Planning Underway for 2nd Annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters Which Takes Place Nov. 20 – 22, 2009, in Seagrove, NC

Planning for the 2nd Annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters is underway and the participating artists are all busily working on special pieces for the Celebration, as well as on collaborative pieces to be auctioned on Friday night, Nov. 20, 2009. Last year’s event, the inaugural Celebration was a resounding success drawing over 400 people to ... Read More

Info About Carolina Potters Showing at USC in Columbia, SC

Well this press release was a little late for consideration for inclusion in the printed version of Carolina Arts but it has an interesting collection of Carolina potters, so we wanted to let our blog readers know about and it will be on our web version of the paper at Carolina Arts Online on Oct. ... Read More

Fred Johnston and Carol Gentithes Show Work in Raleigh, NC

Those Seagrove, NC, potters – they’re everywhere. Here’s an article about a show in Raleigh which features works by Fred Johnston and Carol Gentithes. There just never seems to be a month where there isn’t a Seagrove potter involved in an exhibit taking place in the Carolinas. Here’s the article: NC Museum of Natural Sciences ... Read More

Real Estate Studio in Charleston, SC, Offers Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibit

Well, there is always so much to publicize and too little space in the printed version of Carolina Arts – so, here’s another bit of visual art news. The Real Estate Studio, located at 214 King Street in Charleston, SC, is presenting an exhibit for the Women’s Caucus for Art Charleston entitled,Gaea, Goddess of the ... Read More

Update on Future Pottery Sales from Potter Ronan Peterson

I received an update on future pottery sales from Ronan Peterson, a Chapel Hill, NC potter and blogger. Peterson wrote: “I’m sending out one more quick reminder about the 3 Guys* and Some Pottery Sale this weekend and a short blurb about the Circle of Eight Sale the next weekend. Come out if you can ... Read More

Hurricane Hugo the Art Critic

It was 20 years ago today – no this is not the opening to The Beatles song,Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but it was 20 years ago today that Hurricane Hugo struck just north of Charleston, SC, in the middle of the night and then proceeded to rip a path through South Carolina – ... Read More

NC Potters to be Featured in a Nationwide TV Broadcast

After our elation over the University of Michigan football victory over the Irish (don’t even mention that Carolina Panthers’ game) and frustrations over messed up Beatles’ CDs – it’s back to the business of bringing you news about the visual art community in the Carolinas. It seems that the pottery community in Seagrove, NC, including ... Read More

The Murder of a Beatles Album

If you’re an American babyboomer, you grew up with The Beatles. In junior high I went to sock hops where The Beatles music was first played – the first time I danced with a girl was to the Beatles. Later in high school I joined a rock and roll band and we played a lot ... Read More