North Carolina Folk Pottery Exhibition opens Sept. 1

The Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia celebrates its first anniversary by opening a one-year special exhibition of North Carolina folk pottery, showing examples of design, process and glazing that affected the development and traditions of folk pottery in northeast Georgia. North Carolina was a major influence on the folk pottery of Mossy Creek in northeast Georgia's White County, where pioneer potters of the Davidson, Dorsey and Craven families settled after migrating from Buncombe and Randolph Counties.

The North Carolina exhibition complements the Museum's permanent displays and collection, which share the stories of men and women who, in a continuous tradition spanning nearly two centuries, have shaped the earth and water of northeast Georgia into once essential household items now valued and collected as distinctive folk art.

North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama remain the last stronghold of a living tradition of folk pottery in the southeastern United States.

The Folk Pottery Museum is located at the Sautee- Nacoochee Center, 283 Georgia Highway 255 in Sautee Nacoochee, four miles southeast of Alpine Helen, open to the public Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday, 1 pm to 5 pm. Visit the Museum website at www.folkpotterymuseum.com or telephone (706) 878-3300 for more information.