Randolph Arts Guild - Community Bulletin Board

PRAISE DANCE/MIME EXTRAVAGANZA Fundraiser

Featuring
Two Special Guests: Min. Shauna SilentPrasize Greene
&
Min. Tristan Spencer
Also Featuring
Kizs Power Mime Ministry
Hy-top Dance Ministry
Jason Felder-Greensboro, NC
Lil Ms. Cadari Lee--Mt. Airy, NC
St. Phillips Dance Ministry-Greensboro, NC
Ma'Kira Settle--Asheboro, NC
Angela Weis---Fayetteville, NC
& more

Date: Saturday March 30, 2013
Time: Doors open at 5:30-Program 6:00pm
Place: Wesley Chapel AME Zion Church
          1017 Brewer Street
          Asheboro, NC
For information contact Helen Gaines Settle @ 336-964-5231
Dress code: Come as you are

5th Annual North Carolina Pottery Festival  
Sat. Apr. 13 & Sun. Apr. 14

Seagrove Elementary School  
528 Old Plank Road
Seagrove, North Carolina 27341
                                                 
Admission:   $5 per person

Seagrove is regarded as the “Pottery Capital of the United States” and is home to more than 100 potters who have small shops scattered throughout a 20-mile radius. It takes days to visit them all. The 5th North Carolina Pottery Festival provides the  opportunity  to meet a select group of  potters from the Seagrove area, NC Mountains to the NC Coast  in one location.  
 
Come see the latest designs, colors. and watch demonstrations throughout the two day event.
     
There will be food  available on site with picnic and rest areas for your  comfort.
Live  Gospel and Bluegrass Music by a local Group on Saturday from 11:00am -3:00pm.
Special Guest on Sunday 1:00pm -3:00pm

For more information,   email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call the Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery at 336-873-7887

Brightside Gallery, 170 Worth Street, Asheboro, NC, announces the start of a new tradition—Brightside Market.  On the second Saturday of the month from April through September, Brightside Gallery will host vendors on their lawn for outdoor shopping.  The vendors can be artists, antique collectors and vintage goods dealers.  This season’s Brightside Market dates are as follows:  April 13, May 11, June 8, July 13, August 10, and September 14.

The vendor cost for participating in a Brightside Market is $25 per Saturday.  A vendor will be provided a 10’ x 10’ sale space.  Vendors must supply their own tables and display fixtures and tents (optional).  There are a limited number of spaces available, therefore, a vendor must reserve and pay for their space no later than a week in advance of the date that they wish to participate.  Reservations are now open for the upcoming dates.  A vendor may book and pay for as many dates as desired.  For more information, or to reserve your spaces, call Brightside Gallery at (336) 736-8714.

The North Carolina Pottery Center is pleased to announce an upcoming event initiated by the NC Mt. Holyoke College Piedmont Alumnae Club.

Join us on Saturday, April 6, at the Pottery Center, in Seagrove, NC, for a book reading by celebrated author Christopher Benfey, professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. His recent memoir, Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival, traces his ancestry and his family's involvement in the brick-making and pottery traditions of North Carolina, and the pioneering educational institution of Black Mountain College.

Benfey will talk about the issues he raises in this critically acclaimed book, one of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2012. Joining him in conversation, after the reading, will be North Carolina potter Mark Hewitt and pottery expert Professor Terry Zug.  A book signing will follow.

In addition to writing many other award-winning books (see below), Benfey has written essays and poems which have appeared in the New York Review of Books, the New Yorker, and the Paris Review, among others. He is also a prolific journalist, serving as the long-time art critic for the online magazine Slate, and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review, and The New Republic, among many other publications.

Schedule:
1:30 – 3:00 “Exploring North Carolina Pottery” – Talk by Chris Benfey, author of the acclaimed book Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival, followed by a conversation with NC potter Mark Hewitt and UNC Professor Terry Zug. The event is free and open to the public.

A book signing will follow.