After decades of the daily grind, many hardworking Americans look forward to retirement. But if you visit the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum in Myrtle Beach now through April, you’ll find the work of retirees who have forgone the early-bird specials and the recliner.

Milestones: Celebrating 70 and Beyond features 54 works from more than twenty-five South Carolina artists who create everything from sculpture to quilts—and have all reached their seventieth birthday. Museum curator Kay Teer says she was inspired to assemble the exhibit when she encountered the work of Priscilla Sage. “She was over seventy and still creating fabric pieces—complicated pieces. Age was not a factor working against her,” she says.

On view is everything from paintings, quilts, and sculpture to handmade books and mixed-media works. “These are not Sunday afternoon painters—they are very serious,” says Teer.

Many of the artists have been working their entire lives, while others, like retired neurosurgeon Edward Byrd, came to art later in life. Byrd retired from a longtime medical practice, went on to obtain two art degrees from College of Charleston, and now creates paintings, sculpture, and drawings.

Sculptor John Acorn crafts large, admittedly heavy, wooden pieces, some nearly six feet tall, and one of the eldest artists, Maxie Eades, an eighty-five-year-old retired textile mechanic, fells her own trees, drags them into the studio with a tractor, and fashions much of her own equipment for turning wooden bowls.

So don’t miss this chance to see stunning work created by a group of elders—not satisfied to retire just yet.