The six resident potters of The Village Potters Clay Center will honor the women who have made significant impacts on their lives and work with a special exhibit, “Women of Influence: honoring women who shape us”, that is on display through Dec. 15.
“To give honor to those who have had a significant impact on who we are and who we are becoming is an integral part of our culture at The Village Potters Clay Center,” says TVPCC founder and resident potter Sarah Wells Rolland. “Because we are a group of women who work together each day to create and foster a community built upon the core values of respect, integrity, service, kindness, and excellence, we thought it fitting to honor the women who have sown these values into each of us.”
All works in the exhibit are created in various ways that pay tribute and give voice to the ways in which the women of The Village Potters Clay Center have been influenced by the women in their lives, while exploring the bounds of their own distinct approaches to working with clay.
The Village Potters are Sarah Wells Rolland, Judi Harwood, Melanie Robertson, Lori Theriault, Julia Mann, Christine Henry, and Tori Motyl. They comprise an intentional Collective of potters who share a commitment to nurture creative exploration through education, experience, and community. The Village Potters includes four showrooms, a Teaching Center offering ongoing classes in wheel and hand building for adults, an Advanced Ceramic Studies Program, and scheduled demonstration and hands-on workshops. The Village Potters Clay Center is an educational member of The Craft Guild of the Southern Highlands, and is an official distributor for Laguna Clays.
The Village Potters Clay Center is located in Riverview Station, in Asheville’s historic River Arts District at 191 Lyman Street, #180. Visit thevillagepotters.com for additional information.