The Mission Statement

The mission of the Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery is a center for the presentation of the visual arts in northeastern, SC by having a regionally significant exhibition and research program in support of the educational mission of Coastal Carolina University.

The Rebecca Bryan Gallery is a program of Coastal Carolina University. The gallery is a non-profit making institution, in the service of society and its development and open to the public. The gallery is committed to researching, exhibiting and interpreting, for the purpose of study, education, and enjoyment of objects, activities and documents that are part of the focus of visual arts.

The Mandate Statement

The discipline concerning the Rebecca Bryan Gallery will be the visual arts. Within this field the program will recognize no restrictions as to the nature of its research and programs relative to period, medium or the content approach of the art or artists. The geographic scope of the Rebecca Bryan Gallery will focus on art and artists from the Eastern United States, but will not exclude art and artists from other parts of the world. Art in the collections of sister institutions and those of private collectors within this geographic scope will also fall under the purview of the Rebecca Bryan Gallery program. Provisions will allow for the exceptional special exhibitions from outside the region to be presented at the facility as well.

Purpose

The Rebecca Bryan Gallery shall operate under the following definition and shall observe all the professional and ethical standards as defined in the International Council of Museum's Statutes of Professional Ethics concerning its programs, staff, governance and fiscal management consistent with the guidelines established by Coastal Caroline University and the Coastal Carolina University Board of Directors and the School of Humanities Board of Visitors.

Concept Plan:

The concept plan will aim to articulate the mission, mandate and purpose into a program plan that will outline how the gallery will accomplish its objectives.
The following functions will be the program plan of the gallery

Research

The Rebecca Bryan Gallery is responsible to all objects committed to its care and will take all reasonable steps to ensure for the purposes of communication, their identification and interpretation and for the purposes of preservation their safety, security and conservation of objects entrusted to the gallery.

Display

The Rebecca Bryan Gallery will present six to eight exhibitions annually.
The programs of the Rebecca Bryan Gallery shall strive to represent and serve a broad range of audiences and cultures.
The Rebecca Bryan Gallery should aim to introduce the public to a broad spectrum of art forms and traditions in both the fine arts and decorative arts, with selections from both historic and contemporary periods, and should also display and promote work for regional artists, crafts persons and other works of art of local interest.
The Rebecca Bryan Gallery should provide and manage touring exhibitions to appropriate locations (art galleries, community art centers, and local museums) through out its geographic region.

Interpretation & Education

The Rebecca Bryan Gallery will support the exhibitions with publications, lectures, symposia and workshops.
The Rebecca Bryan Gallery will attempt to provide educational programs to elementary, secondary schools and colleges within its immediate geographic region.

Promotion

The Rebecca Bryan Gallery is responsible for the promotion and publication of research relating to its programs.
The Rebecca Bryan Gallery shall seek to maximize communication with all of its publics including artists, Coastal Carolina University students, faculty, staff and administrators, the surrounding community, media, and donors. The Gallery shall use gallery publications, evaluations, outreach programs, interpretive programs, news releases and promotional materials as channels to communicate with its identified publics.