Every year over Memorial Day weekend, against the backdrop of the bucolic Beaufort River and under the shade of swaying ...

One obvious Gullah Geechee cultural aspect that remains evident among the African Seminoles in Red Bays is basket sewing. The art of coiling baskets made of sweetgrass began in West Africa.

The Gullah Geechee have weaved baskets mainly out of sweetgrass since the 1600s, he said. But sweetgrass basket weaving has been known as "a dying art form" for some time now, Alston said ...

“No one wanted to sew baskets when I was younger...in some people’s eyes, especially in the Gullah community, art isn’t seen as a worthy career choice.” For a time, Cayetano-Jefferson also ...

Daufuskie Island was on display at The Whitney in New York. The museum hosted Hilton Head native Emory Campbell alongside ...

"The extraordinary thing about the Gullah Geechee household is that that ... "First, it's all an art," he said. "And the lyricism of each of those disciplines — they intersect." ...

It could bring $34 billion in traveler spending to the Gullah Geechee Corridor, according to the market report. Some locals have developed tour operator businesses, art galleries and restaurants ...