New Location for 2012 Festival

The new location for the 2012 Carolina Pottery Festival is Cleveland Mall, 2001 E. Dixon Blvd., Shelby, NC 28152

We are so excited about this location. After searching many locations for a large enough venue to accomodate all the potters attending the 2012 Festival, we were able to come up with space at the Cleveland Mall. This is a beautiful location with plenty of parking, convenient to 2 hotels and numerous restaurants inside the Mall and on the Mall property. This gives us the space we need for all our potters and an indoor venue! Our thanks go out to the Mall, and the stores at the Mall that were able to provide us with the room we needed.

Normally there is a $3.00 admission fee for the Festival which goes toward the advertising and printing costs and a portion of it also benefits the Cleveland Co. Arts Council for help with all of their great programs. In lieu of the admission fee, we will be asking for donations from the public and there will probably be some other sort of exciting event like a pottery raffle to help offset the loss of these funds.

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2012 Location change due to E.coli outbreak

There will be a change of location for the Carolina Pottery Festival this year. However the date, Nov. 10th, and times are the same. The Board of Directors is working on finalizing the location change details and it will be posted here and on the Facebook page. Please check back in a day or so!

2012 Festival

Yes, it's a little ways away, but always good to know the date, so you can save it!

November 10, 2012

Billboards Abound

Linda Dalton's (from West End, NC) beautiful pot just shines on these billboards that went up around Gastonia, Mt. Holly and Belmont.

List of 2011 Potters

Want to see who will be at the 2011 Carolina Pottery Festival?
Just take a look at the potter's page!
We're all really excited. You can also add your email address in the sign up box and get email reminders for the festival.
Can't wait to see you there.

2011 Carolina Pottery Festival

Save the date!
Nov. 12, 2011
The 11th year of the Carolina Pottery Festival in Shelby, NC

Less than a Week!!

So much to see and where to start?

Carolina Pottery Festival

Nov. 13, 2010

10am to 4pm

Cleveland Co. Fairgrounds

1751 E. Marion St.

Shelby, NC 28152

Nov. 13, 2010

Only a few short weeks until the Festival.
We're all excited and working hard.
Hope to see you there along with your friends!
And we would love for you to tell others about it.

10th Year Celebration

Carolina Pottery Festival
November 13, 2010
Where: Cleveland Co. Fairgrounds
When: 10am to 4pm
What: POTTERY
POTTERY
POTTERY
POTTERY

More images and details to come.

Linda Dalton

Linda Dalton's Horsehair and Saggar Fired Vessels.

Pam Kohler Camp

Some images of Pam Kohler Camp, from her uniquely named pottery, And Sarah Laughed Pottery Studio. You can see her work in less than a month, along with the work of about 99 other potters.

Cat Jarosz

Some images by potter Cat Jarosz. Come out and seeing her lovely work.

Noverber 14, 2009

A taste of some potters in the 2009 show

A Celtic Knotwork Plate by Pam Kohler-Camp

You can check out her website.

Judy Abdelziz, New Day Pottery

You can follow her blog.

Gearing up for the 2009 Festival

We're getting ready because the Festival will soon be just around the corner. All the booth spaces have been filled for months and there is a waiting list of potters. Soon you'll be able to view the '09 participants here. Stay tuned for some samples of work you can see at the Festival.

Save the date!

Nov. 14, 2009

Liz Lee and Jo Maddox

Catherine Tittel's Fun and Funky FishSchticks

Colorful and Contemporary Work by GA. artist Catherine Tittel.

Artists' Work- Lucinda and Gerry Pittman

Well, you will begin seeing artists' work on the blog. We have a list of the participating potters as of Aug. 11, 2008 and folks are sending in their images. Here is some work from Lucinda and Gerry Pittman, from Saluda. Photos by Bartol Photography.

2008 Festival

Work started on the 2008 CPF (Carolina Pottery Festival) about Nov. 14, 2007. It is in full swing now, what with getting new info printed and updating links, websites and promo. We will have continuing updates on the festival and which potters you will be seeing on Nov. 8, 2008. Check back to see what is happening!