Michael Ellis bows his head and ties a palm around bulrush and sweetgrass, weaving together a handmade basket that allows him a moment of solitude. The brief time of serenity is interrupted when a ...

In 2008, Mount Pleasant Waterworks (MPW) and the Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival Association (SCAFA) formed a partnership to help protect and preserve the sweetgrass basket-making art form. Twelve ...

GEORGETOWN, SC (WMBF) -Sweetgrass Basket Making is something anyone can try! A great place to try it is at The Cottage in downtown Georgetown. The Cottage offers a Sweetgrass Basket making class every ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Locals and visitors alike can learn how to weave a sweetgrass basket at the Charleston Museum. Local artisan Sarah Edwards-Hammond will provide comprehensive instruction on ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – The 17th Annual Sweetgrass Festival was held Saturday where tourists and locals celebrated Gullah Geechee Culture and the art of making sweetgrass baskets. Local basket ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sweetgrass baskets are an iconic feature of the Lowcountry, but this functional art has roots that will never recede into the sands of time. Not if Palmetto Bluff’s July Artists in Residence, ...

CHARLESTON THAT WEAVES TOGETHER THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. SWEETGRASS BASKETS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CAROLINAS IN THE 1600S BASED OFF OF RICE CULTIVATION. SWEETGRASS BASKETS HAVE CONNECTED GENERATIONS ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Lowcountry sweetgrass basket makers, crafters, and artists are all invited to apply to showcase their talents at the 21st Annual Sweetgrass Festival. The annual ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - A White House-ordered review of the Smithsonian museums could result in the removal of a Lowcountry sweetgrass basket maker’s work. The internal review is designed to ...