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11 Lowcountry Gullah-Geechee artists turn trash into treasure as part of grant-funded art project
from Post & Courier
Discarded items from some of Charleston’s natural habitats got a second life recently, moving from trash to treasure thanks to a grant-funded series hosted by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium.
On June 13, a room at the Keith Summey North Charleston Library was transformed into an art gallery, displaying recent pieces made by Lowcountry Gullah-Geechee artists out of trash…
“Art can be used to preserve cultures, protect ecosystems and promote sustainability,” Gadsden said. “This program brings all three of these elements together. This exhibit has shown me how the Gullah community can transform what is often seen as trash into something valuable, how resilient and resourceful we are as a people.”
Dorneisha Batson, a Beaufort-based artist, built a life-size sculpture of a Gullah woman made entirely of cans and superglue, replete with a removable hat and yard broom. (Yard brooms were used in Gullah-Geechee culture to sweep the dirt from grassless yards, a practice brought over from West Africa.)
Read the full story from writers Lydia Larsen and Kalyn Oyer. (Subscription possibly required.)