Ketchikan artist and master basket weaver Kathryn Rousso is coming to the Petersburg Public Library to present a slide show, "A Sense of Place: Exploring Mexico to Colombia & the Plant Material Textiles Within," Thursday night, March 23, followed by a three-day basket weaving class. Several of her works are on display at the library through March 31.

In her presentation Rousso will share her fascination with traditional textiles, some of the historical and cultural context through which woven items developed, and images from her travels to remote villages from Mexico to Colombia where...