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After the Cow Pie – Straight Talk About Seagrove Pottery Festivals

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Well, it didn’t take long after my recent posting about the upcoming Celebration of Seagrove Potters festival which will take place Nov. 20 – 22, 2009, in Seagrove, NC, when I started to get e-mails from a couple of my regular non-fans about the big mistake I had made – counting potters as potteries. In my ... Read More

NC Potters to be Featured in a Nationwide TV Broadcast

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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

NC Pottery Center Offers Summer Fundraiser – June 20 2009

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The doors of the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, were kept open due to the efforts of many last year, but – and I hate to be the one to tell you this – the Center is not yet saved, and the cavalry in the form of the NC Arts Council, a.k.a. the ... Read More

Carolina Arts Unleashed – One Year of Blogging

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My oh my, has it been a year already? And, what a year it was. By early fall of 2008 the economy had gone South (Why does going South mean a bad thing?) – I came South 35 years ago and I think that was a good thing. In November, the first black man was ... Read More

Pottery Events Coming Up in Seagrove, NC, in June 2009

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First off is the Cousins in Clay event on June 6 & 7, 2009, at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove featuring works by Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke of Bulldog and invited guest and “clay cousin” Michael Kline from Bakersville, NC. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists and add to your pottery ... Read More

A Glorious Spring Day in Seagrove, NC

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It was April 18, 2009, and by 6am, Linda and I were in the car headed for Seagrove, NC, for the first day of the Celebration of Spring in Seagrovewhere over 40 potteries in the area would be greeting visitors who would be coming to see new works – many fresh from the potter’s kilns. ... Read More

I’m Going to Seagrove, NC, for Some Kiln Openings

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On the 18th and 19th of April, 2009, Seagrove potters are planning kiln openings and special events in their shops for the Celebration of Spring in Seagrove. Many of these same Seagrove potters who participated in an April 4th kiln firing at the NC Pottery Center in Seagrove will be donating one of their pieces ... Read More

Celebration of Seagrove Potters Exceeds All Expectations

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I was sent this update on the Celebration of Seagrove Potters festival. by Jennie Lorette Keatts After only five and half months of planning and execution, the Celebration of Seagrove Potters, in Seagrove, NC, went off without a hitch, exceeding attendance estimates and putting big smiles on the faces of the participating artists. Over 400 ... Read More