Gullah/Geechee CREATE Showcase 2026

Charleston-based multimedia artist Lyela Gadsden tells how she created her art piece titled “Roseate Recycle Receptacle” during the Gullah/Geechee CREATE Showcase 2026 presented by Darrah Hall — Reconstruction Era National Historical Park on Saturday, March. 28, 2026.

Gadsden won first place for her artwork.

Photos by Amber Hewitt/The Island News

Charleston-based multimedia artist Lyela Gadsden tells how she created her art piece titled “Roseate Recycle Receptacle” during the Gullah/Geechee CREATE Showcase 2026 presented by Darrah Hall — Reconstruction Era National Historical Park on Saturday, March. 28, 2026. Gadsden won first place for her artwork. Amber Hewitt/The Island News

Charleston-based multimedia artist Lyela Gadsden won first place for her artwork “Roseate Recycle Receptacle” at the Gullah/Geechee CREATE Showcase 2026 presented by Darrah Hall — Reconstruction Era National Historical Park on Saturday, March. 28, 2026. Amber Hewitt/The Island News

Priscilla Brockington, a Gullah Geechee artist from Georgetown, S.C., tells about her powerful piece “Sankofa Flight” during the Gullah/Geechee CREATE Showcase 2026 presented by Darrah Hall – Reconstruction Era National Historical Park on Saturday, March. 28, 2026. Brockington won second place for her art piece. Amber Hewitt/The Island News

Priscilla Brockington won second place for her art piece “Sankofa Flight” at the Gullah/Geechee CREATE Showcase 2026 presented by Darrah Hall – Reconstruction Era National Historical Park on Saturday, March. 28, 2026. Amber Hewitt/The Island News