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The North Carolina Pottery Center is a museum which highlights the Seagrove region's pottery traditions. Seagrove's pottery tradition dates back to the 18th century before the American Revolution. Many of the first Seagrove potters were Scots-Irish immigrants. They primarily produced functional, glazed earthenware. Due to the high quality of ...
Her ancestors came to the Seagrove area in the 1760s because of the plentiful potting clay and kiln fuel. [1] As an adult, she married another person from a potter family, Walter Auman, and they created a business, "The Seagrove Pottery," in which they sold their work. Auman was also interested in the origins and traditions of pottery and spent ...
Nell Cole Graves (1908 – February 17, 1997) was a potter from Seagrove, North Carolina, and a winner of the 1996 North Carolina Heritage Award. [1]Graves grew up in Montgomery County, North Carolina, with her father, Jacon B. Cole, and her brother, Waymon Cole.
A tiny town in the Piedmont is the pottery capital of the U.S. This weekend, thousands of people will attend The Celebration of Seagrove’s Pottery Festival and Studio Tour. While there are ...
The Cole, Auman, Owen, Teague, and Albright families are eighth- and ninth-generation potters in Seagrove and the surrounding areas. Some of the oldest, historic pottery locations still in operation include the "Original" Owens Pottery founded in 1895 [4] and Jugtown Pottery founded in 1921. [5]
Whynot is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, and is included in the Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. [2] Whynot is located on NC 705, also known as the "North Carolina Pottery Highway", [3] one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Seagrove and seven miles (11 km) west of Jugtown Pottery, a historic pottery listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4]
Care based on community values. Community care helps individuals through mutual support and nurtures the well-being of the larger community. This approach, often used by people of color and LGBTQ+ ...
The 2025 inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame have been announced, honoring some of the most influential figures in music history. This year's class includes legendary acts such as The Doobie ...