Date: 06/15/2022
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Zoom Active Events
This webinar, presented by Corey Alston, will tell us about Sweetgrass Basket Weaving: why the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor is so unique, how he is keeping the art form alive, and patterns and ancestral techniques.
Sweetgrass Basket Weaving has been a major part of the Gullah Geechee Culture, dating back to days of Enslavement. This coastal artform has been recognized as South Carolina State Handcraft, and has been known to be found kept alive the longest along Sweetgrass Basket Makers HWY of South Carolina. This skill is one of the rare arts of our country that is founded nowhere else in America. Gullah Sweetgrass Baskets are a national treasure. You don’t want to miss this!
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