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October Issue
2009
4th Annual Spruce
Pine Potters Market
Takes Place on Oct. 10 & 11, 2009, in Spruce Pine, NC
The 4th Annual Spruce Pine Potters Market will be held on Oct. 10 & 11, 2009, from 10am-5pm, in the Cross Street Building, 31 Cross Street in Spruce Pine, NC.
The visitor to the small mountain counties of Mitchell and Yancey, NC, could be forgiven for being unaware that the area is home to scores of America's outstanding potters and ceramic artists. But the annual Spruce Pine Potters Market, coming up on the 10th and 11th of October, aims to remedy that situation by providing an opportunity to meet and get to know some of these clay artists "up close and personal".
This invitational show features thirty of the area's best potters each year on a rotating basis, in an attractive display space at the peak of autumn leaf season. The event offers visitors and pottery collectors an outstanding opportunity to spend quality time meeting and engaging some very talented clay artists in a comfortable setting that includes unusually creative food vendors as well. Plan to spend a day (or two) mingling with this very special community of gifted and original potters.
The Potters Market is held in the Cross Street Building, a vintage textile mill recently converted into a spacious multi-use facility. Food, refreshments and the work of thirty invited clay artists should provide something of interest for the entire family. The annual downtown Spruce Pine Heritage Festival on Saturday is another bonus for young and old visitors alike.
The invited artists for this year's 4th Annual Spruce Pine Potters Market includes NC Living Treasures Cynthia Bringle and Norm Schulman, and will include a great variety of pottery, sculpture, and architectural ceramics. The clay artists range in age from their twenties through eighties and specialize in every aspect of ceramic work, from dinnerware to tile to figurative sculpture. Many of these potters are internationally known and have traveled the world in pursuit of their passion.
Participating potters included in this show are: Stan Andersen, Will Baker, Pam Brewer, Cynthia Bringle, Lisa Bruns, Melisa Cadell, Naomi Dalglish, Claudia Dunaway, Jon Ellenbogen, Susan Feagin, Becky Gray, Michael Hunt, Shawn Ireland, Nick Joerling, Michael Kline, Suze Lindsay, Courtney Martin, Linda McFarling, Kent McLaughlin, Shane Mickey, Jane Peiser, Mark Peters, Becky Plummer, Lindsay Rogers, David Ross, Michael Rutkowsky, Norm Schulman, Ken Sedberry, Jenny Lou Sherburne, Gay Smith, Liz Summerfield, Joy Tanner, Tzadi Turrou, Jerilyn Virden, and Susan Whalen.
More information
and travel directions to the show visit (www.sprucepinepottersmarket.com).
Or call Jon or Becky at Barking Spider Pottery at 828/765-2670
with any questions.
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