Students take a Gullah basket weaving class hosted by Andrea Cayetano-Jefferson in the Student Union Tuesday afternoon. The class was organized by UConn Black Students Association President Breanna ...
We will begin small twined baskets made with a diminutive relative of tule (Schoenoplectus americanus) known as "sweetgrass" among native weavers in the Pacific northwest. As well as being fragrant, ...
CHARLESTON, SC (AP) - A South Carolina museum is offering visitors a chance to weave sweetgrass baskets like generations of slaves and their descendants have been doing for centuries along the state's ...
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Saturday, the first day of February and the first day of Black History Month, over at the Riverbanks Botanical Garden, people of all ages showed up for a sweetgrass ...
ST. STEPHEN, S.C. (WCBD) – It’s an art form and tradition that is a major part of Lowcountry living – sweetgrass basket weaving. Approximately 50 basket weavers spent the day pulling the grass to make ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of Gullah Geechee heritage, and now he honors and ...
A long celebrated artisan craft in the Lowcounty has been making its way through generations. Sweetgrass basket making is a special skill that one can learn, and once perfected can make into art.
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A sweetgrass basketmaker weaves history and heritage into the culture of the Lowcountry
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of Gullah Geechee heritage, and now he honors and ...
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