North Carolina Pottery Center Exhibition and Events Schedule 

2005-2008

-----------------2005-----------------

November 20-January 8, 2005

Exhibition

Triangle Potter’ Guild Exhibition

Gallery III

 

January 15-February 26

Exhibition

Creating a New Generation of Potters:  Haywood Community College

Gallery II

 

 January 15

Reception

Creating a New Generation of Potters

 

February 4-March 26

Exhibition

A Place to Take Root: A History of Flowerpots and Garden Containers in America

Galleries I & III

 

A History of Horticultural Ware in North Carolina

Gallery III

 

February 4

Receptio

 A Place to Take Root;

Book signing by Dr. Barbara Perry for

North Carolina Pottery: The Collection of the Mint Museums

 

Re-opening of the Pottery Center’s Permanent Exhibition,

A History of North Carolina Pottery

 

March  5-26

NC Youth Art Month:

Durham School of the Arts

Gallery III

 

April    2-23 

Auction Fever Preview 

Galleries I, II, III

 

April 23 

Going, Going, Gone to Pots!

Annual Auction

 

May 7-July 2

Exhibitions:

Contemporary Porcelain- Attention to Detail: Work by Tom Turner

Gallery I

 

The Contemporary Seagrove Tradition- Seagrove Area Potters Association

Galleries II & III  

 

May 13

 Reception  and Gallery talk;

SAPA and Tom Turner

 

May 14-15

Attention to Detail

Tom Turner Workshop

 

June 10-11

Seagrove Celebration 

Public Event; Demonstrations and Hands-on activities

 

July 9-September 3

Exhibitions: 

Master Potter, Master Teacher: A Life of Influence- Norm Schulman

Galleries I & II

 

Work by Schulman Students:

Stan Andersen, Steven Branfman, Don Davis, Rick Hensley, C

huck Hindes, Charles Malin, Don Pilcher, Ken Sedberry

Gallery III

 

July 16

Reception

Norm Schulman and Students

 

September 10-November 26  

Exhibitio

The Living Tradition: Wood-firing in North Carolina,

Work by Kim Ellington and David Steumpfle

Galleries I & II

 

September 10-February 24, 2006

Exhibition

James Teague: Master Potter, Master Farmer  Gallery III

 

September 16

Reception

Kim Ellington, David Stuempfle, Teague Family

 

October 15, 16, 17

Workshop

The Living Tradition with David Stuempfle

 

December 3-March 25, 2006

Exhibition

The Narrative Spirit: MaryLou Higgins

Galleries I & II

 

December 4

Reception

MaryLou Higgins

 

December 11

Oyster Roast/ Thank you to members

 

-----------------2006-----------------

September 10, 2005-February 24, 2006

Exhibition

James Teague: Master Potter, Master Farmer

Gallery III

 

December 3, 2005-March 25, 2006

Exhibition

The Narrative Spirit: MaryLou Higgins 

Galleries I & II

 

March 3-25

Youth Art Month

Southwest Randolph High School Pottery Program

Gallery III

 

April 5-29

Auction Preview Exhibition

Going Going Gone to Pots!

 

April 29

Going Going Gone to Pots

Annual Auction

 

May 12-August 26

Exhibition

An Exemplary Spirit: Pottery by Walter and Dorothy Auman

Galleries I, II, & III

 

Youth Exhibit

Work by Seagrove School students currently participating in the

after school Traditional Arts Program at NCPC

 

September 1-November 25

Exhibitions

Fork Mountain Pottery Pottery: Suze Lindsay and Kent McLaughlin

Gallery I

 

A Hilton History

Work from the Hilton family of Catawba Valley

Gallery II

 

September 1-February 24, 2006

The North State Legacy: Work from the W.D. Morton Collection

Gallery III

 

September 15

Reception

Lindsay and McLaughlin

Book signing by Dr. Charlotte Brown,

The Remarkable Potters of Seagrove

 

