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Critical Thinking Through Object Making: A Memory Jug Workshop<\/b><\/div>\n
Facilitator: Sirene Martin
\nThis workshop is free but registration is required.<\/div>\n

AT CAPACITY<\/h2>\n

**please check back in regularly until workshop start date for more seat openings<\/p>\n

This engaging, hands-on workshop blends critical thinking, cultural history, and creative expression. Participants will explore the rich tradition of assemblage art within Black American visual culture, rooted in the spiritual and artistic legacies of the Bakongo people of Central Africa.<\/div>\n
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The session will begin with a brief lecture introducing the concept of Minkisi<\/i> <\/span>(sacred vessels) <\/span>and their cultural transformations within African American communities\u2014specifically focusing on the practice of Memory Jug making in the Black South. A memory jug is a commemorative vessel created to honor a departed loved one.<\/span> In the early 1900s, memory jugs were commonly found attached to grave markers throughout the South.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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This workshop serves as a thematic continuation of the three-day performance series Future Histories of Emancipation<\/u><\/em><\/a>, created by <\/span>contemporary assemblage<\/span> artist Vanessa German, <\/span>whose work will be highlighted as a modern-day <\/span>inheritance<\/span> of the Bakongo legacy. \u00a0<\/span>The <\/span>performance <\/span>series<\/span>, held in October 2025,<\/span> acted as ceremonial ritual to honor the Black girls enrolled in the Colored Girls Dormitory of 1896 at the Louisville Industrial School Reform. This building is currently Gottschalk Hall at the University of Louisville.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This workshop is created and facilitated by Sirene Martin, Assistant Curator and Repatriation Coordinator, in conjunction with the Sam Gilliam Visiting Artist Program<\/a> at the Speed Art Museum.\u00a0\u00a0No experience is required; materials are provided.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Memory Jar<\/b><\/div>\n
Unidentified American Maker, Rome, Georgia<\/div>\n
early twentieth century<\/div>\n
Hand-built clay with encrusted ceramic shards and found objects<\/div>\n
High Museum of Art<\/div>\n
1997.37<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I Will Not Suffer For You<\/b><\/div>\n
Vanessa German<\/div>\n
2017
\nFound object mixed media assemblage
\n70 x 44 x 6\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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