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MUSEUM TOURS featuring: "Sweetgrass: A Living Legacy of Family and Community" "The Art of Jonathan Green" "Avery: The Spirit That Would Not Die"
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HOURS & INFORMATION

Phillis Wheatley READING ROOM
Monday - Friday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
(or by Appointment)

Museum TOUR HOURS:
Monday - Friday
10:30, 11:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30

Saturday Tour Schedule
12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30

Groups of 5 or more must call to
schedule tour appointment.

General Information: (843) 953-7609
Archives: (843) 953-7608
Tours: (843) 953-7610
Gift Shop: (843) 953-7612
Fax: (843) 953-7607

Location
125 Bull Street
(near Ashley Avenue)
Charleston, SC 29401

Mailing Address
Avery Research Center for
African American History & Culture
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424

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How To Get To Avery

AveryResearchCenter@cofc.edu

Avery Research Center
Lois A. Simms Volunteer Program
Want to be an
Avery Research Center Volunteer?
Call 843.953.7234 and sign up.

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•Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art exhibit opening at McKissick Museum, University of SC, Columbia, SC.
Feb. 13 - May 8, 2010

Avery Messenger Online
Current Issue
Spring 2009 - Vol. 7 No. 1

Messenger spring 2009

Featuring...
"Black Elected Officials Before OBAMA: Black Pioneers in South Carolina Politics"
Damon Fordham

"Charleston's Unique Burial Societies"
Leila Potts Campbell

"How It Began: Avery's First Volunteer"
Lois A. Simms

"Mermaids and Merwomen in Black Folklore" - Georgette Mayo

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AVERY GIFT SHOP
Mon. - Fri. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 12:00 noon - 5:00 pm
(843) 953-7612

For books, audio & visual Gullah history and culture resources, African American games, T-Shirts and caps, note cards, calendars, and holiday gift ideas, visit Avery's Gift Shop.

Featured Books:

	Exhibition Catalog: "Grass Roots: African Origin of an American Art" Museum For African Art, New York, NY

grass roots dvd cover

DVD: "Grass Roots: The Enduring Art of the Lowcountry Basket"

Visit the "Grass Roots" webpage. Order your copy today.

The AVERY RESEARCH CENTER, a division of the College of Charleston was established to collect, preserve, and make public the unique historical and cultural heritage of African Americans in Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Want to know more about Avery....

reading room sign The Avery Research Center provides access to and professional reference assistance in the use of its collections to the College of Charleston community, scholars and the general public. Avery facilitates access to these holdings in person, by mail, e-mail or telephone reference services.
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PROGRAMS
The Center's galleries and other public spaces house permanent displays and installations and are sites for workshops, lectures, poetry readings, book signings, receptions, jazz performances and art exhibitions throughout the year.
Visit our EVENTS page for a full listing of upcoming programs.

PHOTO GALLERY

Jonathan Green speaking at the Avery Research Center at exhibit opening and reception for
"A Gift of Art...
A Collaboration...
A Challenge: The Art of Jonathan Green."
More photos...
Photos by Nancy Santos

Trailblazing legal mind Honorable Marvin S. Arrington, Sr.
comes to the Avery Research Center for a Lecture and Book Signing.

"Making My Mark:
The Story of a Man Who Wouldn't Stay in His Place"

Marvin Arrington Making My Mark
"Making My Mark" offers a look at a courageous man who has left an extraordinary mark on one of America's largest cities. Lawyer, judge, public servant, trailblazer: these are only a few words to describe the remarkable accomplishments of the Honorable Marvin S. Arrington, Sr., of Atlanta, Georgia. This autobiography is a testament to what happens when childhood lessons, hard work, and perseverance meet determination and optimism.

February 11, 2010
6:00 pm

Visit our Events Page for a full listing of Avery's
upcoming programs and events.

MUSEUM
The Avery Research Center maintains several galleries and other spaces, sponsors exhibitions produced from the Center's archival and permanent collections, presents exhibits from South Carolina-based visual artists, hosts temporary exhibitions, sponsors a traveling exhibition program, and conducts daily public tours for individuals and groups. Current Exhibitions...
PHOTO GALLERY

Exhibition
"Sweetgrass:A Living Legacy of
Family and Community"

This “Sweetgrass” exhibit is a culmination of over twenty-seven years of relationships between Avery and sweetgrass basket makers. Avery has purchased numerous baskets and has become dedicated to ensuring those in the Lowcountry and beyond recognize the wealth of history, knowledge, and culture this craft holds.
The “Sweetgrass” exhibit acknowledges the African American heritage of the baskets and its makers, with a primary focus on how and why the baskets were used in the Lowcountry and the shift from utility to art.

Sweetgrass invitation card

The baskets, photographs, and artwork on display are primarily from Avery Research Center collections. Baskets created by youth of the Next Generation Project are also featured in the exhibition.

Displays are in the McKinley Washington Auditorium and Cox Gallery
through May 10, 2010.

A Gift of Art...A Collaboration...A Challenge:
The Art of Jonathan Green

basket carriers Artist Jonathan Green donated 30 of his art posters to the Avery Research Center with the challenge that we work with members of the community to frame them. We decided to have persons donate through a dedication to members of their family, an organization, a church or just to the arts. The response has been overwhelming.
SEE THE POSTERS...

Exhibition on display through December 2010.

All of the posters have been dedicated.
We thank each one of you who responded to the Jonathan Green collaboration and challenge.

More images of Avery...