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Corey Alston

He // Him // His

Sweetgrass Basket Weaver

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

“[Sweetgrass Basket Weaving] is one of the rare arts of our country that is found nowhere else in America. Gullah Sweetgrass Baskets are a national treasure.”
Corey Alston has been recognized by many for his tireless effort to keep his heritage alive for his generation. Alston has been featured in magazines, TV shows, and world-renowned museums. You can find him mostly keeping his artform alive by keeping the world informed on social media sites. Alston is a direct dependent of Enslaved Africans and is proud teaching others about his heritage by doing public educational talks all over the country.

Donor -This award was generously supported by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts.

This artist page was last updated on: 07.11.2024

Traditional Arts
The artist Corey Alston, a man with brown skin, a bald head, and a full beard smiles at us. He has small dimples on both cheeks. He is seen from the waist up holding an unfinished woven basket in his left hand and a bundle of sweetgrass in his right. He wears a robin's-egg-blue collared shirt with an electric-blue undershirt.

Corey Alston. Sweetgrass basket.

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[ID: A street banner featuring a photograph of the artist Corey Alston. He smiles and holds a beige-colored woven basket. To the right of the photo is a bar of vertical white text on a purple background that reads, "Explore Charleston Visitor Center."]

Charleston Visitor Center banner. Photo by Joel Caldwell.

[ID: A photograph of the artist, Corey Alston, standing in a park holding up two large woven baskets constructed with wavy organic lines and shapes. Alston wears a bright-teal polo shirt, black shorts, and coordinated teal shoes.]

Sweetgrass baskets. Photo courtesy of the artist.