Mountain City Traditional Arts and the Center for Research
in Basketry, Inc. (CRB) will host a symposium and exhibit on the art and craft
of Garrett County basket maker James McCrobie, Sr., on Saturday, April 5, from
1 to 3 p.m. at MCTA at 25 E. Main St. in Frostburg. The symposium will launch
an exhibit of McCrobie baskets, which will continue through April 11. Come hear
treasured McCrobie family stories highlighting a basket maker and his family
who made and sold baskets to support themselves during the Depression.
The event is the result of research by Dr. Kathleen
Beauchesne of CRB and FSU “Folklore in Appalachia” students who identified and
recorded basket craftsmanship throughout Western Maryland and the entire state.
Dr. Kara Rogers Thomas, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology
at FSU, and Beauchesne will speak about the work of these FSU students and the
research done for the basketry project, Woven Traditions: Maryland Basket
Making Culture and Communities, Past and Present. Symposium speakers will also
include Dr. Charles Camp, who interviewed McCrobie and his family during the
1970s for the Smithsonian; McCrobie’s son, the last of six generations of basket
makers; and Richard Yoder, curator of the Springs Museum in Springs, Pa., and
McCrobie basket collector.
The symposium and exhibit are supported in part by the
Maryland Traditions Program of the Maryland State Arts Council and the
Appalachian Regional Commission’s Teaching Project.
MCTA is a program of FSU dedicated to the education, sales,
documentation and perpetuation of the traditional arts in Mountain Maryland.
For more information, contact Beauchesne at 410-967-3585 or
kobeauchesne@basketresearch.org, or call MCTA at 301-687-8040.
FSU is committed to making all of its programs, services and
activities accessible to persons with disabilities. To request accommodations
through the ADA Compliance Office, call 301-687-4102 or use a Voice Relay
Operator at 1-800-735-2258.
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