Falmouth Art Center Presents Speaking of Art

Talk #4 Speaking of ART! Series: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South CarolinaTalk by Adrienne Spinozzi,of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

May 7, 4pm at the Falmouth Art Center.

Adrienne Spinozzi will speak on the history of enslaved potters in the Old Edgefield District, a rural region on the western edge of South Carolina renowned for its rich natural clays. For roughly fifty years prior to emancipation and the end of the Civil War, Black potters in Old Edgefield produced stoneware storage vessels that were sold to neighboring plantations. Celebrated today for their beauty and technical mastery, these objects were nonetheless created under conditions of duress. Enslaved African Americans carried out all aspects of this demanding, labor-intensive industry.

Falmouth Art Center Member price: $10, Non-member price: $15 Purchase tickets online click here or by phone at 508-540-3304.