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00000177-2120-db48-a97f-fb222fe30000 South Carolina Public Radio brings you coverage of Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC, May 27 through June 12, with reports throughout the day on the artists, events, and organizers of both Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto.Listen to Performance Today and Sonatas and Soundscapes each week day for previews of upcoming performances and guest interviews.Spoleto Coverage Archive

All About Blue - Awakening IV: Indigo

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  Cathryn Zommer is the Executive Director of arts partnership organization, Enough Pie. As part of Piccolo Spoleto, Enough Pie is holding their fourth annual event in a series entitled “Awakening.”  Awakening IV: Indigo is all about blue.

This event represents Charleston’s deep historical past with indigo dyeing. It features art, storytelling, blues music, Roti Rolls food truck, and, of course, indigo dyeing. The event culminates with a screening of the documentary film Blue Alchemy, on June 4, beginning at 8  pm,with the filmmaker Mary Lance in attendance.

Awakening IV: Indigo at Piccolo Spoleto

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Catherine Zomer gives details of the events that are a part of Awakenings IV: Indigo.

Jeanette Guinn is a professor in the Arts Management Program in College of Charleston’s School of the Arts and is pleased to have former students working in the US, Europe and Australia. After interning at the South Carolina Arts Commission during graduate school, Jeanette spent 25 great years working as an arts manager.