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Closes Sunday, March 19, 2006

The Potter's Eye closes on Sunday, March 19. On this final day of the exhibition, meet potters Mark Hewitt; Ben Owen III; Pam and Vernon Owens; and David Stuempfle. Also, Mark Hewitt will sign catalogues throughout the day. Don't miss these exciting activities!

Admission | Exhibition Description | Contents | Related Events | Other Information

Admission $5 regular admission. $3 seniors, students, groups of 10 or more. Exhibition Description The NCMA's first major exhibition of North Carolina pottery, The Potter's Eye highlights exemplary work of 19th-century and contemporary master potters who have forged a distinctive tradition and style of pottery making through the use of local clays, wood-fired kilns and adherence to a common body of forms.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.

The Potters Eye is sponsored in part by

Country Roads, Inc., The Michael Warner and Elizabeth Craven Fund of Triangle Community Foundation, Abby A. Rockefeller, The Goodnight Educational Foundation, Dr. Julia R. Fielding and Dr. Keith P. Mankin, American Airlines, The News & Observer

Contents

The Potter’s Eye includes 90 pots from the 19th and 21st centuries.

Click here for complete list of potters.  

Click here for the The Potter's Eye press release.

Related Events

Exhibition 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 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) 664-6748.

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.

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. $3Seminar features slide lectures by curators and pottery specialists, panel

Meet the Potter Workshops

Meet the Potters I
Featured potters:  Vernon and Pam Owens, Ben Owen III
January 28, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Museum Auditorium
Moderated discussion with audience Q&A and artist demonstrations 

Meet the Potters II
Featured potters:  Mark Hewitt, Kim Ellington, David Stuempfle
March 4, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Museum Auditorium
Moderated discussion with audience Q&A and artist demonstrations

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^th grade are available on-line.

Educational  resources

A fully illustrated, 275 page, color catalogue published by UNC Press.

Other Information

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Membership
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How to Get to the Museum
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Around the Triangle
For information on other art happenings visit www.raleighnow.com, your all-in-one anytime resource on everything cultural in the Triangle.

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Captions
Solomon Loy, One and a Half-Gallon Jug, n.d. 1805–about 1860, salt-glazed stoneware, 13 x 7 in., Collection of Robert and Jimmi Hodgin

Mark Hewitt, Planter, 2004, alkaline-glazed stoneware, 31 x 24 in., Collection of the artist