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 ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Saturday, the first day of February and the first day of Black History Month, over at the Riverbanks Botanical Garden, people of all ages showed up for a sweetgrass ...

A long celebrated artisan craft in the Lowcounty has been making its way through generations. Sweetgrass basket making is a special skill that one can learn, and once perfected can make into art.

MOUNT PLEASANT S.C. (WCBD)- A shortage of sweet grass in the Lowcountry has some people worried that the centuries-old tradition and culture could be lost. If you’ve driven down Highway 17 or walked ...

We will begin small twined baskets made with a diminutive relative of tule (Schoenoplectus americanus) known as "sweetgrass" among native weavers in the Pacific northwest. As well as being fragrant, ...