PAST EXHIBITIONS AT THE NORTH CAROLINA POTTERY CENTER......SHOWCASING POTTERY MAKING IN NORTH CAROLINA

233 East Avenue, PO Box 531, Seagrove, NC 27341 ....(336) 873-8430 ...........Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10am - 4pm

Promoting public awareness and appreciation of an ongoing tradition in North Carolina.
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February 17 through April 28, 2012

What's Upstairs? Seeing the NCPC’s hidden treasures

November 19, 2011 – January 28, 2012

the Transparent Kiln

November 11, 2011 – January 28, 2012

Collecting North Carolina Pottery for 75 Years

August 19 - October 29, 2011

Wild Fire: Alamance Cunty Stoneware Past and Present

Remember Me As You Pass: North Carolina Ceramic Grave Markers

May 6- July 30, 2011

Pottery from the Yadkin Valley Craft Guild

February 26 - April 30, 2011

Tea Time Series 1

Tea Time Magazine Article

November 23, 2010 - February 12, 2011

Collectors Eye, Series I

Seven Perspectives: the collections of Monty Busick, Steve Compton, Bragg Cox,
Leon Danielson, Joe Foster, George Hoffman and Joe Wilkinson

August 13, 2010 - November 13, 2010

Pottery from the Coastal Carolina Clay Guild

May 7, 2010 - July 31, 2010

Buncombe County Historical and Contemporary Pottery. Curated by:
Contemporary - Brian McCarthy
Historical - Steve Lott

March 2010 - Saturday, April 24, 2010

Annual Auction on Exhibit

Sunday April 25, 2010: Annual Auction: "Going, Going, Gone to Pots"

February 6, 2010 - April 10, 2010

“New Generation of Seagrove Potters"
The fifteen participating potters in this exhibit are as follows: Blaine Avery,
Stephanie Martin, Chad Brown, Eck McCanless, Jeffrey Dean, Will McCanless,
Samantha Henneke, Tommy Nichols, Daniel Johnston, Travis Owens, Crystal King,
Takuro Shibata, Hitomi Shibata, Jared Zehmer, Matthew Luck

November 10, 2009 - January 30, 2010

"Fire in the Valley: Catawba Valley Pottery Then and Now"

August 11, 2009 – October 31, 2009

Historical Pottery of Fayetteville, NC
Highlighting 19th Century Webster & Poe Pottery, Curator Bruce Daws.
The Webster School of Pottery is the earliest stoneware manufactory known in
North Carolina, beginning ca. 1819. Edgar A. Poe’s pottery company began in the
late 1880s, known for producing utilitarian and architectural pieces. Gallery III
features Webster reproductions for sale by David & Deborah Garner of
Turn and Burn Pottery, Seagrove

July 18, 2009

Kiln firing of Webster reproductions at the NC Pottery Center groundhog kiln.
Seagrove potter David Garner demonstrating and explaining the salt firing process
throughout the day from 9 – 5 pm

June 20, 2009

“Pots from the Attic Fundraiser” , 10 – 4 pm,

once-in-a-lifetime sale of slightly worn pots.

Book signing, 2 – 4 pm, The Living Tradition: North Carolina Potters Speak .
Interviews by Michelle Francis & Charles Zug III, photography by Rob Amberg.
Edited by Denny Hubbard Mecham.
Published for NCPC by Goosepen Studio & Press

May 7, 2009
Exhibition: Dan Finch and the Finch Studio Potters

April 4, 2009:

Celebration of Seagrove Potters Community Wood Firing Demonstrations of the
two-chambered “Climbing” kiln with wood fired pieces donated to the
“Faces for the Center Annual Auction”.
Owen/Owens Closing Reception and book signing of featured artist of
“The Family Business, 175 Years of Pottery by the Owen / Owen Families”.
Music by the Bolick Family - traditional mountain bluegrass , Matthew Nance and Friends - traditional bluegrass, Celtic music by Michael Mahan & Will McCanless

February 10 – April 28, 2009

Traditional Arts Program at NC Pottery Center, Seagrove School hands-on pottery
program & tour of NCPC. Program Administrator, Sid Luck - Assistant Instructor, Chad Brown

January 17 – April 14, 2009

Owen/Owens Show

January 17, 2009
Owen/Owens Artist Reception 2 – 4 pm;
Bluegrass music by members of the Bolick and Owens’ family
more

October 7 – December 16, 2008
Traditional Arts Program at NC Pottery Center: Seagrove School hands-on pottery program & tour of NCPC. Program Administrator, Sid Luck - Assistant Instructor, Chad Brown

September 9, 2008 – January 8th 2009
Exhibition: Dinnerware Show

May 9 – September 6, 2008
Exhibition: Contemporary Pottery From North Carolinas American Indian Communities: Contemporary Catawba Indian Pottery

