Experiencing And Recreating The Enduring Pottery And Poetry Of Dave Drake
Explore the life, ceramic art, and poetry of Dave Drake, a 19th century enslaved artist. Students learn about Drake’s experience working in a pottery factory, turning stoneware vessels into clay pots, and inscribing them with poetry. After learning about the life, times pottery and poetry, students create a vessel from clay, write a couplet of poetry about their lives and inscribe their poetry into the moist clay of their pottery. (This program can be completed in two 50 minute sessions or an extended 90 minute session. Also available as a Professional Development Workshop.) This offering is one of the Diversity Engagement programs available.
Program Artist(s):
Explore the life, ceramic art, and poetry of Dave Drake, a 19th century enslaved artist. Students learn about Drake’s experience working in a pottery factory, turning stoneware vessels into clay pots, and inscribing them with poetry. After learning about the life, times pottery and poetry, students create a vessel from clay, write a couplet of poetry about their lives and inscribe their poetry into the moist clay of their pottery. (This program can be completed in two 50 minute sessions or an extended 90 minute session. Also available as a Professional Development Workshop.) This offering is one of the Diversity Engagement programs available.
Program Artist(s):
Explore the life, ceramic art, and poetry of Dave Drake, a 19th century enslaved artist. Students learn about Drake’s experience working in a pottery factory, turning stoneware vessels into clay pots, and inscribing them with poetry. After learning about the life, times pottery and poetry, students create a vessel from clay, write a couplet of poetry about their lives and inscribe their poetry into the moist clay of their pottery. (This program can be completed in two 50 minute sessions or an extended 90 minute session. Also available as a Professional Development Workshop.) This offering is one of the Diversity Engagement programs available.
Program Artist(s):
PROGRAM DETAILS
ART FORM(S):
Visual Arts
CURRICULUM:
English Language Arts, Social Studies
GRADE LEVEL(S):
Elementary (K-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), Adult (Educators or Artists)
PARTICIPANT LIMIT
30
PROGRAM AVAILABLE AS:
In-School Workshops
Afterschool/Out-of-School
Professional Development