NC Pottery Center – Page 4 – "Carolina Arts Unleashed"

First Celebration of Seagrove Potters Festival a Success

November 24, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

I did not get to attend this first time event in Seagrove, NC, although I wanted to. I did the next best thing, I kept in touch by reading the blogs of the various blogging potters who were getting ready for this event – and reports of how things were going – hours after they ... Read More

Save the Cheerleader – Save the Planet – Saving the NC Pottery Center

November 17, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

This was an interesting catch phrase to promote one of the seasons of the NBC TV show – Heroes. I’ve never watched that program, but I liked the phrase. I’ve used it before in commentary as it shows how interconnected we all are – one person to the next, one person to the environment, one ... Read More

The Power of Potters – In Saving the NC Pottery Center

October 21, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

Don’t mess with a North Carolina potter! Or their Pottery Center. At least that’s the word I have for anyone doubting the importance of the NC Pottery Center located in the small community of Seagrove, NC. I have just received word that $100,000 + has been raised to save the NC Pottery Center. It was ... Read More

NC Pottery Center Fundraising – Almost There!

October 3, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

It is sometimes hard to imagine the level of generosity that has been going on in the effort to keep the doors open to the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC. It moves so fast at times that it is hard to keep up with the figures, which is now over $80,000 – according ... Read More

The Skinny on Saving the NC Pottery Center

September 10, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

I last posted info about the effort to save the NC Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, on Aug. 18, 2008. So it’s time to update you readers on what has happened since then. The last time I gave an update on money raised it was on Aug. 11, 2008, and at that time $30,000 had ... Read More

More News on NC Pottery Center

August 18, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

Well, you just never know where something like this will go. I’m referring to the effort to raise $100,000 to save the North Carolina Pottery Center from having to close its doors after ten years of operation in Seagrove, NC. You can see other postings here under the heading NC Visual Arts (listed to the ... Read More

NC Pottery Center Update

August 11, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

I’ve got some updated news about the effort to save the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC. Meredith Heywood of Whynot Pottery in Seagrove has written to tell me that the Center has almost taken in $30,000 in donations toward their $100,000 goal. Every contribution adds up. She also told me that a NC ... Read More

NC Pottery Center Tightens Budget

July 31, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

Not just waiting on the kindness of strangers and friends, the Board of the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, has cut the full-time position of its director, Denny Mecham, to a part-time position. Mecham has agreed to stay on until she finds another job. Tim Blackburn, who is head of the Center’s board ... Read More

Saving the NC Pottery Center

July 24, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

About the same time we were posting my blog entry about a recent visit to the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, Martha Waggoner, an Associated Press writer was releasing a story about the financial problems of the Pottery Center. The headline hitting papers throughout the Carolinas was, “Supporters: NC Pottery Center needs $100,000″. ... Read More

Native American Pottery at NC Pottery Center

July 22, 2008December 3, 2014 by admin

I was on the road to Greensboro, NC, for some technical help for this blog. When I crossed the SC state line into Rockingham, NC, and got on the newly repaved 220 (part of the future I-73), I realized that I had an opportunity to stop in at the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, ... Read More