Clay Day at the Folk Art Center
AT A GLANCE
Clay Day
June 5, 2010
10am-4pm
Folk Art Center, Milepost 382 Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC
Free Parking – Free Admission
828-298-7928
www.craftguild.org
(ASHEVILLE, NC) Celebrate Clay Day at the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Folk Art Center on June 5 from 10am to 4pm. This event features craft demonstrations and hands-on activities for children and adults.
Clay Day has been a favorite happening at the Blue Ridge Parkway's Folk Art Center for over 20 years. Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild demonstrate throwing on the potter's wheel, hand building, and surface design on clay, among other techniques.
A highlight of the day is the “Make-and-Take” Raku Firing. Buy a $10 pot, glaze it and watch as expert potters raku fire it for you. Raku is a ceramic firing process which uses fire and smoke to create unique patterns and designs.
While at the Folk Art Center, visitors will have the opportunity to visit Allanstand Craft Shop, the Eastern National bookstore and Blue Ridge Parkway information desk, as well as three exhibition galleries. Outside the Folk Art Center, there are hiking trails, picnic tables, grassy areas for a picnic and plenty of free parking.
For more information, including a list of participating craftspeople, call 828-298-7928 or visit http://southernhighlandguild.org/event.php?event_type_ID=5&event_main=5
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The Southern Highland Craft Guild is a non-profit, educational organization established in 1930 to bring together the crafts and craftspeople of the Southern Highlands for the benefit of shared resources, education, marketing and conservation. The Southern Highland Craft Guild is authorized to provide services at the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Folk Art Center under the authority of a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just north of the Hwy 70 entrance in east Asheville, NC.
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April Nance
Public Relations
Southern Highland Craft Guild
PO Box 9545, Asheville NC 28815
p. 828-298-4263 ext. 309
f. 828-298-7962