Appalachian Folk Art: Ceramic Face Jugs

Join us for a two part workshop where we will sculpt and glaze our own face jugs (note, you must sign up for session one to attend session two). During these sessions, we will learn about the migration of this tradition from West and Central Africa, where anthropomorphic pottery was a form of spiritual protection and ancestor veneration, to the American South, where enslaved Black people created these jugs for the same purposes, preserving their identity. Finally, we will trace the face jug's ar