Philip Dickel Basket Museum Gallery
618 8th Ave, West Amana, IA 52203
Joanna E. Schanz 319 622 3529 days 319 622 3009 evenings, email: jeschanz@southslope.net
Weekend open house for 2015 basket exhibit titled: "AMERICAN MADE BASKETS - MADE TO BE USED" will be at Philip Dickel Basket Museum Gallery on May 1,2,&3. Friday and Saturday from 10 to 4 and Sunday from 12 to 4. Refreshments will be served.
Twenty-four basket weavers from across the USA will have their basket on display from May 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015.
From the beginning of time baskets were made from materials found growing where people lived. Baskets were a necessity, had a purpose and were made to be used. This exhibit celebrates baskets made today in the USA and their multi uses in everyday life.
Basket materials you will see include willow, pine needles, red and yellow cedar bark, white pine bark, sedge, reed and cane. Basketry techniques, the coiled, plated, looped, frame and stake and strand, with a history from the past still are used today.
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