Henrietta Snype — lectures, demonstrations and appearances

Photos & Video

Media — lectures, demonstrations & appearances.

A growing archive of Henrietta at work — in classrooms, at festivals, in museums, and around the studio. Click any photo to view full-size. The events below are placeholders for layout purposes; real captures will replace them as files are added.

Featured Video

Acres of Ancestry — Henrietta Snype

Documentary feature · Acres of Ancestry Initiative

A featured video conversation with Henrietta on the sweetgrass tradition, the rice fanner, and the five-generation family practice.

Acres of Ancestry — Henrietta Snype, video
Acres of Ancestry — featured video

2020 · Studio

Studio Portrait Session

Donovan J. Snype Photography

Portrait and detail shots from a 2020 studio session.

Henrietta Snype — studio portrait, 2020
Studio portrait, 2020
Henrietta Snype — studio portrait, 2020
Studio portrait, 2020
Studio detail, 2020
Studio detail, 2020
Studio detail, 2020
Studio detail, 2020

Avery Research Center · Charleston, SC

Baskets Featured at Avery Research Center

Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture · College of Charleston

Henrietta's coiled work as photographed for an Avery feature.

Sweetgrass basket — Avery Research Center feature
Featured basket — Avery feature
Sweetgrass basket — Avery Research Center feature
Featured basket — Avery feature
Sweetgrass basket — Avery Research Center feature
Featured basket — Avery feature
Sweetgrass basket — Avery Research Center feature
Featured basket — Avery feature

Catalog Studio Shoot

Selected Pieces — Catalog Studio Shoot

Donovan J. Snype Photography

A small selection from the catalog studio shoot of Henrietta's pieces — fanners, dishes, and cover baskets photographed for documentation and sale.

Catalog studio shot — sweetgrass basket
Catalog piece
Catalog studio shot — sweetgrass basket
Catalog piece
Catalog studio shot — sweetgrass basket
Catalog piece
Catalog studio shot — sweetgrass basket
Catalog piece
Catalog studio shot — sweetgrass basket
Catalog piece

Behind the Scenes

In the Working Session

Studio & workspace

Glimpses of Henrietta at work — coiling, sewing, and arranging finished pieces.

Henrietta at work
In the studio
Henrietta at work
In the studio
Henrietta at work
In the studio