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  •  A Champion for craft in the Low Country 

    • Andrea is a sixth-generation basket maker perpetuating Gullah-Geechee cultural heritage
    • She works alongside her mother and daughter, and the other women of their community
    • Her dedication to upholding Gullah traditions has led to her works being in exhibitions
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  • Southern Living

    This South Carolina Sweetgrass Basket Maker Is Sharing The Art With Future Generations

    For Andrea “Annie” Cayetano-Jefferson, this tradition ties her to generations of Gullah people, including her mother and daughter.

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  • Norther Clay Center

    Costal Sweetgrass: Clay & Land & Craft SEPTEMBER 23 – NOVEMBER 5
    Main Gallery
    Public reception: Thursday, October 12, 6 – 8 pm

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  • CNN

    The tradition traces back to the 1700s.These women are fighting to keep it alive through online retail.

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  • Lowcountry Parent

    Growing up Gullah: Honoring local Gullah Geechee culture and tradition this holiday season

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  • Charleston Living Magazine

    Stitched With Love

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  • Today

    For Andrea "Annie" Cayetano-Jefferson, a sixth-generation Gullah-Geechee basket artisan, the practice of intricately sewing together sweetgrass, bulrush, pine needles and palmetto into unique designs is an inherited “way of independence.”“I’m doing it the same way people have been for literally hundreds of years," Cayetano-Jefferson tells Shop TODAY in an interview. “The same way my ancestors have been doing it.”

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  • Index-Journal

    Woven into the culture: Sweetgrass basketry workshop highlights Gullah Geechee tradition.

    Eighth-generation sweetgrass basket artist Vera Manigault shows Dawn Rhodes how a handle can be attached to the basket Rhodes started Sunday in a workshop at the Arts Center of Greenwood.

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  • The Daily Campus

    With strands of sweetgrass and a bent tip weaving tool, Andrea Cayetano-Jefferson spends several hours weaving intricate sweetgrass baskets from the Gullah culture. From Feb. 21-22, the UConn Black Student Association hosted Cayetano-Jefferson and her daughter Chelsea Cayetano to teach students about Gullah culture and the art of sweetgrass basket weaving.

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  • Hyperallergic

    Exquisite Gullah-Geechee Baskets Are Now on Etsy

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  • Etsy News

    John Legend Launches Exclusive Home and Living Collection, Co-Designed with Female, Black and Underrepresented Makers on Etsy.

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