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- 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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