Welcome to Sunset River Marketplace

a unique art gallery
Sunset River Marketplace art gallery is located in historic Calabash, NC, just minutes from Brunswick Island, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC. Our 10,000 square foot gallery exhibits art by regional and local artists of virtually all genres including oil and water color paintings, charcoal, acrylics, photography, hand blown glass, woven fiber art, pottery, turned wood, metalwork's, intarsia, artisan-crafted-jewelry, and other fine art and collectables.
what else we offer
The Marketplace provides top-quality custom framing services by our master framer as well as cleaning and restoration services. Ongoing art classes, taught by local professionals, are offered through out the year. In addition, artist workshops, instructed by well known professional artists, are offered at our studio, Sunset River Studio. Our studio is also available on a rental basis for your business meetings family reunions, and all your special events.

Art Photo Gallery

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Featured Artist

Richard Staat

Art by Richard Staat
 

A Very Special Art Gallery

Gallery Tour
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Sunset River Marketplace is a vibrant exciting gallery located in the historic fishing village of Calabash, North Carolina. The uber-creative space invites artists and collectors to explore the displays that make up 10,000-plus square feet of fine arts and crafts.

Showcasing only artists from the two Carolinas, this eclectic gallery boasts an amazing offering of clay art and pottery; oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media, pastels and acrylics; plus award-winning metalworks, wood pieces, hand-blown glass, fiber art, artisan-made jewelry and more. Since opening in 2002, Sunset River Marketplace has become a popular destination for visitors, a gathering place for artists and a center of the community.

Located onsite are a pottery studio, complete with two kilns; a custom master framing department; and art classrooms for workshops and ongoing instruction. Please stop by for a cup of gourmet coffee or tea, or enjoy a glass of wine at one of the bistro tables. Or better yet, carry it with you as you meander through this warm comfortable space.

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Marketplace News

02/25/10
Calabash, N.C. art gallery Sunset River Marketplace is set to host a fashion show and luncheon on Monday, March 29 to benefit Brunswick Family Assistance Program (BFA). Fashions from the popular Calabash women’s clothing store, Victoria’s Ragpatch, will be featured with store manager Roseanne Hodge making the dynamic presentation. Lunch will be catered by the Calabash Garden Tea Room. There will be door prizes and a silent auction including donations from artists, restaurant and local merchants. Tickets are $25. This is going to be a fun, worthwhile afternoon! Please join us! ... read more
02/22/10

Sunset River Marketplace is featuring Barns of the American Landscape, a group show of oil painters, watercolorists, pastel artists and photographers, which begins Tuesday, Feb. 20 and runs through Saturday, Mar. 27. The exhibit includes works by Richard Dixon (oil), Richard Kuhn (oil), Steven Sullivan (oil), Elaine Bigelow (oil), Roger Tatum (watercolor), Brenda Behr (oil), Mark Hilliard (photography), David Keener (photography), Janet Dixon (watercolor), Rose Kennedy (pastel) and Kevin Beck (pastel), Lou Aliotta (photography)
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01/07/10
Sunset River Marketplace is featuring paintings by watercolor artist Richard Staat in a show entitled Watercolors with a Transparent Touch from Jan. 11 through Feb. 20, 2010. The eclectic exhibition includes figural pieces as well as landscapes and coastal scenes. A reception, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 16, from 2 to 5 p.m.... read more