throughout the month of March, the Horry County Museum will host a variety of textile themed programs in celebration of our 27th Annual Quilt Gala.
The public is invited to join us on March 5th at 1 pm for a program by J.R. Fennell and Trish Shandor of the Lexington County Museum. This presentation will focus on the quilts and decorative arts of Dutch Fork and Lexington County. Visitors will learn about the German and Swiss German influences in quilts found in Lexington County and will also have the opportunity to view some of the quilts from the Lexington County Museum’s collections. Admission is free.
The program will begin at 1:00 pm at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.
For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The Horry County Museum will host a free quilt turning featuring wall hangings and large quilts by local quilter Tina Harr. Tina’s talk will be held at the Horry County Museum (805 Main Street, Conway, SC) on Tuesday, March 9th at 1 PM.
A native of the Hudson Valley in New York, Tina Harr is proud to call Conway her home for over 10 years. Her first sewing experience was with her grandmother making 9 patch blocks the old fashioned way: marking the fabric with a pen and square cut from a cereal box and doing all the cutting with scissors. The quilts they made were tied and a bedsheet was the backing material.
In 2000, Tina joined a quilt group in NY and learned about all the innovations that had happened since the early '70's, rotary cutters, thick plastic templates......etc. Being part of the Serendipity Stitchers was something she missed when she first moved to Conway, and when her friend Patsy Ray told her about the Conway Quilters she joined them in their second year. The things Tina loves most about the group are their charitable endeavors and being part of the Quilts of Valor program.
This program is free to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The Horry County Museum will host a free program by quilter Kathleen Stuart on March 10th on Wholecloth Quilts. When it comes to “traditional” quilts, Kathy prefers to make wholecloth quilts using the traditional medallion style, however, she likes to use luxe fabrics such as silk dupioni or sateen and often incorporates machine embroidery. Kathy also likes to use fabric paints on her wholecloth quilts and Swarovski crystals.

Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Kathy now lives in North Carolina so that she can enjoy the warmer weather. She has been interested in every aspect of fiber since the age of four, having tried almost every technique including knitting, crochet, needlepoint, tatting, macramé and quilting, although she didn’t begin to quilt until 2001. 

The 2021 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Incident at Mars Bluff. This 30 minute film, part of the Carolina Stories Series by SCETV, explores how the world’s most technologically advanced air power came to drop a three-ton nuclear device on a small town in South Carolina. Interviews with the surviving members of the Gregg family will reveal how the incident affected them then and to this day. Additional interviews with surviving crewmembers, Air Force personnel, Mars Bluff residents and Cold War historians will shed light on the incident and provide local, national and international perspectives to the world’s first nuclear blunder.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 10th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2021. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

The L.W. Paul Living History Farm will host a free hands-on workshop on indigo dyeing on March 12th and March 26th at 10 AM. Participants will learn about the history of indigo in South Carolina and have the opportunity to design and dye their own handkerchief. Space is limited to 15 people, pre-registration is required. To sign up, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526. For more information about the Farm, the Horry County Museum, or programming at both sites, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Join us on March 12th for a program on antique quilts from Horry County as staff shares examples of historic quilts from the Horry County Museum’s textile collection. Admission is free.
The program will begin at 1 PM in the McCown Auditorium, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

“Repair, reuse, make do, and don’t throw anything away” was a common motto during the Great Depression. This way of thinking applied to many aspects of life, including the creation and use of textiles. Join us on Tuesday, March 16th at 1 pm as we discuss how feed and flour sacks were reused to make a variety of items around the house, including quilts, clothing and more.
The program will be held at the Horry County Museum located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC and is free and open to the public; seating will be available. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs and events at the Museum, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Join us Wednesday, March 17th at 11 AM as we continue our celebration of textiles with local quilter Deanna Holter. Deanna will share her experience quilting and show off pieces that she has made.
Deanna Holter started her quilting career around 1982 with Eleanor Burns and Quilt in a Day. In that program, quilters didn’t use long arm quilts, but instead sewed an ‘x’ from corner to corner. She has since altered her original piece and quilts on her long arm machine. After her first piece, Deanna didn’t make any more quilts until moving to South Carolina in 2005. She found a cute pattern and went to town making quilts for each of her sister in laws. Those quilts got her started on a quilting journey in which she connected with the Grand Strand Quilters. There she met Joan Wobbleton and began volunteering to make Quilts of Valor quilts. Wanting to be a part of a more close knit guild, Deanna joined the Conway Quilt Guild. Deanna feels very grateful to be part of a group of who she calls wonderful and caring ladies that have also been involved in many ceremonies to present quilts to veterans in the Conway area.
The program will begin at 11 AM at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The 2021 Horry County Museum Documentary Film Series continues with Chicken Bog: The Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee.
In Latta, South Carolina in the historic Pee Dee region, a southern stew tradition that served the appetites of rural families located in the swamp communities of Lowcountry South Carolina, is maintained by the Mayor of Latta who has long held the mantle of “Chicken Bog King of the Pee Dee”. Filmmaker Stan Woodward follows him as he and his crew prepare a chicken bog (chicken, rice and secret ingredients only known to the stewmaster) for serving at a stump meeting rally for a local US Congressman running for re-election. Such stews are used in conjunction with political rallies in this part of the state, with the chicken bog tradition tracing back to the late 1800s and the democratic stump meeting held annually at Gallivants Ferry, SC.
The film is free to the public and will be shown at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 17th, at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street in Conway.
The Horry County Museum Documentary Film Matinees will continue throughout 2021. For a full list of films, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For more information, call the Horry County Museum at 843-915-5320 or e-mail hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.

