Elizabeth F. Kinlaw Explained

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Elizabeth F. Kinlaw (born 1951) is a renowned basket weaver from South Carolina whose work has been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution,[1] the Princeton University Art Museum,[2] [3] the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art,[4] and Francis Marion University.[5]

Kinlaw was born in 1951 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.[6] [7] She learned Gullah basketweaving as a young child from her mother, grandmother, and aunt.[8] [9] [10] Kinlaw typically weaves her baskets out of sweetgrass. One of Kinlaw's baskets were acquired by the South Carolina Arts Commission in 1993. In 2012, another one of Kinlaw's baskets was acquired by the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. In 2015, Kinlaw was featured in the exhibition "The African-American Voice - South Carolina Arts Commission State Art Collection" in the Hyman Fine Arts Center at Francis Marion University. In May 2022, Kinlaw's work was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum for their exhibit "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World" Examines the State of Contemporary Craft in America Today Smithsonian American Art Museum . 2023-03-31 . americanart.si.edu . en-US.
  2. Web site: Kongo Across the Waters At University Art Museum Town Topics . 2023-03-31 . en-US.
  3. Web site: KONGO ACROSS THE WATERS First exhibition in America to deeply explore the legacy of Kongo culture Princeton University Art Museum . 2023-03-31 . artmuseum.princeton.edu.
  4. Harn Museum of Art. "Annual Report 2012-2013." University of Florida. https://harn.ufl.edu/linkedfiles/publication-annualreport1213.pdf
  5. Web site: Fine Arts – Art Gallery Series 2014-2015 Francis Marion University . 2023-03-31 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Elizabeth F. Kinlaw Smithsonian American Art Museum . 2023-03-31 . americanart.si.edu . en-US.
  7. Commission . South Carolina Arts . Green . Harriett . 2009 . State Art Collection 1987-2006 . The State Art Collection:1987 - 2006 . English . 14, 23, 78, 154, 160.
  8. Book: Bell, Nicholas R. . A Measure of the Earth : the Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets . The University of North Carolina Press . 2013 . 978-1-4696-1529-5 . 37 . 963300077.
  9. Web site: In and Out Basket Smithsonian American Art Museum . 2023-03-31 . americanart.si.edu . en-US.
  10. Web site: CAROLINA CRAFTS TRADITIONS ARE IN GOOD HANDS . 2023-03-31 . Orlando Sentinel.

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