Last Week to See the Supper Table at Myrtle Beach Art Gallery

Where should the Supper Table GO NEXT?

Artist Mana Newitt created this place setting honoring SC native Eartha Kitt

April 16th is the last day to see the Supper Table exhibited at the Myrtle Beach Art Museum where it has been on display since January 26th.

Read more about the gallery’s exhibition of this massive Jasper Project project and how it is displayed here and, while you’re at it, check out the upcoming exhibitions at this lovely space here.

The Supper Table is the largest and grandest project ever sponsored by the Jasper Project, involving the multidisciplinary art of almost 60 SC women artists including the following:

Bohumila Augustinova • Eileen Blyth • Tonya Gregg • Mana Hewitt • B.A. Hohman • Heidi Darr-Hope • Lori Isom • Flavia Lovatelli • Laurie Brownell McIntosh • Michaela Pilar Brown • Renee Roullier • Olga Yukhno • Jennifer Bartell • Carla Damron • Joyce Rose Harris • Kristine Hartvigsen • Meeghan Kane • Monifa Lemons • Eva Moore • Marjory Wentworth • Qiana Whitted • Candace Wiley • Christina Xan • Claudia Smith Brinson • Kirkland Smith • Jordan Morris • Betsy Newman • Mahkia Greene • Vicky Saye Henderson • Lee Ann Kornegay • Brenda Oliver • Kathryn Van Aernum • Cindi Boiter • Joestra Robinson & Tamara Finkbeiner • Katly Hong • Laura Kissel • Roni Nicole • Lee Ann Kornegay • Ebony Wilson • Betsey Newman • Carleen Maur • Faye Riley • Jordan Mullen • Steffi Brink • Lillian Burke

The project was begun by the Jasper Project in 2019 as a celebration of both the 40th anniversary of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party, now housed on the Feminist Art Wing of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, built specifically to house the Dinner Party installation.

Featured Historical Subjects and the SC Artists Who Honored Them

Mary McLeod Bethune

Visual Artist: Flavia Lovatelli • Literary Artist: Christina Xan • Film Artist: Jordan Mullen • Theatrical Artists: Jocelyn Sanders

Alice Childress

Visual Artist:Tonya Gregg • Literary Artist: Marjorie Wentworth• Film Artist: Steffi Brink • Theatrical Artists: Bonita Peeples

Septima Clark

Visual Artist: Lori Isom • Literary Artist: Qiana Whitted • Film Artist: Faye Riley • Theatrical Artists: Annette Grevious

Matilda Evans

Visual Artist: Renee Roullier • Literary Artist: Candace Wiley • Film Artist: Carleen Maur • Theatrical Artists: Arisha Frierson

Althea Gibson

Visual Artist: Eileen Blyth • Literary Artist: Kristine Hartvigsen • Film Artist: Katly Hong • Theatrical Artists: Trell Brennan

Grimke Sisters

Visual Artist: Heidi Darr-Hope • Literary Artist: Claudia Smith Brinson• Film Artist: Josetra Robinson & Tamara Finkbeiner • Theatrical Artists: Dewey Scott-Wiley & Elena Martinez-Vidal

Eartha Kitt

Visual Artist: Mana Hewitt • Literary Artist: Christina Xan • Film Artist: Lee Ann Kornegay • Theatrical Artists: Sebastian Sowell

Sarah Leverette

Visual Artist: Olga Yukhno • Literary Artist: Carla Damron • Film Artist: Ebony Wilson • Theatrical Artists: Malie Heider

Julia Peterkin

Visual Artist: B. A. Hohman • Literary Artist: Meeghan Kane • Film Artist: Lillian Burke • Theatrical Artists: Patti Walker

Eliza Pinckney

Visual Artist: Laurie Brownell McIntosh • Literary Artist: Eva Moore • Film Artist: Carleen Maur • Theatrical Artists: Arisha Frierson

Modjeska Simkins

Visual Artist: Michaela Pilar Brown • Literary Artist: Candace Wiley • Film Artist: Laura Kissel • Theatrical Artists: Marilyn Matheus

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright

Visual Artist: Bohumila Augustinova • Literary Artist: Jennifer Bartell • Film Artist: Roni Nicole • Theatrical Artists: Jocelyn Walters Brannon

Accompanying the beautiful table created from indigenous SC woods and designed and built by Jordan Morris is a collection of original portraits of the honored women by Kirkland Smith.

Jordan Morris designed and hand built the Supper Table from woods indigenous to SC like Cherry and Sapele Mahogany

A young Sarah Leverette drawn by portrait artist Kirkland Smith


What’s Next for the Supper Table?

The Supper Table has traveled throughout the SC Midlands and Low Country, but is not ready to retire just yet! Where would YOU like to see the Supper Table travel to and how can we make that happen?


Let us know at JasperProjectColumbia@gmail.com



Detail of Heidi Darr-Hope’s place setting honoring the Abolitionist Grimke sisters from Charleston