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HIGHLAND P I
- The City of Hishland
Par ho ted ita 2 d AJuaual
C 'ty Arb FeatiYal 0
Septelllber 22 and 23, 1990,
'th a fir t-ti e ever wBlue
Pest" to kick off the
ce1etir ted eve ,OD Priday,
Soptember 21. 1990, at the
Black ell Civic Center
(for erly Dairy Worker
Hall).
Hundred of blue en
thuu came 0 t to he r
t eUo 0 da of Itry
S ay ilaon, the electrify
in obert Pe.D a.d the
feat red act ud . teraa
tional rccorcliq bl art-
i • t e chari tic Charle
Beverly. .
P rk and ccreation
Director arion B. Hayes
d the . I aace of r.
Barli e Pranklin of A.L.P.
Production to coordinate
boom the act t . year
for ree day of fu and ex
citement. Arta. craft • and
food pecialitie ere avail-
ue
Fe
.able for mpling purchase.
The Annual Community
Art Fe tival Committee i
compr· eel of member from
all aero s the com unity:
citizen city employees.
loc 1 r tailers, pr ofes
sional. ad lay person .
ayor artha G. Scott
comme ted aaying. wThe
Highl d Park Co Wlity
Arta Pe '�aI oace apin af
forded the citizen u op
port Dity to e cultural
and etluaic ideu enhanciDl
the qUality of life for all of
• W Thia is ODe ay to re
tore family pride and com
lDuity effort .•
Last year' co Dl aity
artl fe tival elected by
the Michigan Municipal
Le gue, the a ociation of
eitie • to n. and YiU CI to
receive a Certificate of
Achieve eet and a, high
lighted at the Michigan
Municipal· League Con
ference in Muskegon,
Michipn.
SEPTEMBER
u
·gra
ea
t exhibit
"Row Upon Ro : Sea
Gras Ba kets at the South
Carolina Lowcountry," i on
exhibit at the Mu eum of
African American Hi tory
from September 21 through
December 30.
The c xhibit, which is on
loan from the Univer ity of
South Caratina ' Mc is ick
Mu eum, i striking collec
tion of the rti try of South
Carolin Lowcountry ba ket-
ewer and con ist of more
than 60 hand ewn basket .
The McKi ick Mu eum
has yielded the first com
prehen rive de cripuon of the
hi ro rical development of
coiled b kerry, which m y
be made from two type of
ea gra : the tougher, darker
bullru h gra ,or the lighter,
more detic tc weetgr
Basketsewing urvivcd in
South Carolina's Lowcountry
around Charleston Iter the
Civil ·w r because of the
practical na ture of th bas
kets, the e tabli hment of a
chool where ba kets wing
a taught, and the dem nd
for thc product by touri t
nd I tcr, collector.
of McClellanville who has a
graduate degree in Americ n
history from Harv rd e nd
cofounded the Me
Clell nville Art Council In
1977, erved the prim ry
rc earcher tor- the project. In
addition to examinin hi tori
c I ource m terial , includ
i ng wills, iaric nd pi m -
tion le d g r , Ro engarten
int rviewed more th n 30
contemporary ba etm ker
about their craft.
"The c ra n' passed dow n
in th f rmly . nd repr sent a
link between e ncr auon ."
Ros ngarten said. "The part
I loved be' I w eui ng to
know the e b a .kctrn a e r ,
who re wonder ul people."
Ba k c trn ak c rs e nj o y an
autonomy that i rare In
tod v: worki ng world. Th y
et their own hours for weav
ing and lIing, cxcrci e their
own j ud gc rn nt nd intel
ligence. nd w rk ith mi
Iy member' in collective
enterpri e.
The immediat lutur 0
c a gra s bas ct r y cem
brignt. according to Ro sen
gartcn, Charlc non' touri I
lraffic ho . no i n of
lowing. nd newly recruited
convention trade houJd ex-
. pand it. However, the future
largely depends on the con
tinualion of the tradition by
young arti l .
ow UPO ROW wa
orB nized by the McKi ick
Mu eum wilh major upporl
from the Nation I Endow
ment for th Hum nilie nd
th Nation I Endo mcnt for
the Art, Fol Arts Program.
For more inform tion call
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