Events for Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art
Location: McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Contact: Ja-Nae Epps, (803) 777-7251

Saturday, February 13, 2010; 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Opening Day
10:30-11:45 Tour of the exhibition with basket maker Nakia Wigfall and curator Dale Rosengarten.
12:00-1:00 Talk by Peter H. Wood of Duke University, author of Black Majority as well as Strange New Land and the textbook Created Equal.
1:00 – 3:00 Special viewing of the acclaimed new film Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket, directed by Dana Sardet. 
3:00-3:45 Tour of the exhibition basket maker Nakia Wigfall and curator Dale Rosengarten.

Saturday, April 17, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Basket Day
Basket makers from the Charleston area demonstrating and selling handcrafted baskets on the historic USC Horseshoe.

Sweet Grass Sundays
February 21, March 21, April 18, 2010; 1:00 – 4:00 pm
The museum is open extended hours for an additional opportunity to experience Grass Roots

Other Upcoming Events:

Spring in the Garden
Sunday, March 14, 2010; 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Join us for our annual spring fundraising programI Participants will enjoy tours of a local garden in the University Hill district, nature talks by Rudy Mancke, and light refreshments.

Tickets are $75 each. Proceeds benefit the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina.

Call Ja-Nae Epps at (803) 777-7251 for more information and to purchase tickets.