Carola Jones, Teaching Artist
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Upcoming Art Show Participation
Durham Art Walk Holiday Market
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Items Available To Purchase @ Durham Art Walk Holiday Market
Include One-Of-A-Kind Wearables, Cotton Fabric Yardage & Home Goods
Online & In-Person Natural Dye Workshops
Learn the art and spiritual significance of Indigenous Gullah Geechee plant-based indigo dyeing practiced by my family on Johns Island in South Carolina. Discover the "survivance" technique of "Binding Up The Blues" to create unique resist design patterns that tell stories about who we are and how we survived.
Online workshops and webinars enable you to work in the comfort of your home from any where in the world. Workshops include live guided instruction each week via Zoom which are recorded so that you can play them back. Also, included are downloadable instructional PDFs, dye recipes, and a weekly Q&A to address any learner concerns. All workshops require registration.
In-person classes happen in Eastern North Carolina, Virginia and on Johns Island, South Carolina. I also teach community classes as part of art residences on Treaty Lands in Canada, and in New Orleans.
Online workshops and webinars enable you to work in the comfort of your home from any where in the world. Workshops include live guided instruction each week via Zoom which are recorded so that you can play them back. Also, included are downloadable instructional PDFs, dye recipes, and a weekly Q&A to address any learner concerns. All workshops require registration.
In-person classes happen in Eastern North Carolina, Virginia and on Johns Island, South Carolina. I also teach community classes as part of art residences on Treaty Lands in Canada, and in New Orleans.
>> Frequently Asked Questions About Indigenous Geechee Indigo Dyeing <<
In My Grandmother's Kitchen
For South-Eastern Woodlands Indigenous, Geechee and Gullah people, the cultivation and dyeing with indigo was more than an economic activity; it was a means of maintaining cultural identity. Indigo, like other traditions practiced on the Gullah Geechee corridor, is a symbol of survival and resistance in the face of centuries of oppression. It represents the ability of our ancestors to adapt and thrive despite the violence of slavery, the hardships of Reconstruction, and ongoing marginalization. "In My Grandmother's Kitchen" is a cultural transfer of knowledge about the "medicine" of indigo that's been shared with me from my mother, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and a great-great-grandmother as a fifth generation practitioner on Johns Island, South Carolina. The series of workshops include in-person, online and on-demand.
2024 Online Instruction
>> Questions & Answers About Online Workshops <<
Registration Opens
October 25, 2024 |