Pottery Festival

Mark your calendar for the Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival:
June 2, 2012, 9:00am-4:00pm at Townsend Visitors Center.

There are 28 booths of exceptional, talented master potters, and our featured guest potter will be Jim Reinert:

Jim received an MFA in ceramics from Michigan State University in 1976 and currently works in Owosso, MI as an active studio potter. In addition to serving as an instructor at the Potters' Guild since 1974, Jim was involved for many years with the Lansing Community College ceramics and art programs. He was a founding member of the MI Guild of Artists and Artisans and maintains an active profile in its operation. The group produces one of the three Ann Arbor summer art fairs.

Click here: for the List of Potters

We will also welcome back JoeFrank McKee doing Raku Firings, Hugh Bailey with his fanciful creations, and Carol Ware in the Children's Tent.

Demonstrations and educational programs at the Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival are funded by a grant from the

Tennessee Arts Commission.

And don't miss this: Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival Artist and Patron Party:
Friday evening, June 1--

The Blount Partnership, in conjunction with the Maryville Downtown Association, are proud to present the first-ever Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival Exclusive Artist and Patron party, Friday, June 1 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Blount County Chamber of Commerce office, 201 S. Washington St. in Maryville.

Tickets, which go on sale Monday, April 23, are $35 for Chamber and Downtown Association members and $45 for the public, can be ordered by calling 865.983.2241 or by clicking the Hot Deals button at www.BlountChamber.com.

Thank you to our Pottery Patron Event Sponsors:
The Market at Washington and High

Boyd Thomas Clothing

Quality Financial Concepts

Click here: for the List of Potters

get your Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival T-Shirt!

Designed by Hugh Bailey. Call 865-273-1242 and we will mail your shirt for $15.

We had a good time last year at the 2011
SMOKY MOUNTAIN POTTERY FESTIVAL:

JUNE 3 & 4, 2011
Featured Potter: John Fulwood

29 booths of excellent studio potters, special firings by JoeFrank McKee, Dillsboro, NC, the Children's Tent with Carol Ware, and a variety of demonstrations, including Hugh Bailey, Knoxville, TN, with his fanciful creations.

This project is funded by a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Arts Alliance of Greater Knoxville.






Tony Holman demonstrating.

Thank You to our Festival Sponsors:

Blount County Chamber of Commerce	Townsend Visitors Center	Tennessee Arts Commission
Great Smoky Mountains Association	Friends of the Smokies	Highwater Clays
Little River Outfitters	Riverstone Restaurant	Heritage Propane
Highland Manor Inn	Townsend Shopping Center	Vulcan Materials Co.
The Richardson Memorial Arts Fund	Smoky Mountain Convention and Visitors Bureau	Townsend IGA and CCS Distributing
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont	Tuckaleechee Caverns	Byron's Printing
Trillium Cove Home and Garden	Southern Fried Gallery	Mighty Mud Clay

Slide show from the 2011 Pottery Festival, above.

  

For more information about this event, contact Jeanie Hilten, 865-448-6134 or 800-525-6834.