Ben Owen III

Seagrove, NC, Potters Raise Money for Elementary School Art Departments

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The Seagrove Area Potters Association (SAPA) raised $800 for local schools at the 3rd annual Celebration of Seagrove Potters held in Seagrove, NC, last November. Seagrove and Westmoore elementary schools each received $400 from the organization to be used specifically in the schools’ art departments. Ben Owen presents a check to Westmoore Elementary art teacher ... Read More

News About the Seagrove, NC, Pottery Area

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From the NC Pottery Center Dr. Everette James has once again donated an important collection of North Carolina pottery to the NC Pottery Center (http://www.ncpotterycenter.com/) in Seagrove, NC. Several years ago he gave several hundred pots that served as the core of a highly successful fund-raising auction held by Leland Little Auctions in Hillsborough, NC. ... Read More

NC Pottery Center Offers Summer Fundraiser – June 20 2009

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The doors of the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC, were kept open due to the efforts of many last year, but – and I hate to be the one to tell you this – the Center is not yet saved, and the cavalry in the form of the NC Arts Council, a.k.a. the ... Read More

Pottery Events Coming Up in Seagrove, NC, in June 2009

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First off is the Cousins in Clay event on June 6 & 7, 2009, at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove featuring works by Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke of Bulldog and invited guest and “clay cousin” Michael Kline from Bakersville, NC. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists and add to your pottery ... Read More