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Children's Museum of the Upstate, Inc.

2019 Traditional Arts Touring Grant Recipient

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Recipient Information

Location

Greenville, South Carolina

Project Title

Senora Lynch

Year of Award

2019

Grant or Fellowship

Traditional Arts Touring Grants

Grant Amount

$1,000

Native American potter Senora Lynch will conduct a 3-day residency consisting of 9 camp classes and 3 public workshops for children and their families, sharing both her pottery techniques and the stories and traditions of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe.  Project scholar Dr. Brooke Bauer of USC-Lancaster's Native American Studies Center, the first Catawba Indian to earn a PhD, will lead presentations prior to workshops exploring the connections between traditional arts and the formation of identity.