The Faces of Edgefield Pottery
Wednesday Classes | Available
Single lecture of Porcelain, Pottery, and Politics lecture series.
Pre-registration closes 24 hours prior to the program. Pay at the door for $15/$20
Tania Sammons | Wednesday, June 25
Edgefield, South Carolina pottery included face vessels and other utilitarian containers, providing material links to unknown aspects of the life and work of enslaved Africans and their descendants.
This program will be recorded and subsequently released digitally by email.
Tania Sammons is a public historian and writer who has served in curatorial roles at the Andrew Low House and Telfair Museums, where she curated the exhibition Beyond Utility: Pottery Created by Enslaved Hands. She currently serves as curator at the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum.