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Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art - Touring Exhibit
This exhibit organized by the Museum for African Art in collaboration with the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston and the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina features approximately 225
objects including baskets from the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia and from diverse regions of Africa, as well as African sculpture from the rice-growing societies which, through the agency of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, exported their cultures to America. Opening at the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, on 29 August 2008 through 30 November 2008: Will open in New York in 2010 as one of the inaugural exhibitions at the Museum for African Art's new building in Harlem.
Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art is available for travel.
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BITS'AA' BAHANE: The Story of Navajo Baskets
A traveling exhibit about the history, symbolism, manufacturing processes,
and new directions in Navajo basketry. Made available for booking by the
Anasazi Heritage Center.
Nature/Culture: Artists Respond to Their Environment
Emily Dvorin (found objects), Jan Hopkins (fruit skins), and the late Fran Reed
(fish skins) are basketmakers featured among the artists represented in this
traveling exhibit organized by the Society for Contemporary Craft.
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Boundaries: Contemporary Basketry
Contemporary basketry exhibit assembled by the Society of Arts and Crafts,
Boston is available for booking in qualified locations. Includes the works of
twelve basket artists including John Garrett, Carol Eckert, Lindsay Rais, Rob
Dobson and Jan Hopkins. Programming
Guide.
Precious Cargo
The groundbreaking exhibition “Precious Cargo: California Indian Cradle Baskets
and Childbirth Traditions” is available for booking to qualified museums and
cultural organizations through California Exhibition Resources Alliance.
Propose
An Exhibition
Information on how to propose a traveling basketry exhibition through the
ExhibitsUSA program at Mid-America Arts Alliance.
Row Upon Row: Seagrass Basketry (Grades 1-12)
McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC offers a
multidisciplinary kit focusing on the South Carolina sea grass basket making
tradition with special attention to both the culture surrounding this art and
present threats to the social and physical environment of basketmaking
communities. An excellent way to link traditional culture and contemporary
social issues. Includes lesson plans, sample sea grass trivet, video interview
with basketmakers, and laminated photographs. Available for loan or purchase.
Stout Hearts: Split Oak Basket Makers of the South Carolina Upcountry (Grades
1-12)
McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC offers
curriculum materials designed to introduce the traditional folk craft of split
oak basketry from the South Carolina upcountry. Includes lesson plans, slides,
illustrations, and biographical sketches of basket makers, exhibit catalog and
brochure.
