Coming Events in the North Carolina Pottery World – Dec. 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, ... Read More

Another Big Report on the Arts – Another Load of Baloney

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released a report on Artists in the Work Force based on US Census data. Translation – another bunch of guesses made by computer formulas – no hard facts. A headline in the Post & Courier newspaper in Charleston, SC, on 6/14/2008 reads – “Statistically, S.C. not too ... Read More

The Complete Story

On a recent visit to the North Carolina Arts Council’s (this is NC’s state arts agency) website (www.ncarts.org) under the Headlines heading I found a piece titled “Asheville in American Style Magazine” dated May 6, 2008. The short article informed me that in the June 2008 issue of American Style Magazine, Asheville, NC, was ranked ... Read More