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Kiln Opening is probably the most exciting event for both
potters and pottery collectors. This tradition started when wood-burning
kilns were used exclusively. These very large kilns would accommodate
from 150 to 400 pieces of pottery and would be fired only a
few times a year. Unlike most studio potters, they depended
upon periodic kiln openings and outdoor pottery sales rather
than having showrooms or galleries open to the public. Today,
potters do not only use wood fired kilns, but gas and electricity,
which can be fired more often allowing potters to keep their
showrooms full throughout the year. So no matter how the pottery
is fired, potters use the tradition of a kiln opening to announce
having lots of new pottery available for sale. Come find
your next collection of pottery.
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Vernon & Pamela Owens, Potters of Jugtown |
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3/27/2008
- 7/25/2008 |
This exhibition will celebrate 25 years of Vernon and Pamela Owens’ ownership of one of the
most important working potteries in America. North Carolinas historic tradition,will be embedded in the work that is chosen for this exhibition.
Gregg Museum of Art & Design
3302 Tally Student Center, 2610 Cates Ave.
Raleigh NC 919-515-3503
Opening March 27, at 6 pm
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Bruce Gholson of Bulldog Pottery at AKAR Gallery Yunomi Invitational |
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3/28/2008
- 6/1/2008 |
Bruce Gholson is included in the Invitational Yunomi Show at AKAR Design, Iowa City, Iowa. A Yunmoi is a form of tea bowl, being taller than wide, with a trimmed or turned foot, without a handle; made for daily (or informal) tea drinking. The teabowls are sold online only.
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Bulldog Pottery-- GEN X: Post-Boomers and the New South |
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4/11/2008
- 6/29/2008 |
Samantha Henneke’s ceramic glazed wall paintings will be included in this contemporary exhibition at the Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama. This exhibition includes a select group of artists representing a new generation of artists with southern heritage and/or training.
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Kings Pottery National Tourism Week |
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5/10/2008
- 5/17/2008 |
Visit the King family and take a tour through their working pottery shop. Watch turning, glazing and face jug making demos as the Kings work on their craft!
Closed Sundays
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Fireshadow celebrates National Tourism Week |
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5/10/2008
- 5/18/2008 |
Visit Fireshadow Pottery and see wheel throwing demonstrations all week and a tour of our studio and gardens.
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The Great White Oak Gallery - National Tourism Week |
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5/10/2008
- 5/18/2008 |
The Great White Oak Gallery invites you to come out and celebrate National Tourism Week May 10-18. This is a great time to spend some of your rebate money on actual American made products.
Our pottery is completely lead-free and totally food-safe. It can be used in the oven or microwave .
Come out and support the USA economy by supporting Seagrove ! Thanks!
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Crystal KIng Pottery National Tourism Week "Discovering Great American Traditions" |
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5/10/2008
- 5/17/2008 |
Visit and watch as crystal demonstrates hand-building her uniquely whimsical animal figures!
Closed Sundays.
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Thomas Pottery National Tourism Week |
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5/13/2008
- 5/17/2008 |
Visit Thomas Pottery and see wheel throwing or hand building demonstrations from 1:00 - 3:00 Tuesday - Saturday. Enjoy a tour of our studio or just relax on our patio.
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Bulldog Pottery at the Carolina Ballet - Carolina Jamboree |
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6/5/2008
- 6/8/2008 |
The Carolina Ballet in collaboration with the Red Clay Ramblers
Bruce and Samantha will be among a select group of potters showing their works during the five Carolina Ballet performances. The works will be on display and for sale in the main lobby area of the Progress Energy Performing Arts Center, Raleigh, NC.
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Bulldog Pottery -- Cedar Creek Gallery’s National Teapot Show VII |
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6/6/2008
- 9/7/2008 |
Both Bruce and Samantha have been invited to send a teapot each to Cedar Creek Gallery’s National Teapot Show VII. Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmoor, NC., has hosted this show every third year for the past eighteen years.
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Ben Owen III and Fay Terry at the Arts Council of Moore County Exhibit |
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6/6/2008
- 6/27/2008 |
Exhibition at Campbell House Gallery in Southern Pines, NC. Works by Ben Owen III and painter Fay Terry from Pinehurst NC will focus on influences from China. Ben and Fay traveled with a delegation from Moore County last year to be part of a special memorial ceremony for a WWII flying tiger pilot. Both artists were inspired by the experience in China and decided to share this through a special exhibition through the Arts Council of Moore County. Campbell House is operated by the Arts Council. An opening reception will be held on June 6th (6-8pm). More info on the exhibit will be displayed on the Ben Owen Pottery website in June.
