Bob Leek on thu 9 feb 12
I am very impressed with the exhibition of North Carolina pottery that wi=
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until July 29 in Williamsburg, VA., and wanted to share the details with =
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you. If you're visiting here in Williamsburg or are nearby between now a=
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July, this is a must-see show:
Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware=3D20
Ongoing through Sunday, July 29, 2012
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A new traveling ceramics exhibition exploring the Old World traditions of=
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early Carolina backcountry opened Sept. 24 in Colonial Williamsburg=3D92s D=
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Wallace Decorative Arts Museum. =3D93Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Caro=
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Earthenware=3D94 is the first exhibit to celebrate the achievements of Nort=
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Carolina's 18th- and 19th-century potters.=3D20
Highly skilled craftsmen of European and British descent brought a variet=
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Old World traditions with them to America and transformed clay into slipw=
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dishes with designs reminiscent of 17th-century flower paintings, into po=
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and jars with vibrant abstract motifs, and into a menagerie of sculptural=
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depicting owls, foxes, squirrels and other creatures familiar to early se=
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=3D93‛Art in Clay=3D92 is a ground-breaking effort that illustrates=
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of Carolina=3D92s first earthenware craftsmen,=3D94 said Suzanne Hood, Colo=
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Williamsburg=3D92s associate curator of ceramics and glass. =3D93The show i=
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masterfully decorated slipware, sculptural bottles and refined creamware.=
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The exhibition includes more than 140 objects from distinguished public a=
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private collections, many on display for the first time. Among the most=3D2=
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masterful are slipware dishes made by Moravian potters at Salem and=3D20
Bethabara and contemporary Germanic and British craftsmen in the Carolina=
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=3D93Art in Clay=3D94 will be on view at DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Mus=
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through July 29, 2012. A Colonial Williamsburg admission ticket, Museum t=
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or Good Neighbor Card is required for admittance. The Art Museums of Colo=
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Williamsburg are located at 325 E. Francis St. at the intersection of Fra=
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and South Henry Streets in Williamsburg, and are entered through the Publ=
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Hospital of 1773. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. For museum=3D20=
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Bob Leek
Williamsburg, VA
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