September 15-16

Two Approaches to Function

Workshop with Kent McLaughlin and Suze Lindsay in conjunction with their exhibition

 

October 26

Slide Lecture,

Kiln Building

Hajimu Kato (Shigaraki Japan) and Andres Allik (Tallin, Estonia)

 

December 1-March 24, 2007

Exhibition

Potters of the Roan

Pottery by  Stanley Anderson, Melisa Cadell, Michael Hunt, Suze Lindsay, Kent McLaughlin, Shane Mickey, Mark Peters, David Ross, Ken Sedberry, Ron Slagle, Gay Smith, Liz Zlot Summerfield, and Jerilyn Virde

 

December 10

Annual Oyster Roast / Thank you to members

Artists’ Reception,

 Potters of the Roan

 

-----------------2007-----------------

March 2-17

Youth Art Month

Empty Bowls Project by Southwestern Randolph High School Students

Three hundred bowls made by the students offered for

sale to fight hunger in Randolph County

Gallery III

 

March 17

Empty Bowls Project concluded with the sale of

bowls of homemade soup to the public

All proceeds to benefit two Randolph County social service groups

 

April 7-28

Exhibition

Going, Going, Gone To Pots!

Annual Benefit Auction Preview

 

April 28

Going, Going, Gone To Pots!

Annual Auction

 

May 4-August 25

Exhibitions

Slipped, Dipped, and Dotted: 18th-21st Century North Carolina Redwares

Three part exhibition

(1) Current work by

Hal and Eleanor Pugh of New Salem Pottery and David and Mary Farrell of Westmoore Pottery.

(2) Historical pieces on loan from private and public collections

(3) Archaeological materials and historic sites overview

Galleries I, II, & III

 

Youth Exhibit

Work by Seagrove School student participants in the after school

Traditional Pottery Program at NCPC

 

May 11

Artists’ Reception

Slipped, Dipped, and Dotted: 18th-21st Century North Carolina Redware

 

August 31-November 24

Exhibitions

Two Roads Diverged

Seagrove Potter Daniel Johnston and Catawba Valley Potter, Matt Jones

 Galleries I & II

 

Hitomi’s Farewell

Exit exhibition of work by the NCPC 2005-2007 artist-in-residence Hitomi Shibata

Gallery III

 

November 30– March 29, 2008

An Independent Spirit: The Potters of Seagrove Today

Galleries I & II

 

Wood-Fired Elegance:  The Work of Donna Craven

Gallery III

 

December 14

Artists’ Reception and Holiday Celebration

 

-----------------2008-----------------

November 30– March 29, 2008

An Independent Spirit: The Potters of Seagrove Today

Galleries I & II

 

Wood-Fired Elegance:  The Work of Donna Craven

Gallery III

 

April 4-25

Going, Going, Gone to Pots

Auction Preview Exhibition includes 160 pieces donated by

North Carolina Potters and Collectors

Galleries I, II, & III

 

May 9-August 23

Contemporary Pottery from North Carolina’s American Indian Communities

Galleries I & II

 

Contemporary Catawba Indian Potter

Gallery III

 

May 17

Artists’ Reception & Special Events

Open to the public free of charge.

 

1-3 pm

Pottery Making Demonstrations by Catawba Indian Master Potter Caroleen Sanders,

Cherokee Potter, Joel Queen &  Haliwa-Saponi Potter Senora Lynch

 

-Prehistoric Pottery Making Demonstration  by Joe Herbert (NCAS)

 

-Pottery Identification and Dating for the public by members of the

North Carolina Archaeological Society (no appraisals).

Categories include Prehistoric Pottery, Traditional North Carolina Pottery,

Historic Pottery (US and Imported), and Prehistoric Lithics

 

-Try your hand at coil building!

 

3-5 pm

Artists Reception for American Indian Artists

 

August 29-September 29

Owen/Owens

A Family History in Clay-19th-21st Centuries

 

December 5-March 28, 2009

Dan Finch and Student

 Creating a Community of Potters in Eastern North Carolina