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September Issue
2010
Mint Museum
Randolph in Charlotte, NC, Offers Pottery Market Invitational
- Sept. 11, 2010
What says North Carolina better than handmade pottery and bluegrass music? The Delhom Service League of The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, is gearing up for the sixth year of its Potters Market Invitational. Pottery enthusiasts come from miles around to view and purchase the best and latest in ceramic art. Ceramics for sale range from traditional utilitarian pots to studio ceramics, including jewelry. Don't know much about ceramics? The Potters Market is the best place to learn while talking to the individual potters about the scope and vision of their creations.
The 6th Annual Potters Market Invitational takes place Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010, from 10am to 4pm on the lawn of the Mint Museum Randolph, located at 2730 Randolph Road in Charlotte. It will feature bluegrass music from fiddler Rose Spinks and banjo player Harry Taylor of the Glazed Over String Band. Tickets are $10 for adults ($8 after 2 p.m.); $5 for children 5-17; and free for children under 5. Ticket sales begin the day of the event at 9:30am. The entry fee includes admission to the Mint Museum Randolph. Proceeds support The Mint Museum's decorative arts collection. Box lunches are available for purchase from Delectables by Holly.
Many potters have called
North Carolina home over the last few centuries. Natural clay
deposits attracted potters of European descent starting in the
late 18th century. Since then, North Carolina has become one of
the country's richest ceramic meccas, full of unique styles and
forms. Each year, the Potters Market Invitational features
40 superb potters representing the state's most important pottery-producing
areas: Seagrove, the Piedmont, Catawba Valley and the mountains,
including Penland and Asheville. Potters participate by selection
on a rotating basis, giving shoppers access to a wide variety
of artists from one year to the next.
Potters returning this year include: Ben Owen III, Donna Craven
and Crystal King. Added to the 2010 line-up are a select group
of up-and-coming potters known for their distinctive work which
is gaining national attention. New potters participating this
year include: Jeff Dean and Stephanie Martin, John and Scottie
Post, Rob Pulleyn and Hiroshi Sueyoshi.
With North Carolina's central role in American pottery and growing
international reputation, the Mint Museum Randolph devotes special
efforts to documenting the history of North Carolina ceramics
through its historic ceramics collection. The 6th Annual Potters
Market Invitational is presented by the Delhom Service League,
an affiliate group of The Mint Museum.
Participating potters for this year's PMI include: Blaine Avery,
Michael Ball, Tammy Leigh Brooks, Kyle Carpenter, Donna Craven,
Jeff Dean, Stephanie Martin, Judith Duff, Kim Ellington, Steven
Forbes de-Soule, Terry Gess, Bruce Gholson, Samantha Henneke,
Becky Gray, Shawn Ireland, Nick Joerling, Daniel Johnston, Fred
Johnston, Carol Gentithes, Maggie & Freeman Jones, Matt Jones,
Matt Kelleher, Shoko Teruyama, Crystal King, Terry & Anna
King, Eric Knoche, Sid Luck, Robin, Rob, Beth Mangum, Will McCanless,
Phil Morgan, Ben Owen lll, Pam, Vernon, Travis Owen, Jennie L.
Keats, Shirl & Jim Parmentier, Jane Peiser, Ronan Kyle Peterson,
John & Scottie Post, Rob Pulleyn, Amy Sanders, Akira Satake,
Ken & Connie Sedberry, Jenny Lou Sherburne, David Stuempfle,
Hiroshi Sueyoshi, and Liz Zlot Summerfield.
For further info
check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at
704/337-2000 or visit (www.mintmuseum.org).
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