"Each year my week at Sea View gives me the opportunity to
re-charge my batteries. I enjoy doing nothing if you consider time on the
beach reading and visiting with old friends doing nothing."
Island
Time Retreat with Lee Brockington
Sunday, March
21 - Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Spend
three days at the oceanfront Sea View Inn with “local treasure”
Lee Brockington as your history and southern culture instructor. Why
leave Pawleys Island, when so many work so hard to arrive? Save
gas as we travel to another world. Check in for a girl’s
island getaway, dine on three southern meals daily, laugh at stories
from the porch, and study island history. Field trips (traveling just
a few yards to the east and west) include beach ecology and creek
conversation. Bring your pajamas for fireside chats. Arrive March 22
in time for Sunday dinner and depart Tuesday, March 24 after
breakfast.
After this
time, you will be refreshed and informed and ready to explore our
history-rich area on your own. Lee will provide you with some
excellent suggestions for side trips, tours and excursions, but none
will compare with the unique opportunity of this retreat.
Bring
comfortable clothes for beach, creek, porch and
fireside. Layers are always in order at the beach in the fall, so you can load them on
or peel them off as needed. BYOB, flashlight, flip flops,
bedroom shoes, journal, art pad, doodle pad. Linens are
provided.
Lee
Brockington is senior interpreter at Hobcaw Barony (11 rice
plantations purchased in 1905 by millionaire Bernard Baruch) and is a
former curator and history consultant with 26 years experience in
programs, lectures and research. She is the editor of the book,
Pawleys Island :Stories From the Porch, published by the Pawleys
Island Civic Association and Plantation Between the Waters: A Brief
History of Hobcaw Barony, released in April, 2006.
Special
rates apply for this event. If you would like more information,
please contact C.L.A.S.S
at 843-235-9600 or via email at lketron@coastal.edu.
Space is limited, first come, first serve.
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63rd
Annual Plantation Tours
Thursday, March
25 - Sunday, March 28, 2010
Join
us for our opening weekend as we provide the perfect 
place
to stay and enjoy the Plantation Tour festivities. The majority of
plantations and town houses on the tour are privately owned and
graciously lent to the Episcopal Church Women of Prince George, Winyah,
Parish once a year. Houses will be open from 9:30 am until 5:00 pm on
Friday and Saturday. We will prepare you for the day with a patented
Sea View Inn breakfast and a bag lunch for your day trip.
For
more information regarding the event, homes on the tour, and tickets,
click
here.
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Nature
Event
Sunday,
April 4 - Thursday, April 9, 2010
Join us for some
interesting and informative kayak tours and nature walks through some
of the areas most pristine and historic sites. Ian
Sanchez will offer his guidance and insights during each of the
activities. Ian has created a number of outdoor programs and has
recently completed a kayak expedition from the mountains to the Sea of
South
Carolina. He continues to encourage experiential education in
order reconnect people to nature. If you have an interest in this
area, there's no better format or leader to give you an inside
look!
click
here for more info
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Easter
Weekend at the Beach
Thursday, April
1 -
Monday, April 5, 2010
Bring
the family and
join us for this extended holiday weekend. Come and enjoy beautiful, cool weather and an almost private beach at this time of
the year. We will have an Easter dinner to remember and warm
fires at night in the living room. We hope to see you and yours
on this special weekend. (3 night minimum please)
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"The
Screen Door" Spa Escape
Friday, April
16 - Friday, April 23, 2010
Have
you ever had a facial while enjoying the sounds of rolling waves? How
about a deep tissue massage
accompanied by a soothing ocean breeze? Or indulging yourself in a
long overdue pedicure with the aroma of fried chicken pleasantly
reminding you of your upcoming meal. Sound tempting? This 3-day,
4-night package will include two 50-minute spa treatments of your
choice, a virtually private beach, 3 meals each day, and a restored
mind and body. click here for applicable
rates and more info
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32nd Annual Artists' Workshop
Friday, April 23 - Friday, April 30, 2010
Instructor: Betty Brown
It’s time to put the Spring Artists’
Week Workshop at Sea View Inn on your calendar. The annual
Pawleys
Island
workshop
continues with its 32nd year, combining great painting locations with
gorgeous spring weather. The charming, shabby chic inn and three meals
a day of low country cooking add up to provide the ingredients and
ambience for a most enjoyable workshop. Alex Powers began the workshop
in 1978,
Betty Brown began studying with Alex Powers in 1975, and
became instructor for Artists’ Week 2002, turning another page in
the history of art at Sea View Inn.
Betty takes the artists to a new location each day. She has
scouted out the most delightful painting spots for plein air painting.
These include area plantations,
Brookgreen
Gardens, and Atalaya. The week is informal and relaxed. Students are
encouraged to do as little or as much as they desire. All levels are
welcome. The groups are small enough
to get individual attention. You can work on your on, or avail
yourself of her instruction that focuses on the 
principles
of design, color, and “learning to see.” Her own etched in stone
commandments are geared toward helping individual painters find a
positive attitude and direction in their uniqe approaches Betty
discourages a competitive atmosphere and seeks to provide
encouragement while striving for excellence. Betty will work or
demonstrate in watercolor, but she is capable of helping in the media
of your choice. The group winds down the day looking at and discussing
each day’s paintings. Evenings can be spent watching videos or
slides of other artists’ work. If a rainy day occurs, we reserve a
time for painting the wait staff/models.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Betty Brown
began studying painting in 1975, and has
studied under many nationally recognized
teachers. She holds degrees from
Queens
University
in
Charlotte
,
NC
, and the
University
of
North Carolina
at
Wilmington
where she graduated with
Honors in Art. She is a member of several
professional organizations and is a Program Grant recipient. Her
painting trips to
Europe
and across the
United States
provide a focus on the landscape, even though the figure has long been
a captivating challenge. Betty is also interested in Book Art and
writing. Betty has extensive teaching experience in museum classes,
workshops at
John
C.
Campbell
Folk
School
, other regional workshops, and with private students. Her work has
been exhibited nationally and is found in 
the
permanent collection of the
Cameron
Art Museum
and corporate and private collections. Her work can be seen at New
Elements Gallery in
Wilmington
,
NC
.
If you would like to discuss anything about the art side of the
workshop, please email Betty Brown at bbbstudio@ec.rr.com.
we've
got the weekend for you. Or maybe you'd just like to spend some
quality time with your best girlfriends? Well, in either case, you
should make plans to join us for this extended weekend. We'll have
music, massage, and ample time for rocking chair conversation on the
ocean porch. What better way to catch up with friends or simply get
way from it all?! (3 night minimum)
a feast on Thanksgiving day, and