Dragon vase detail, Jinsong & Carol Kim (Seagrove Art Pottery, Seagrove, NC) Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, July 28, 2018, from Noon—2:00 p.m. Our reception is free of charge and open to the public. With the title, Worldwide Welcome, borrowed from Emma Lazarus’ poem at the base of the Statue of […]

As part of the North Carolina Pottery Center's ongoing collaboration with East Carolina University, we are pleased to present Embracing Process, a show by ECU's Ceramics Guild. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, July 28, 2018, from Noon—2:00 p.m. Our reception is free of charge and open to the public. At East […]

Please join us for the opening reception of Cast, But Not Least from 6:00--7:30 PM on Friday, December 7th. The reception is free and open to the public. Less heralded in the popular imagination than wheel-throwing, slipcasting — the technique of pouring liquid clay, or slip, into molds — has increased in popularity in the last […]

Close up of a historic Jabob Weaver slip decorated plate. Please join us for the opening reception of Historic Slip! Decoration in NC from 6:00-7:30 PM on Friday, December 7th. The reception is free and open to the public. The use of slip is an integral tradition in the evolution of ceramics in North Carolina. […]

Fruitfulness by Sooyeon Kim (GA) Want to see online images of all the pieces in the show? Click HERE to go to our Facebook Photo Album featuring every piece! (Our public Facebook page does not require an account to access.) Art of Clay National Juried Show @ The North Carolina Pottery Center. 50 Pieces from […]

Image: Cameo close-up, Walter B. Stephen, Pisgah Forest Pottery, 1938. No longer in operation, the Nonconnah and Pisgah Forest Potteries begun 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. Come learn about the significance of Walter Stephen, his […]

Crystalline close-up, Pottery by Frank Neef, 2019. While there is only one artist still using the pâte-sur-pâte cameo technique in North Carolina, crystalline pottery, on the other hand, has grown in popularity! Come check out pieces by a number of contemporary North Carolina ceramic artists across the state who skillfully blend science and art to […]

Join us on Saturday, Oct 22, from 1:00-3:00pm for a reception for our current temporary exhibit "For Promotion and Presentation." L.A. Rhyne, who guest curated the exhibit, will be giving a short talk about the show starting at 2:30 pm. Also, from 1:00-3:00pm will be the reception for our "Fall Pottery Show." The dual reception […]

Exhibition Reception, Presentation by Steve Compton, and Book Signing: Saturday, March 16, 2024 Join us for a Reception (with light refreshments and beverages) for our new Hillside & Smithfield, A Tale for Two Potteries exhibit on Saturday, March 16th! The reception and presentation by Steve Compton are free and open to the public. Copies of Steve’s new book, North Carolina’s Hillside & […]