Regular and late application deadlines coming up for the Cowee Valley Pottery Festival

Cowee Valley Pottery Festival
May 22-23, 2020
Franklin, North Carolina

Application deadline: January 31, 2020
Late application deadline: February 15, 2020 (additional fee)
Link to application: https://www.coweevalleypotteryfestival.com/artist-application

About the Cowee Valley Pottery Festival:

We have created an exciting three day event in the rural, mountainous Franklin, North Carolina area.

Cowee Valley Pottery Festival: Sharing our beautiful venue with prominent potters from near and far and with pottery lovers. Celebrating ceramic arts of today and honoring our past.

The Cowee Pottery School is located in the historic Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center. We are a non-profit, volunteer driven organization. We teach classes, do community outreach through local organizations, and strive to educate all about the importance of heritage arts.

www.coweevalleypotteryfestival.com

Photo tent for sale in Bakersville

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Terry Gess is selling this photo tent:

FOR SALE — Large Photo Tent

Perfect condition

Retails for $140+

Sell for $48.00

4 foot Lastolite Cubelite

    Easily collapses flat
    Reflection control
    Features a unique base diffusion system
    Ideal for pottery product shots

The Cubelite allows the photographer to control the lighting of products, minimizing shadows and isolating the subject from the background. It's never been easier to take quick and crisp product shots on location or in the studio. Simply set up the Cubelite, place lights on the outside and you're good to go.

Contact Terry at tgesspottery@gmail.com or 828-467-0166.

Exhibition Opportunity Call To Artists

Call for Artists

Gallery 101

Monthly Exhibition Opportunity

Local Artists,

Thank you for your interest in being an exhibitor for Gallery 101's new rotating monthly exhibition space. Each month Gallery 101 will host 1-2 artists in the upstairs gallery at its 56 S Lexington Ave Unit 101 location in downtown Asheville. Together you the artist and we the gallery will work to make your exhibition a success.

The following is a breakdown of responsibilities for your exhibition:

Responsibilities of Gallery 101:

• Writing and distribution of press releases and inclusion on 3rd party online calendars

• Designing, printing, and distribution of posters and postcards in collaboration with the artist
• Social Media promotion
• Planning an opening and/or closing reception including providing food, drinks, and tableware
• Providing display materials such as pedestals and shelves
• Printing and hanging print material such as show and artist statements
• Providing price tags for continuity in the show
• Providing a check for sales to the artist within 7 days of the event closing

Responsibilities of the artist:

• Provide images of your work 30 days before the opening of your exhibition. Gallery 101 will then design posters and postcards to your specifications. The artist is responsible for covering the cost of these materials and has discretion on quantities and budget. Both the artist and Gallery 101 will distribute materials to their respective contact lists.
• Promotion of the exhibition on social media if the artist utilizes it as well as any other avenues the artist traditionally uses for self promotion
• The option to provide additional display materials especially if they may be specific to the work and enhance the exhibition display

Financial Responsibility to the artist:

• Deciding and providing the budget for posters and post cards to be used for promotion of the show and distributed by both the gallery and the artist
• The artist receives 70% of sales and the gallery receives 30% of sales

If you are interested in working together please contact us to set up a time to come and view the gallery and discuss any questions you may have. If you are ready to jump in, send the following information to the email below:

• 5 images of your individual work
• 3-5 images of your work in a gallery setting if available
• Artist Statement and/or Artist Bio

Thank you

Jun Seo

Tori Motyl

Gallery 101

Phone : (585)507-5731

Email : Tori@MotylPottery.com

FREE Clay Business Hour: Money Mindset Makeover at The Village Potters Clay Center

The Village Potters Clay Center is excited to kick off their Clay Business Hour series in 2020. These 1-hour business presentations/talks are free. We welcome potters and creatives of all kinds. 

See details below.

Intro to  Money Mindset Makeover:

for Artists, Creatives, and Rebels

with Jen Aly, Money Coach for Creatives

Friday, January 24th from 10:00 - 11:00am

The Village Potters Clay Center - ISM Studio

191 Lyman St., #180

Asheville, NC 28801

RSVP to Lindsey at lindsey@thevillagepotters.com

This interactive presentation creates a complete mindset shift in how participants view money.

Do you want more freedom in your life? Are you open to a new, empowering relationship with money? Are you ready to earn what you’re worth & get to the next level?

• Discover empowering insights about your financial life
• Gain tools and practices to shift your money life into prosperity
• Create a new inspiring perspective on marketing & sales
• Learn the most important thing to focus on that will generate income

See your money and your business in a whole new light!

Jen Aly is a bridge between the financial & business world and artists & creatives. For the past 20 years, it has been her passion to help people reclaim and harness the creative process to succeed. Today that translates into supporting creatives to succeed in the business world by supporting them to apply business skills in a way that leverages their genius. A creative herself, she bootstrapped an Asheville-based jewelry design business that has grown every year since its start in 2013. A coach since 2003, Jen is committed to empowering creatives to thrive in expression, money, and business via coaching, workshops, and community programs. In 2019 she did a TEDx talk "Harness Creativity as Your Greatest Business Asset." Learn more at JenAlyCoaching.com.

Let’s make bowls! Hosted by Penland School of Craft February 15 & 22

Let’s make bowls!

Hosted by Penland School of Craft February 15 & 22

Mitchell County Shepherd Staff Food Bank and Dig In! Yancey Community Garden are two local organizations are focused on ending hunger in our neighborhood – and they need your support! Each year, these organizations host popular Empty Bowls events to raise money for the cause. This year, we are combining our efforts to gather together the many beautiful bowls it takes to make these events possible.

