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Acrostic poetry is a form that is fun, relaxing, and understandable to most age groups who are readers and writers. Acrostic "name poems" are composed as early as 2nd grade in ELA classes; but that...
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The host of this segment interviews a SC quilter of exceptional talent, Peggie Hartwell. They discuss how quilting can be used in the classrooms to help students synthesize complex ideas, emotions and...
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Peggie uses quilting to bring out complex ideas centered on social justice & racial discrimination.
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Peggie shares her story and how she has used quilting to tell stories.
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Humans have been making paints and inks from nature for millennia. Kristy Bishop will demonstrate how to make lake pigments and turn them into paint. A lake is a pigment that has been extracted from a...
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Using cassava (aka yuka or manioc) flour and a clay paste, Kristy Bishop will demonstrate how to apply these mediums to fabric for resist dyeing. Both the cassava and clay can be applied to fabric by...
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Indigo is the rich and beautiful blue dye that comes from the indigo plant. In SC, Indigofera suffruticosa was grown on plantations as a cash crop sold to England during the 18th century. This blue...
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Dancer and choreographer Marielle Richardson gives a quick overview of the history of tap and teaches a paradiddle exercise.
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Dancer and choreographer Marielle Richardson teaches the steps and South Carolina history of the Charleston.
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Dancer and choreographer Marielle Richardson teaches steps and South Carolina history of the Cakewalk.