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The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia will be holding pottery demos on the following Saturdays.
Most potters will have examples of their wares for purchase. |
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Potter |
January 23rd
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10:00 am to 2:00 pm |
Lin Craven creates face jugs and then gives visitors a chance to make their own miniatures. |
February 27th |
10:00 am to 2:00 pm |
Roger Corn, known for his multi-colored glazing, embellishes his creations with stylized faces. |
May 22nd |
10:00 am to 2:00 pm |
Stanley Irvin, son of Ruby Meaders and grandson of Cheever Meaders, demonstrates on the wheel. |
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The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia in the beautiful Sautee-Nacoochee valley in White County has been awarded a prestigious South Atlantic Region American Institute of Architects Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture. This is the second national design award given this unique museum --- it also took one of only two Honor Awards given in 2008 by AIA-Georgia. The Honor Award is the highest design recognition given by the American Institute of Architects and acknowledges recently completed “architecture of distinction”. In its fifth cycle of recognition of outstanding architectural design, worldwide, the museum has been cited by the World Architecture Community, a consortium comprised of internationally recognized architects, leaders and educators from all over the world and the US.
Opened in September of 2006, the museum is the result of the vision and generosity of benefactors Dean and Kay Swanson of Cornelia, former owners of the Standard Telephone Company who committed to erect this museum as their way of giving back to the people of the area. The Swansons assembled a team of designers, contractors and consultants who worked diligently to realize the design of the architect, Robert M. Cain of Atlanta, Georgia. Read
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The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia in the beautiful Sautee-Nacoochee valley in White County has been awarded a prestigious American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture. One of only two Honor Awards bestowed this year, the Honor Award is the highest design award given by AIA-Georgia and recognizes recently completed “architecture of distinction”.
Opened in September of 2006, the museum is the result of the vision and generosity of benefactors Dean and Kay Swanson of Cornelia, former owners of the Standard Telephone Company who committed to erect this museum as their way of giving back to the people of the area. The Swansons assembled a team of designers, contractors and consultants who worked diligently to realize the design of the architect, Robert M. Cain of Atlanta, Georgia. Read
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The
Times, Gainesville, September 3, 2006
NORTHEAST
GEORGIA FOLK POTTERY, NEW
MUSEUM IN SAUTEE CELEBRATES
MASTERS OF CLAY
The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia opened
Saturday, inviting guests to discover the history
of folk pottery in our region and how it moved
from the kitchen cabinets of the 1800s to the collectors'
display cases of present day. Read
more ... |
AccessNorthGa.com,
August 29, 2006
FOLK
POTTERY MUSEUM OPENS AT THE
SAUTEE NACOOCHEE CENTER
Let me tell you, one of the delightful things
happening in our area right now is a serious preserving
and displaying of our unique history ... and in
that light the history of Northeast Georgia has
another crown jewel. Come noontime this Saturday,
September 2, the new Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast
Georgia will hold its official opening , and may
I suggest you go see it. It is something special
... a standing tribute to a family oriented business
that started as a necessary product in every mountain
home, and now has become a distinctive and collected
art form. Read
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AccessNorthGa.com,
August 28, 2006
NATION'S
ONLY MUSEUM DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY
TO FOLK POTTERY OPENS SATURDAY
SAUTEE-NACHOOCHEE - The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast
Georgia opens its doors Saturday in White County, the
country's first and only museum dedicated exclusively
to folk pottery. Read
more ... |
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BROOKS
JOINS FOLK POTTERY MUSEUM OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
AS DIRECTOR
The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia on
the campus of the Sautee Nacoochee Center welcomes
Chris Brooks as its first Director. Chris, a native
of Atlanta, was raised in Stone Mountain and attended
Young Harris College in north Georgia. A veteran
of the United States Navy, Chris served six years
in the submarine service and returned home in 1985
to enroll at the University of Georgia to complete
his degree in history. His studies with noted historian
Dr. Phinizy Spalding sparked a lifelong interest
in Georgia history and rural heritage. Chris also
holds a Masters degree in Historical Archaeology
from The College of William and Mary. Read
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FOLK
POTTERY MUSEUM OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA GRAND OPENING
IN SEPTEMBER
On September 2nd, the long awaited Folk
Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia will open its
doors. More than five years in the making, the Museum
will be a showcase for the rich folk pottery tradition
of our region. Read
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POTTERY
TELLS THE STORY OF MOUNTAIN HERITAGE AND FOLK
TRADITIONS OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA
When the doors of the Northeast Georgia Folk Pottery
Museum open in September, 2006, visitors will be invited
to absorb the spirit of Georgia’s Appalachian
people through the display and illumination of nearly
200 years of pottery making. Read
more ... |
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The
SNCA staff developed the Folk Potters Trail brochure
to coincide with the opening of the Folk Pottery
Museum in September 2006, and connect visitors with the
living tradition of northeast Georgia ceramics. A
charitable effort by the museum and SNCA, the brochure
leads hundreds of interested collectors to the shops
of folk potters. Tthe Folk
Potters Trail was featured in National Geographic
Traveler Magazine in April, 2008. The magazine
is featured a geotourism mapguide to Appalachia
featuring two driving trails from each of 13 states.
Georgia’s contributions were the Chieftains
Trail in the northwest and our own Folk Potters Trail
in northeast Georgia. The trail brochure is available
on the museum website. |
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