North Carolina Museum of Art

The exhibition also presents a selection of exquisite pots from the Far East, Europe and America, which suggests historical and aesthetic links to the North Carolina tradition.

Contents

The Potter’s Eye includes 90 pots.

19th-century Potters Featured

TIMOTHY BOGGS, Alamance Co., N.C.
FREDERICK CARPENTER, Charlestown, Mass.
THOMAS CHANDLER, Edgefield, S.C.
E. S. CRAVEN, Randolph Co., N.C.
J. A. CRAVEN, Randolph Co., N.C.
W. N. CRAVEN, Randolph Co., N.C.
DAVE DRAKE, Edgefield, S.C.
JONATHAN FENTON, Boston, Mass.
HIMER FOX, Chatham Co., N.C.
NICHOLAS FOX, Chatham Co., N.C.
ISAAC GAY, Union Co., N.C.
DAVID HARTZSOE, Lincoln Co., N.C.
J. M. HAYES, Randolph Co., N.C.
ABNER LANDRUM, Edgefield, S.C.
FRANKLIN LANDRUM, Edgefield, S.C.
ISAAC LEFEVERS, Lincoln Co., N.C.
SOLOMON LOY, Alamance Co., N.C.
PASCHAL MCCOY, Randolph Co., N.C.
COLLIN RHODES, Edgefield, S.C.
DANIEL SEAGLE, Lincoln Co., N.C.
JAMES FRANKLIN SEAGLE, Lincoln Co., N.C.
JOHN TRAPP, Edgefield, S.C.
CHESTER WEBSTER, Randolph Co., N.C.
EDWARD WEBSTER, Fayetteville, N.C.

Contemporary potters featured

KIM ELLINGTON, Catawba Valley, N.C.
MARK HEWITT, Chatham Co., N.C.
BEN OWEN III, Seagrove, N.C.
PAM OWENS, Moore Co., N.C.
VERNON OWENS, Moore Co., N.C.
DAVID STUEMPFLE, Seagrove, N.C.

Curators

Mark Hewitt, potter
Nancy Sweezy, potter and author
George Holt, staff, North Carolina Museum of Art

Tours

Public Tours
Saturdays at 11 a.m.
Nov. 19, Dec. 3 and 17, Jan. 7 and 21, Feb. 4 and 18, March 4 and 18

Senior Days
Wednesdays at 11 a.m.
Dec. 7, Jan. 4, Feb. 1 and March 1

Guided tours for student and adult groups of 10 or more are offered and must be scheduled at least three weeks in advance. Maximum group size is limited to 30. Tours are scheduled on the hour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. School groups are also admitted free for self-guided visits to exhibitions; reservations for self-guided school group visits must be made at least 10 days in advance. To schedule a visit, call (919) 839-6262, ext. 2144.

Lecture

Mark Hewitt: “A Potter’s Progress”
Sun., Nov. 6, 2 p.m.; Reception, 3–4 p.m.
Mark Hewitt discusses his life as a potter and author.

Seminar

Seminar: “Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery”
Presented in association with Wayne Pond and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Humanities Program

Fri., Nov. 4: 4 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 5: 9:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m.

Seminar features slide lectures by curators and pottery specialists, panel discussion and dinner. Registration and fee required; call (919) 962-1544.
For more information: www.adventuresinideas.unc.edu.

Family activities

North Carolina Holiday Festival
Sat., Dec. 3, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Festival features clay-based activities and North Carolina traditional crafts. Free

Drop in “Make and Take” workshops
Sat., Nov. 5; Fri., Nov. 25; Sat., Nov. 26
Children and families make pottery-inspired crafts in the Museum’s Collection Connection. $3

For Teachers

Teacher seminar: “N.C. Art: Past and Present”
Fri., Nov. 18, and Sat., Nov. 19
This teacher’s seminar is geared toward kindergarten through eighth- grade art and social studies teachers.

Lesson plans for grades kindergarten through 12^thgrade are available on-line.

Educational resources

A 275-page, fully illustrated color catalogue written by Mark Hewitt and Nancy Sweezy accompanies the exhibition. The catalogue is published by UNC Press, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Book signing
Book signing for The Potter’s Eye
Sun., Oct. 30
Mark Hewitt signs copies of the exhibition catalogue.

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