April 1 – April 26, 2008
Auction Preview
April 26th, 2008 Going, Going, Gone, annual auction fundraiser

March 19, April 9, & April 30, 2008
Traditional Arts Program at NC Pottery Center: Seagrove Elementary School Hands on Tile Project. Tile Mosaics displayed Seagrove Public Library

March 17 & 18, 2008
Randolph Co. & Asheboro City Teacher Renewal Credit.
Two-day hands on workshop led by potter Mike Durham

February 26, 2008
Seagrove School New Teacher Orientation and NC Pottery Center Guided Tour

December 10, 2007
Annual Oyster Roast / Thank you to members

October 26, 2007
Slide Lecture, Kiln Building workshop with
Hajimu Kato (Shigaraki Japan) and Andres Allik (Tallin, Estonia)

November 30, 2007 - March 29, 2008
An Independent Spirit: The Potters of Seagrove Today

Wood Fired Elegance
The work of Donna Craven

August 31-Novemeber 24, 2007
the work of three dynamic young potters who each explore a North Carolina perspective as well as an international perspective will be on exhibit.
Two Roads Diverged: work by Daniel Johnston, Seagrove, NC and Matt Jones, Leicester, NC Hitomi’s Farewell: work by Hitomi Shibata
North Carolina Pottery Center’s 2005-2007 Artist-in-Residence will be on display.

May 11, 2007 - August 25, 2007
“Slipped, Dipped, and Dotted: 18th-21st Century North Carolina Redwares”
more

April 28, 2007
Annual Fund Raising Auction

December 11, 2006 Oyster Roast/ Thank you to members

December 1, 2006-March 24, 2007
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
more

September 1, 2006-February 24, 2007
Exhibition: The North State Legacy: Work from the W.D. Morton Collection

September 1-November 25, 2006
Fork Mountain Pottery Pottery: Suze Lindsay and Kent McLaughlin
September 15-16, 2007
Two Approaches to Function:
Workshop with Kent McLaughlin and Suze Lindsay in conjunction with their exhibition

A Hilton History: Work from the Hilton family of Catawba Valley

May 12-August 26 , 2006
Exhibition: An Exemplary Spirit: Pottery by Walter and Dorothy Auman
Youth Exhibit: Work by Seagrove School students currently participating in the after school Traditional Arts Program at NCPC

April 5-29 , 2006
Auction Preview Exhibition: Going Going Gone to Pots!

April 29, 2006: Going Going Gone to Pots, Annual Auction

March 3-25, 2006
Youth Art Month: Southwest Randolph High School Pottery Program

December 3 2005 - March 25, 2006
Exhibition: The Narrative Spirit: MaryLou Higgins

September 10, 2005-February 24, 2006
Exhibition: James Teague: Master Potter, Master Farmer

September 10-November 26 , 2005
The Living Tradition: Wood-firing in North Carolina
October 15, 16, 17, 2005
Workshop : The Living Tradition with David Stuempfle
Work by Kim Ellington and David Steumpfle

July 9-September 3, 2005
Master Potter, Master Teacher: A Life of Influence- Norm Schulman
Work by Schulman Students: Stan Andersen, Steven Branfman, Don Davis, Rick Hensley, Chuck Hindes, Charles Malin, Don Pilcher, Ken Sedberry

May 7-July 2, 2005
Exhibitions: Contemporary Porcelain- Attention to Detail: Work by Tom Turner
The Contemporary Seagrove Tradition- Seagrove Area Potters Association
May 14-15, 2005
Attention to Detail - Tom Turner Workshop
June 10-11, 2005
Seagrove Celebration; Public Event; Demonstrations and Hands-on activities

April 2, 2005 -April 23 , 2005
Auction Fever Preview
April 23 , 2005
Going, Going, Gone to Pots! Annual Auction

February 4, 2005- March 26, 2005
A Place to Take Root
A History of Flowerpots and Garden Containers in America
A History of Horticultural Ware in North Carolina

January 15, 2005 - February 26, 2005
Creating a New Generation of Potters: Haywood Community College

December 12, 2004
Oyster Roast, Thank you to members

November 20, 2004 - January 8, 2005
Triangle Potters Guild Exhibition

October 5, 2004 - November 13, 2004
Carolina Claymatters Pottery Guild

September 28, 2004 - January 29, 2005
Santa Elena’s 16th Century Spanish Kiln
October 2, 2005
Santa Elena Open House co-sponsored by the North Carolina Archaeological Society
Pottery Identification for Public

September 18-19, 2005
Korean Handbuilding Techniques with Art and mary Parks

September 17, 2005
Korean Pottery, A Gallery Talk with Art and Mary Parks

July 13, 2004 - September 18, 2004
Four Women in Clay
Jen Bireline,Clara Couch, Virginia Scotchie, Lydia Thompson