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Center for Visual Arts in Greensboro, NC, Offers Summer Pottery Sale – June 11 – 13, 2010

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

When I was in Greensboro, NC, last weekend I spotted a sign for this event at Edward McKay, one of my favorite places to visit when in Greensboro, but it seems that their prices for used CDs DVDs and other used items has really increased. Some deals still exist, but some items you can buy new at Wal-Mart for less then they want – resulting in big profits for them. Oh well – all good things don’t last forever.

So when I returned home to my computer I looked up this event, but didn’t find much more info than the bare bones offered here.

Here’s what I know:

The Center for Visual Arts in Greensboro, NC, is offering a Summer Pottery Sale. All the pottery for sale was donated by local artists of all ages and 100% of the proceeds of this sale will support the CVA Pottery Program & Clay Outreach Programs.

Sale hours are: Friday, June 11, 10am-7pm; Saturday, June 12, 10am-5pm; and Sunday, June 13, 2-5pm.

The Center for Visual Artists is a comprehensive art education center that strives to promote the advancement and development of visual art through education, exhibition opportunities and community outreach. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The CVA is a funded affiliate of the United Arts Council in Greensboro.

The CVA Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 North Davie Street in Greensboro, NC.

For further information call 336/333-7475, 336/333-7485 or visit (www.greensboroart.org).

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12th Annual Triad Area Spring Pottery Festival Takes Place in Greensboro, NC, on April 11, 2010

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

I was in Greensboro, NC, last weekend visiting friends, checking out the new Apple iPad at the Apple Store in Greensboro and somewhere along the way I picked up a card promoting the 12th Annual Triad Area Spring Pottery Festival, which will be taking place at the Greensboro Farmers’ Curb Market located at 501 Yanceyville Street in Greensboro on April 11, 2010, from 11am to 5pm.

The headline stated – Experience the richness of local pottery!

I might be going out on a limb, but that might be a reference to another pottery show taking place in Greensboro or that took place in Greensboro – which is organized by someone from outside the area which brings in potters from outside the area. I could be wrong, but I know there have been some concerns about that in the past in Greensboro.

I’m not saying there shouldn’t be regional shows or even national shows in areas where there is a local art community or local shows. I’m saying some folks just don’t know how to be a good guest.

Since this is a Triad area show – there will be potters from Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem, and points in-between or from areas considered part of these greater communities.

There will be free parking and no admission to the Festival. The Festival is a program of the Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department with support from the Carolina Clay Guild, Europa Bar & Cafe, First Carolina Delicatessen, and Yamamori Ltd. “Distinctive Jewelry Since 1969″.

For further info call 336/373-2199 or visit (www.greensboro-nc.gov/farmersmarket/).

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Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, NC, Offers Spring Community Day

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

We received this press release at Carolina Arts:

The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is pleased to present our upcoming Catch the Rhythm: Spring Community Day on Saturday, April 10, 2010, from 1-4 pm at the museum. Our biannual Community Day is a chance for all ages to experience the museum and all it has to offer. Enjoy a variety of hands-on art activities and live performances featuring young dancers from the Caldcleugh Multicultural Center’s “We Are One Cultural Arts Project.”  And, join us for a musical performance by “The Healing Force”, celebrating African culture, spirit and creativity. A schedule for the day’s events include:

•  2pm: Performance: Dancers from the We Are One Cultural Arts Project

• 3pm: The Healing Force performs The Rhythm of the Drum  (a highly participatory event!)

•  1-4pm: Art making activities will take place in the Dillard Room throughout the afternoon. Visitors may wish to bring a few non-precious items (smaller than 6″) from home to incorporate into a personal 3-dimensional assemblage that they will be able to take home at the end of the day.

•  1-4pm: Gallery activities for all ages!

This special Community Day will draw inspiration from the current Weatherspoon Art Museum exhibition Existed: Leonardo Drew (on view until May 9, 2010). Known for his massive sculptural works using rust, cotton, paper and wood as his primary materials, Leonardo Drew intertwines African-American history with the forms of minimal and abstract art.

Public Programming for Existed: Leonardo Drew is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Existed: Leonardo Drew is organized by Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. Major funding has been provided in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation, the Harpo Foundation, the Linda Pace Foundation, The Fifth Floor Foundation, and Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Support for the exhibition at the Weatherspoon has been generously provided by the Weatherspoon Art Museum Association.

For more information about the exhibition Existed: Leonardo Drew, visit our website (http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/).

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Southern Entrepreneurship in the Arts Conference, Greensboro, NC – March 27, 2010

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

We received this e-mail at Carolina Arts – it may be of interest to some of you out there thinking of starting a business in the arts or those who are already in the biz – thinking – “what can I do to turn this mess around?”