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Ben Owen III Demonstration and Lecture |
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6/23/2008
- 6/23/2008 |
Ben will demonstrate for a one day workshop in Southport, NC for the local ceramics guild. This is in conjunction with the National Show held annually in Southport. Ben is the juror of the exhibition. For more info about the demonstration or exhibition, contact Doug Gorsline at:
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Dog Days |
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8/1/2008
- 9/20/2008 |
Carol Gentithes will be participating in a group show at the Signature Shop and Gallery in Atlanta. The show celebrates Man's Best Friend. Opening night reception is August 1 from 6pm-8pm.
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Lazy Daze |
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8/23/2008
- 8/23/2008 |
On the fourth Saturday in August, an estimated 60,000 people gather in downtown Cary for the best in arts and crafts, food, and entertainment. JLK Jewelry will be exhibiting, 9am-5pm.
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Bulldog Pottery -- Featured Artists at AKAR Design Gallery |
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8/29/2008
- 9/19/2008 |
Bruce and Samantha have been invited to be featured artists and show their works at AKAR Design Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa. Their work will be for sale in the gallery as well as on line.
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Fourth Annual Mint Museum's Potters Market |
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9/6/2008
- 9/6/2008 |
Fred Johnston & Carol Gentithes have been invited back to the Mint Museum's Potters Market. Pottery enthusiasts will have the opportunity to meet and buy from nationally renowned potters. A one day event, this show draws avid collectors interested in North Carolina Pottery. Admissions $8 Hours: 9:30am-4pm
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Fourth Annual Potters Market Invitational |
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9/6/2008
- 9/6/2008 |
JLK Jewelry and Jugtown Pottery have been invitied to paritcipate in the fourth annual Potters Market Invitational will be held Saturday, September 6, on the lawn of the Mint Museum of Art from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Presented by Delhom Service League as a fundraiser for the Mint, this year’s market will showcase potters from North Carolina’s most important pottery regions and traditions.
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Bulldog Pottery at the Potter’s Market Invitational |
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9/6/2008
- 9/6/2008 |
The Delhom Service League sponsors this event to raise funds for the ceramics collections at the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC. This intimate sales show includes around 40 North Carolina Potteries. Everyone is under one large tent with plenty of room for the visitors to move around.
The event takes place on Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Ben Owen III at Fourth Annual Potters Market Invitational |
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9/6/2008
- 9/6/2008 |
Ben Owen III has been invited to participate in the Fourth Annual Potters Market Invitational held on the front lawn of the Mint Museum of Art. The show and sale is presented by Delhom Service League as a fundraiser for the Mint. This year’s market will feature potters from many different areas of North Carolina.
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Caldwell-Hohl Artworks: Farm Fest Six |
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9/13/2008
- 9/13/2008 |
Rising Meadows Farm, Liberty, NC
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Celebration of Reenactment: History Comes Alive at Westmoore Pottery |
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9/20/2008
- 8/20/2008 |
Join us Saturday, September 20th, as Westmoore Pottery hosts those who reenact our past history.
Those who are not familiar with the world of reenactment (and those who are, and enjoy it!) will want to come and mingle with the 2nd NC Regiment of the Continental Line. The folks who portray the 2nd NC Regiment will set up an encampment beside Westmoore Pottery, and will be there from 9 am - 5 pm that day, showing the life of the 18th century soldiers and followers.
Also,in the afternoon, Jim Daniel will visit Westmoore Pottery in the persona of an 18th century North Carolina surveyor for Lord Granville. From 2 pm - 3 pm (weather permitting), Jim will present an hour long first person program in the character of the surveyor. He will explain to visitors what would have been involved in receiving land in central North Carolina in the mid to late 1700s. Jim spent over 10 years researching 18th century surveying, has written a book on the subject, and has performed this same hour long program at sites such as Williamsburg and Mount Vernon. After the program, Jim will be signing (and selling) his book on 18th century surveying.
And, as thanks to all of you who are yourselves reenactors, all reenactors of any part of the time period 1600-1850 who visit Westmoore Pottery on this day and wear period clothing will receive a discount for the day on anything purchased from us.
