Grant Recipient
This research will focus on the history of silk-making on South Carolina plantations by enslaved individuals that have been obscured but not erased.
Location
New York, NY
EDUCATION
MEDIUM
MATERIAL EXPLORATION
Grant amount
$9,500
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Selected works
Image from "The culture of silk, or an essay on its rational practice and improvement" 1758 Getty Research Institute
Dress, Elizabeth R. Pickney and Sarah P. Amber 1750 - 1780 South Carolina, Charleston Photo credit: National Museum of American History
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