In front of the Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island, Michael Smalls and Dino Badger, the self-proclaimed “Gullah Elders,” sat meticulously sewing the beginning stages of a pair of ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — The small huts painted in floral colors — rose, violet, orchid, buttercup, bluebell — bloom along U.S. Highway 17 North. They look as fragile as spring flowers, just widely spaced ...

Fads come and go, and styles change. But sweetgrass baskets, carefully crafted by Lowcountry weavers, endure as functional works of art, passed from generation to generation. It isn’t surprising that ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of Gullah Geechee heritage, and now he honors and ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Anyone who's lived in or visited the Lowcountry has probably come across a sweetgrass basket. Whether you're driving along the Sweetgrass Corridor in Mount Pleasant, ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Lowcountry sweetgrass basket makers, crafters, and artists are all invited to apply to showcase their talents at the 21st Annual Sweetgrass Festival. The annual ...

Students take a Gullah basket weaving class hosted by Andrea Cayetano-Jefferson in the Student Union Tuesday afternoon. The class was organized by UConn Black Students Association President Breanna ...

Nakia Wigfall, a Mount Pleasant sweetgrass basket artisan, finished a rice fanner basket that a basketmaker started in Sierra Leone. Wigfall will travel April 12 to the Bahamas to collaborate with ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – From the ocean floor to the coastal plains, this episode of Into the Wild highlights how South Carolinians are protecting what makes this region unique — the balance between ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - A White House-ordered review of the Smithsonian museums could result in the removal of a Lowcountry sweetgrass basket maker’s work. The internal review is designed to ...