SC Humanities – Blue Jeans and Blue Grass Kick Off

Kick Off Events – 5 to 8 pm at the Arts & Heritage Center of North Augusta (AHCNA) located at 100 Georgia Avenue (inside the North Augusta Municipal Building)

• • Blue Jeans and Blue Grass Kick Off featuring MotorKeg tap truck and food truck with Music by The Henry’s
  • Unveiling of the Updated Historic Driving Tour Brochure and New Addition of Don Rhodes’ Book, North Augusta
  • Jazz! Art Quilts in Performance in the Upper Gallery. Features African American Story Quilts of Dr. Marlene O’Bryant-Seabrook celebrating the American Jazz Era. Opening talk by Wayne O’Bryant. He will also be on hand to discuss his mother’s quilts during the kick off.
  • Palmetto Park & Pond Display in the Upper Gallery. Back in the depths of the Jim Crow South, there was a place in North Augusta where whites and blacks came together through a mutual love of swing and big band music. It was known as Palmetto Park, a swimming pond and dance hall for blacks off Carolina Springs Road. Throughout the 1930s and into the early ’40s, the park played host to some legendary performers (from article by D. Rhodes).
  • Mackenzye Barkfield’s Weaving Though South Carolina. A collaborative weaving exploration the connectedness of people and communities, inspired by our region’s rich textile history on display in the Main Gallery.