Latest Past Events
Celebration of Spring Pottery Tour
Historic Luck's Cannery 798 NC Highway 705, SeagroveSeagrove Potters 16th Annual Celebration of Spring Pottery Tour-Spring Kiln Openings: April 19th, 20th and 21st, from 10 am – 5 pm each day. Visit studios, meet potters, and expand your pottery collection. Online shopping will be available with some studios, as well. This special 16th annual event is a self-guided tour of individual pottery galleries, […]
Hillside & Smithfield: Exhibit Reception, Presentation & Book Signing by Steve Compton
North Carolina Pottery Center 233 East Avenue, SeagroveExhibition 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 & […]
Exhibit Opening – Hillside & Smithfield: A Tale of Two Potteries
North Carolina Pottery Center 233 East Avenue, SeagroveHILLSIDE POTTERY Supported by Anna Graham, of New York and Pinebluff, N.C., Herman Cole opened Hillside Pottery in 1927, in Smithfield, N.C. Cole, the son of potter J.B. Cole, produced the pottery; Graham, a trained artist, sketched artware shapes to be duplicated. Sales were made at the shop’s roadside stand and numerous northern outlets identified […]
