The North Carolina Pottery Center Presents Monthly Lecture Series on Friday April 24th 7 - 9 PM
Posted on 03/26/15
Pam & Vernon Owens of Jugtown Pottery
Seagrove, NC - Jugtown Pottery will be presenting at the North Carolina Pottery Center for the April installment of the Monthly Slide Lecture Series. Jugtown, open since 1917, is the oldest continually operating pottery in the area. Members of the Owens family will talk about the pottery’s history. They will cover the Busbee era, the Mare era, the Country Roads era, and the present, with a look at glaze and shape development and changes as the pottery evolved. Join us for a night with a Seagrove classic!
A potluck at 7 pm will begin the evening’s events, followed by the talk at 8 pm. Come on out and join us for a fun evening! For more information, call the center at (336)873-8430. This ongoing lecture series is facilitated by Josh Floyd, the Artist-in-Residence at the Pottery Center.
Location – NCPC Educational Building located behind the NCPC at 233 East Avenue, Seagrove, 27341
7-8 pm: Community Potluck and Social Hour
8-9 pm: Slideshow Presentation
Exhibitions are made possible through the generosity of our membership, the Mary and Elliott Wood Foundation, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Windgate Charitable Foundation, and the John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation. This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Thank you!
The mission of the North Carolina Pottery Center is to promote public awareness of and appreciation for the history, heritage, and ongoing tradition of pottery making in North Carolina.
The Center is located at 233 East Avenue in Seagrove, NC. Hours of operation are Tue - Sat 10 am - 4 pm. For more information, please call 336.873.8430, visit ncpotterycenter.org, or find us on Facebook.
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