I think there are other entrepreneurship centers in the Carolinas, but I don’t hear from them.

Here it is:

Helping Artists Prevail in the Business World

Saturday, March 27, 2010
9:00am-5:30pm
Elliott University Center at UNCG

Learn how to turn artistic passion into a living. This artist-led conference will present entrepreneurial strategies and resources for student artists and emerging artists to become self-supporting. The conference will feature numerous speakers in three breakout sessions- Literary, Performing and Visual Arts.

Take advantage of this opportunity to meet and network with artists managing successful businesses and make strong connections for the future.

REGISTRATION FEES
Early Registration (Before March 12) $45 (students $25)
Registration (After March 12) $60 (students $35)
(Fees include all sessions, meals and reception)

For any questions or concerns, please visit our website at (http://entrepreneur.uncg.edu), e-mail to (ncec@uncg.edu) or call 336/256-8649.

Thank you,

North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
516 Stirling Street, 418 Bryan Building
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170

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Coming Events in the North Carolina Pottery World – Dec. 2009

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

New info added at bottom 11/25/09

We have received some notices about pottery events which will be taking place in North Carolina this December. So here’s a rundown of what we have received at this point.

UNC Asheville’s Art Department will hold its annual holiday ceramic and art sale from 4-7pm on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, and 10am-2pm Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, in UNC Asheville’s Tucker Cooke Gallery, located on the ground floor of Owen Hall in Asheville, NC. The sale is open to the public.

A wide variety of functional and decorative items crafted by UNC Asheville students will be on sale with prices beginning at $5. Proceeds will benefit the Art Department.

For more information, call UNC Asheville’s Art Department at 828/251-6559 or visit (www.unca.edu/art).

Did you see that folks – prices starting at $5!!!

Courtney Martin and John Geci will be opening their studios in Bakersville, NC, as part of the Toe River Arts Council’s TRAC Studio Tour, being held Dec. 4, 2009, from noon-4pm and Dec. 5 & 6, 2009, from 10am-5pm. Maps can be downloaded at the Tour website (www.toeriverarts.org).

The two will be offering new works in glass by John Geci and works from Courtney Martin’s kiln opening. Special guest artist Zack Noble will be joining them for the Tour event.


Courtney Martin

If you can’t make it to the tour event, Martin and Geci will conduct an online sale on Dec. 9, 2009, beginning at 9am on Esty – for further info check back at Martin’s website at (www.courtneymartinpottery.com).

For further info call 828/467-1414 or 828/467-4956.

Linda and I purchased a work from Courtney Martin at one of the fall Crafts Fairs of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in Asheville, NC. Of course that was before the economy crashed. But you don’t have a struggling arts newspaper so you can buy in our place.

On Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, Molly Lithgo and Jim Rientjes, who own and operate Earthworks Pottery Studio in Greensboro, NC, will offer their Annual Holiday Open House & Studio Show, from 9am-5pm, at 636 South Cedar St., in Greensboro. That’s off the Elm Street area in Greensboro.

Both artists are passionate about working with their hands, but each present a separate vision about working with clay.

Lithgo is primarily a wheel thrower and is inspired by nature and organic form. These decorative pots easily exemplify her love of color and the drawing process. She also enjoys manipulating the wet clay by altering the pots after they are thrown.

Rientjes is primarily a handbuilder and is inspired by geometric shapes and massive form. He also enjoys surface decoration created by various texturing tools and found objects. His poured glazes interact with one another and flow together into beautiful abstract patterns.


Molly Lithgo

Lithgo and Rientjes each use rich red earthenware clay to produce functional pieces for daily enjoyment. Both support and believe that choosing to use beautifully handcrafted items enriches daily life.

For further info call 336/275-1202, e-mail to (mlithgo@triad.rr.com) or visit (www.mollylithgo.com).

I know this stuff as I took it right off their website.

New – added 11/25//09

In association with The Artery, the new UNC-Chapel Hill student art gallery, the UNC-Chapel Hill Art Department will present the Third Annual Student Holiday Print & Art Sale – one day only, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, from 9am to 9:30pm.

Here is your opportunity to purchase original student artworks at very reasonable prices. You will find great art gifts for the Holidays including etchings, ceramics, screenprints, photographs, drawings, digital works, and paintings.

Come visit our new gallery space at 137 East Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill, NC (or just follow the signs through the Bank of America building atrium) and see what UNC’s best young artists have been up to.

For further info contact: Mike Sonnichsen, Lecturer, Print & Photo Labs Coordinator
UNC Department of Art by e-mail at (msonic@unc.edu) or check (http://thestudentartery.blogspot.com/).

So there you go some info about upcoming pottery events in North Carolina.

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