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June 6 - 7, 2008
Laing Middle School, 2213 Highway 17 North, Mount
Pleasant, SC
2008 SWEETGRASS CULTURAL ARTS
FESTIVAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Friday, June 6
3-8 p.m.
3:00
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Opening comments by Octavia Mitchell |
| 3:30 |
Touch of Class |
| 4:00 |
Francis & Gary Smalls |
| 4:30 |
Stephanie Palmer |
| 5:00 |
Laquisha Manigault |
| 5:30 |
DeQuincy Atterberry |
| 6:00 |
Smalls Family Singers |
| 6:30 |
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| 7:00 |
Drawing for Sweetgrass basket |
| 7:30 |
Closing Comments & Acknowledgements |
| 8:00 |
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* Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry
Basket, a new documentary film, will be shown in
the school cafeteria at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 7
Noon- 8 p.m.
12:00
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Opening comments by Spencer Pryor |
| 12:45 |
Sharon Stokes-Robinson |
| 1:00 |
Ann Caldwell & The Magnolia
Singers |
| 1:30 |
Inderia Washington-Saunders |
| 2:00 |
Dominique Francis |
| 2:30 |
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3:00
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Pantasia Steel Drummers |
| 3:30 |
We Be Brethrens |
| 4:00 |
Second Coming |
| 4:30 |
Demon Head Bussa |
| 5:00 |
Sista Sista |
| 5:30 |
Shikinah |
| 6:00 |
Devon Gary |
| 6:30 |
DeQuincy Atterberry |
| 7:00 |
Adande African Drummers and Dancers |
| 7:30 |
Drawing for sweetgrass baskets |
| 8:00 |
Closing Comments & Acknowledgements |
* Grass Roots will be shown in the school
cafeteria at 1:30, 4:30, and 6:30 p.m.
FEATURED ARTISTS
“Toney” Joseph Nesbitt Jr., is currently and exhibiting
member of the Charleston Artist Guild his artistry range from
Color Pencil
drawings to Wood carving, Watercolor, Acrylic, and Tempera paint
artworks.
STORYTELLERS/FOLKLORE
Hermine Stanyard
Mama Doonk
ARTS AND CRAFTERS
Sheila Ann Horry
Veronica Gaillard
ARTISTS
Carl Crawford
Elaina Chicor – Portrait Artist
LITERARY CORRIDOR
Featuring Authors and Illustrators
Nicole Seitz – The Spirit of Sweetgrass &
Trouble the Water
T.H. Land – A Life of Shrimp and Grits
E.B.Lewis (Illustrator)– A Circle Unbroken
David Ross – King David Exhibition
DANCERS
Sneider Brothers
Ebenezer Praise Dancers
Adande African Drummers and Dancers
LOCAL GOSPEL GROUPS
We Be Bretherns
Gary & Francis Smalls
The Smalls Family Singers
Shikinah
Ann Caldwell
SOLOISTS
Sharon Stokes-Robinson
Stephanie Palmer
Inderia Washington-Saunders
QUILTERS
Bunny Rodriquez
SWEETGRASS BASKETMAKING DEMONSTRATORS
Henrietta Snype
Martha J. Manigault
Vanessa Costen
GRASS ROOTS PROJECT
AND LOWCOUNTRY HERITAGE INITIATIVE
Avery Research Center
for African American History and Culture: Leila Potts-Campbell,
Georgette Mayo, and Deborah Wright
Museum for African Art,
New York: Kate Caiazza and Nathaniel Johnson
GRASS ROOTS VIDEO SCREENING
Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket,
produced by the Center for the Documentary at the College of
Charleston, will have its premiere showing at the Sweetgrass
Cultural Arts Festival. Presented by director/editor Dana Sardet
and historian/curator Dale Rosengarten, the film explores the
current state of America’s oldest African-inspired art.
Based on interviews with contemporary basket makers, the 30-minute
documentary will accompany a nationally traveling exhibition
that opens at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston on August
29, 2008, and will air on South Carolina ETV in September.
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!
Everyone can have a chance to win a sweetgrass basket. Chances
are $5 each or $10 for three chances. Winners need not be present.
FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES PRESENTED BY
Houdini the Incredible Magician
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