The potters will demonstrate and discuss the rich traditions of their craft, examples of which are on display in the museum's exhibit, "Catawba Clay: Pottery from the Catawba Nation." Artists from other Native-American tribes of South Carolina will demonstrate weaving and basketmaking and perform traditional songs, chants, and dances.

Other folk artists will include quilters, a soapmaker, weavers, basketmakers, and a woodworker. A Gullah storyteller, gospel groups, a country-and-western swing band, and a double-dutch jump-rope team will provide entertainment.

At the discovery center, children can make pottery, weave, paint gourds, and participate in other hands-on art activities.

Food exhibitors will include makers of pralines, boiled peanuts, catfish stew, fry bread, and other traditional Southern foods.

McKissick Museum, the state's only research museum, researches and builds collections devoted primarily to natural, cultural, and folk life of South Carolina and the Southeast. The museum has one of the largest Southern folk collections in the region and is the largest collegiate museum in the Southeast.

The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Horseshoe. Tickets are $3 for adults and $2 for children. Admission is free for McKissick Museum members.

For more information, call Saddler Taylor or Alice Bouknight at 7-7251, or access McKissick Museum's Web site at www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS.

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