Sewn + Collected: Sweetgrass Basket Opening & Symposium

This symposium, presented in conjunction with the opening of Sewn + Collected: Sweetgrass Baskets, brings together leading scholars, artists, and collectors to explore the history, craft, and cultural significance of Lowcountry sweetgrass basketry.

Schedule:

2 pm | Keynote by Dale Rosengarten, the author of Row Upon Row, an in-depth, illustrated history of South Carolina’s Lowcountry baskets.

3 pm | Sweetgrass basket sewing demonstration by artist Elizabeth Mazyck.

3:30 pm | Panel discussion led by exhibition curator and sweetgrass basket scholar, Amelia Muller, with Elizabeth Mazyck, Dale Rosengarten, and collector Allison Gulick Muller, lender to the exhibition.

4:45 – 5:30 pm | Reception

Image: Elizabeth Mazyck, Triple In-and-Out Basket with Handle, sweetgrass, bulrush, and palmetto.

From the collection of Allison Gulick Muller.

Community event in Lynchburg, Lynchburg city County, VA 24503.