The Horry County Museum will host a program on Quilts with a Sense of Humor by local quilter Jerre Reese. From holidays to animals, join us for a light-hearted trunk show of amusing quilts made by Jerre. Jerre’s talk will be held at the Horry County Museum (805 Main Street, Conway, SC) on Thursday, March 18th at 1 pm.
Jerre Reese grew up in Detroit, MI and began sewing at around ten years old. She began quilting about 42 years ago and has been doing it ever since. At first she did everything by hand but, as machine work became more acceptable, she switched to machine work. Also, because she wanted to finish more than two quilts per year!
She has taken classes with many big-name quilt teachers over the years and has tried just about every quilting technique there is. Her quilts have won ribbons in numerous shows and three have been published in various publications. She also had five quilts juried into the prestigious American Quilter's Society shows. Reese loves quilting and enjoys sharing the knowledge she’s picked up along the way with others.
This program is free to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum. Join us Friday, March 19th as local quilter and textile artist Barbara Jones shares a trunk show with some of her unique creations. Topics will include being bold with prints and color, what to do with tiny scraps, how to have fun with yarn, and more!
Barbara Jones’ studio was once the master bedroom of her home, but is now filled with fabrics and yarns from around the world, as well as a large tv that she can watch old black and white monster movies on while she creates. She also has a variety of books, beads, a gigantic cutting table on wheels, sewing machine and way too many accessories for anything the might be needed!
The program will begin at 1:00 PM at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The Horry County Museum will host a free trunk show by quilter Maxi Lardiere on March 23rd at 1 PM. Maxi Lardiere was born in Austria and immigrated to the US in 1961. She always dreamed of going into art and fashion design but life, family, and making a living got in the way. Retirement at age 63 gave her the freedom that she now treasures. She learned about quilting from her daughter and it immediately changed her life. She has since created an immense body of work. Her quilts have sold all over the USA as well as Canada, Austria, Germany, and Italy. Many more were given as gifts and made for different charity organizations. Her work has been in Quilt and Art Shows in Lancaster, PA; New Jersey; and now in South Carolina where she currently resides. She proudly displays her many prize decorated quilts in her home.
The program will begin at 1:00 pm at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

We’re celebrating textiles throughout March at the Horry County Museum. Join us Wednesday, March 24th as local quilter Barbara Cowdright shares her story of learning how to quilt from very little starting knowledge and how quilts that seem challenging are not always that difficult to make.
The program will begin at 11:00 AM at the Horry County Museum, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The Horry County Museum will host a ‘Mini Trunk Show’ by local quilter Jerre Reese. Join us to view just a few of her miniature quilts and learn how she makes them. Jerre’s talk will be held at the Horry County Museum (805 Main Street, Conway, SC) on Thursday, March 25th at 1 pm.
Jerre Reese grew up in Detroit, MI and began sewing at around ten years old. She began quilting about 42 years ago and has been doing it ever since. At first she did everything by hand but, as machine work became more acceptable, she switched to machine work. Also, because she wanted to finish more than two quilts per year!
She has taken classes with many big-name quilt teachers over the years and has tried just about every quilting technique there is. Her quilts have won ribbons in numerous shows and three have been published in various publications. She also had five quilts juried into the prestigious American Quilter's Society shows. Reese loves quilting and enjoys sharing the knowledge she’s picked up along the way with others.
This program is free to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

The L.W. Paul Living History Farm will host a free hands-on workshop on indigo dyeing on March 12th and March 26th at 10 AM. Participants will learn about the history of indigo in South Carolina and have the opportunity to design and dye their own handkerchief. Space is limited to 15 people, pre-registration is required. To sign up, contact Marian Calder at 843-915-7861 or email calder.marian@horrycounty.org.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is located at 2279 Harris Short Cut Road, Conway, SC 29526. For more information about the Farm, the Horry County Museum, or programming at both sites, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Join us on March 26th for a program on antique quilts from Horry County as staff shares examples of historic quilts from the Horry County Museum’s textile collection. Admission is free.
The program will begin at 1 PM in the McCown Auditorium, located at 805 Main Street, Conway SC. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 843-915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org. To view a full list of programs, visit our website at www.horrycountymuseum.org. For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Have you ever wondered how laundry was done before modern washing machines? Visit the L.W. Paul Living History Farm to try your hand at doing laundry the old fashioned way on March 30th from 9 AM until 12 PM and see how clothes would have been cleaned using a scrub board and wash pot.
The L.W. Paul Living History Farm is open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-4 PM and teaches the history of the Horry County farm family from 1900-1955. The farm is free and open to the public and is located at the corner of Hwy 701 North and Harris Short Cut Road in Conway, SC. For more information, call the L. W. Paul Living History Farm at 843-915-5321 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.
For a full list of programs and events at the Horry County Museum and L.W. Paul Living History Farm, visit www.horrycountymuseum.org.

Saving Sandy Island takes a multi-faceted look at the sensitive issue of environmental development along this stretch of South Carolina’s coastline. A year in the making, this program explores the complex issues surrounding the threat of development to Sandy Island, the residents and the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Perspectives from all the main players in the debate-from the residents who are descended from freed slaves, to the environmentalists, to the developers themselves-are offered during this unflinching look.