What is Empty Bowls?

If you have not participated before, Empty Bowls asks participating artists to create and donate bowls for events, at which a simple and delicious meal of soup, bread and dessert is provided from local restaurants and families. Guests choose a bowl that day and to keep as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. Ticket sales help to fund the hunger-fighting organizations, and bring folks together for an evening of sharing and community.

Join us! We’ll be making bowls, mugs, cups, and vases in the Clay studio

February 15, 10am – 6pm: Wheel throwing till 2pm/trimming till 6pm & hand building all day. Clay has been generously donated by The Village Potters & Laguna Clay

February 22,10am–6pm: Glazing. Glazing. Glazing.

What to bring? Yourself of course! A Pot-luck snack or drink to share, your favorite tools, apron, towel and bucket.

Can’t come? We need help firing and sanding bottoms on other days, how would you like to help?

Questions? Contact Marianna Popp, specialevents@Penland.org, 706-410-3937 (text)

For more information about these organizations go to their websites:
Dig In! Yancey Community Garden https://diginyancey.org/
Mitchell County Shepherd Staff Food Bank https://www.mcshepherdsstaff.org/

Workshops at the Mars Hill Center for the Ceramic Arts

Dan Anderson March 15-16 and Matt Schiemann April 18-19th workshops are $150 for two days of demonstrations. Space reserved by full payment, first checks in, first spots. Dan's already has a few spots filled!

Mars Hill Center for the Ceramic arts summer workshop series are hands on week long classes that take place on the campus of Mars Hill University.

Class fees are $600 and housing and meals are available on campus (see flyer for total costs)

For information on how to register contact Shane Mickey at: dmickey@mhu.edu

Recap: January Clay Club at Andy Palmer's studio in Bakersville

Thanks to Andy Palmer for hosting an awesome first Clay Club of 2020! It was great to get to see so many clubbers - including several who traveled quite a ways.

Andy demonstrated how he uses textured rollers to decorate slabs and then how he joins these slabs to thrown pieces. He also walked us through how makes his own textured rollers. John Britt brought a textured roller he recently acquired. It is a Sharon Hoppe Designs rolling pin and is available from The Texture Shoppe.

Thanks to Robbie Bell and Rob Heffron for bringing a cake and leading us in wishing Andy a belated happy birthday.

Cynthia Bringle let us know that the Penland summer catalog is out and reminded us about the Penland standby program that lets residents of some WNC counties as well as K-12 teachers and post-secondary educators from anywhere to take available spaces for half-price tuition. Standby applications open on January 13th. More details here: https://penland.org/workshops/standby-program/

February Clay Club will be at Warren Wilson College on February 12th - more details about that soon.

Thanks again to Andy - and his wife Silvia - and to everyone who came!

Missing a water bottle?

Someone left this water bottle at West Union Art Studios in Morganton when we had Clay Club there in October. Is it yours? Let me know so we can get it back to you. (Thanks to Molly and Adam Mackay for bringing it to Clay Club last night!)

South Carolina Clay Conference February 28-March 1

The 6th Annual South Carolina Clay Conference
February 28, 29, March 1, 2020
Newberry, South Carolina

Friday and Saturday Presenters
Akira Satake + Kristin Schoonover

Sunday Morning
Rosa + Winton Eugene

Sunday Afternoon
Beyond the Surface — Building Community Through Clay

Register at www.SouthCarolinaClayConference.com

Early Bird Registration by 5pm January 31, 2020 $225 ($125 Student)
Regular Registration by 5 pm February 18, 2020 $275 ($175 Student)

For more information call 803-597-1125 or email arts@cityofnewberry.com

28705 Business Breakfast on Thursday, January 9th

28705 Business Breakfast: 2020 Business Growth Planning Session
Thursday, January 9th
8 am - 9:30 am
Networking and Breakfast Starts at 7:30 am
Historic Courthouse in Bakersville

For Bakersville folks (sorry for the late notice - they will be holding these monthly though). The registration for this is so large that they've moved the event to the Historic Courthouse.

FREE EVENT - Registration is requested (link below) to ensure a seat and estimate breakfast requirements but not required - Walk-ins are welcome

The 28705 Business Breakfast is a great place to gain valuable local information, build networking, discuss entrepreneurship, and grab a light breakfast. Sponsored by the Mitchell County EDC, the Town of Bakersville, the Mitchell Chamber of Commerce, and the Mayland Small Business Center, the free breakfast workshops place a focus on providing applicable information and business networking that will link entrepreneurs and spur local growth. Starting January 9, meetings will be on the second Thursday of each month through October. In this first meeting of 2020, Allen Cook, Director the Mayland Small Business Center will discuss key areas that affect local business growth. Allen will also be asking for input from attendees on areas where local businesses need help in 2020. 2020 breakfast workshops topics will be built from your input. Networking and the light breakfast will start at 7:30 am with the workshop beginning promptly at 8:00 am. The meetings are always finished up by 9:30 am. Everyone is welcome at the business breakfast so make plans to attend.

More info and registration: https://www.ncsbc.net/workshop.aspx?ekey=310400019

Clay Club this Wednesday!

January Clay Club will be at Andy Palmer's studio this Wednesday, January 8th, at 6pm. Thanks again to Andy for hosting us!

Details and directions here: https://ncclayclub.blogspot.com/2019/12/january-clay-club-at-andy-palmers.html

Carpooling: if you're interested in carpooling, leave a comment on that same blog post or on this facebook post. You can also let me know and I will put folks in touch.

See you Wednesday!