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Bulldog Pottery at the Nature Art Gallery in the Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh |
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10/3/2008
- 11/2/2008 |
Bruce and Samantha have been invited back to the Nature Art Gallery which is in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. The Nature Art Gallery is located on the mezzanine level of the Museum Store and features nature-themed art.
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Crozet Arts & Crafts Festival |
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10/11/2008
- 10/12/2008 |
Annual fall juried fine arts and crafts show featuring 125 of the nation's finest artists and craftsmen. Door prizes, music and dancing. The festival provides a fine outing for the entire family. Exhibits in pottery, textiles, leather, glass, wood, metal, photography, and art provide a tantalizing array of beautiful handmade articles for sale.
No pets. Handicapped accessible.
Claudius Crozet Park
(12 mi. West of Charlottesville).
10-5:30 Sat 10-5 Sun
http://avenue.org/ccp/artcraft.htm
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Caldwell-Hohl Artworks: Mountain Glory Festival |
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10/11/2008
- 10/11/2008 |
Marion,NC
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Stepping Back in Time: Hearthside Cookery at Westmoore Pottery |
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10/18/2008
- 10/18/2008 |
Join us on Saturday, October 18th, from 9 - 5 for an informal lesson on food history!
On this day, two historical cooks from the Backcountry Farm of the Schiele Museum of Gastonia, NC will be cooking various early foods in the large fireplace at Westmoore Pottery.
They will cook from 10 am to 4 pm. After 4 pm, we will all wash dishes!
Plan to wander in and out throughout the day, so as to watch many different dishes being cooked. Samples will be available. See what people in North Carolina cooked and ate in the 18th century, and also how some of those odd pots we make, such as pipkins, were really used.
In addition, from 1 pm - 3 pm, Kay Moss will be autographing copies of the cookbook, The Backcountry Housewife: a Study of Eighteenth Century Foods, that she and Kathryn Hoffman wrote.
For the day, we will offer a discount on all our historical cookbooks.
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Caldwell-Hohl Artworks Fall Kiln Opening |
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10/18/2008
- 10/19/2008 |
This event, held at our gallery, features new work, an assortment of other artists and demonstrations of pottery and yarn spinning.
We also have refreshments, live music by "One String Over", studio and house tours.
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Heritage Day at Westmoore Pottery |
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11/8/2008
- 11/8/2008 |
Our annual Heritage Day in November serves to commemorate the founding of Westmoore Pottery in November of 1977.
Come visit us from 9 am - 5 pm on Saturday, November 8th, as we celebrate our own and North Carolina's pottery heritage.
Our focus this year will be on styles of pottery made in North Carolina from 1755 through about 1840. Our kilns of pottery opened for this day will reflect this theme, and that pottery will be offered for sale starting at 9 am.
We will also be doing demonstrations of styles of pottery made in NC in the late 18th and early 19th century.
The Westmoore Pottery scrapbooks, which follow us from our 1977 beginnings, will be hauled out and put on display for this day only.
A discount will be offered on all books about pottery history.
In addition, refreshments will be served, and we will give out door prizes throughout the day.
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Cady Clay Works Annual Wood Kiln Opening |
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11/8/2008
- 11/8/2008 |
New work from the annual fall firing of our anagama wood-fired kiln will be featured, as well as refreshments and studio/kiln tours. 9am to 5pm.
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Holiday Open House at Westmoore Pottery |
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12/6/2008
- 12/6/2008 |
Join us Saturday, December 6th, from 9 am - 5 pm, to celebrate the holiday season.
The shop will be decorated for the holidays and we will unload a kiln of pottery for this day, including special pieces.
From 1 pm - 3 pm, author Nancy Carter Crump will be signing her newly released updated book, Heathside Cooking, published by UNC Press.
Refreshments will be served.
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Jugtown Holiday Kiln Opening |
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12/6/2008
- 12/6/2008 |
Jugtown Pottery's Annual Holiday opening features select pots from kilns fired all year. JLK Jewelry creates special pieces for this event.
8:30-5:00, come early and get a number
330 Jugtown Road in Westmoore
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Ben Owen Pottery Holiday Chinese Red Kiln Opening |
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12/20/2008
- 12/20/2008 |
Ben Owen Pottery will have their Holiday Chinese Red kiln opening (10am-5pm). This will be the largest selection of the red glaze during the season. More info is available on this kiln opening on the Ben Owen Pottery website.
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