Voices on Cloth: The Art of Quilting: Peggie Hartwell | ABC Lessons | Arts Grow SC Resources
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Peggie shares her story and how she has used quilting to tell stories.Learn about South Carolina. You may be surprised at what you'll find!
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Peggie shares her story and how she has used quilting to tell stories.Video
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...Video
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Founded in 2019 by acclaimed civil rights photographer Cecil Williams, the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum is the Palmetto State’s first and only civil rights museum.Video
South Carolina is home to 47 state parks which provide a unique landscape of the state's history.Video
This edition of What's Wild is all about the American Carrion Beetle, one of the best bugs in the business when it comes to decomposition. We'll also be traveling to Clemson University, where...Video
This episode of What's Wild observes some peculiar behaviors squirrel species have and the nutty ways they benefit the environment. To find North America's largest tree squirrel, we'll travel to one...