The descendants of David Drake learned who he was 10 years ago. They see his jars as his artistic and spiritual inheritance — ...
Several groups lay claim to artisan David Drake: a museum, a county, and his descendants. His work serves to illuminate ...
BOSTON — Inside the wide mouth of a stoneware jar, Daisy Whitner’s fingertips found a slight rise in the clay — a mark she hoped was a trace left behind by her ancestor, an enslaved potter who shaped ...
BOSTON — Inside the wide mouth of a stoneware jar, Daisy Whitner’s fingertips found a slight rise in the clay — a mark she hoped was a trace left behind by her ancestor, an enslaved potter who shaped ...
Preface / Jane Przybysz -- Foreword to I made this jar (1998) / Lynn Robertson -- Foreword to the revised and expanded edition / Lynn Robertson -- Introduction / Jill Beute Koverman -- Part one. I ...
Descendants of potter David Drake, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with one of the artist’s works. - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by The Art ...
George Fatheree is an entrepreneur, attorney, and activist. He represented David Drake’s descendants in securing the restoration of ownership of two jars Drake created that were held by Boston’s ...
Pauline Baker and her son, Yaba Baker, pose with one of the pots created by their enslaved ancestor, David Drake, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F.