'The Last Drop," Sketched by Thomas Rowlandson, Published by John Harwood, Jan 1st, 1829, London. ©Trustees of the British Museum   Historic Pub Games! To celebrate the North Carolina Pottery Center’s groundbreaking exhibition, The Last Drop: Intoxicating Pottery, Past and Present, on display through Saturday, April 7th, join us on Thursday, April 5th for an […]

  Join us at the North Carolina Pottery Center on Saturday, May 12th, for a talk and book signing by Dr. John Burrison, Regents’ Professor at Georgia State University! Inspired by John’s latest book, Global Clay: Themes in World Ceramic Traditions (Indiana University Press, 2017), this talk entitled, “Face Jugs/People Pots: Southern Tradition, Global Human Impulse,” […]

  Join us at the North Carolina Pottery Center on Thursday, June 7th for a slide presentation by sculptor and NCPC Artist-in-Residence Julie Elkins! Julie Elkins received a BFA in Craft and Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002. She first gained recognition for her porcelain sculptures exhibited at SOFA Chicago in 2003. From […]

  Join us at the North Carolina Pottery Center on Thursday, August 2nd for a slide presentation by Seagrove potter Anne Pärtna! Anne is a graduate of East Carolina University (2007) and holds an MFA degree with concentration in ceramics. She received her BFA degree from Estonian Academy of Art (2000), in her native Estonia, […]

  Join us at the North Carolina Pottery Center on Thursday, October 4th for a slide presentation by Chapel Hill ceramic artist Sasha Bakaric! Sasha was born and raised in Croatia, where she had a successful career in finance and management before graduate school and family brought her to the United States. Her first encounter […]

  Join us at the North Carolina Pottery Center on Thursday, February 7th for a slide presentation by the current NCPC Artists-in-Residence, Julie Rose Hinson and Jared Zehmer! Julie Rose received a B.A in Anthropology, Media Society and the Arts from SUNY Purchase College, NY and completed a course at the City Lore Documentary Institute; […]

  Join us at the North Carolina Pottery Center on Thursday, April 4th for a slide presentation by Chapel Hill ceramic trompe l’oeil sculptor Eric Serritella! Trompe l’oeil is French for “fool the eye”—in art, it refers to pieces and techniques that create an illusion. Eric’s body of work focuses on creating hyper-realistic, hand-carved sculptures […]

Join us at the North Carolina Pottery Center on Thursday, June 6th for a slide presentation by Cedar Grove potter Mimi Logothetis! Born first generation American to a Greek father and South African mother, Mimi Logothetis received her BFA summa cum laude from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She has […]

Rodney Leftwich with some of his own work, including cameo pieces done in the style of Walter B. Stephen. No longer in operation, the Nonconnah and Pisgah Forest Potteries began by Walter B. Stephen in 1913 and 1926 were instrumental in bringing art pottery, most notably pâte-sur-pâte cameo and crystalline pottery, to western North Carolina. […]

Please join us at the North Carolina Pottery Center on Thursday, September 12th for a slide presentation by Seagrove potters David Fernandez, Alexa Modderno, Jinsong Kim, Carol Kim, Frank Neef and Cindy Neef to learn all about the Seagrove Delegation’s recent trip to South Korea to establish cultural exchange. This presentation aims to establish a […]