Unfortunately, we won't have enough time to create a face jug from beginning to end during today's #Juneteenth Arts Festival, but participants will be given the chance to play freely with clay while learning about how enslaved Africans held onto their spiritual beliefs through the creation of these ceramic vessels.

If you're interested in learning more about this, look up "face jugs" and "The Wanderer," the next to last slave ship that entered the US in 1858. #BlackHistory #pottery

@potterybyosa if no one told you yet today, you are doing great stuff here. Peace
@potterybyosa I am so glad I stumbled over your post. 20 years ago I studied American literature at a German university and was lucky to have professors who put a lot of African-American history into the curriculum. It has always been one of my favorite topics to learn about, but to this day I have never heard of face jugs. New rabbit hole to dive into!