The Museum of N.C. Traditional Pottery has always known that financial accountability is an important part of responsibility and trust. The Museum has for many years made a summary of its year by year Revenue and Expense Reports available at its annual meeting in January, despite false accusations that have been circulated freely to the effect that "the museum board has not been open with its budgeting and spending practices."
Financial reports for the last 24 years are available and open for inspection at the Museum's Pottery Information Center. Anyone who has legitimate concerns is welcomed to specify any other documents that would help clear up any doubts and the Board will consider releasing those documents as well.
The Museum has called upon the N.C. Pottery Center and SAPA to open their own financial records and books, and to make copies of the minutes of the respective boards that direct them available to any interested potters and the public.
Thus far, they have refused to do so.
Honest differences of opinion are understandable and acceptable. However, intentional deceit aimed at stirring up dissent can only hurt the Seagrove Area potters and call into question the motives of those spreading lies.
27th Annual Seagrove Pottery Festival
When: November 22-23, 2008 Where: Located At: Seagrove School, 528 Old Plank Road, Seagrove, NC.
Richard Gillson, 1936-2008.
Friend, Artist, Potter, Promoter, Visionary. No man did more to define the famous "Seagrove Area Potteries" or to nurture the traditional arts and crafts in the heart of North Carolina than Richard Gillson. His personal mission was to promote the Seagrove pottery tradition and create the most inclusive, creative, open, democratic, consistent and accessible organization in the Seagrove area.
Proposed Museum Information Center
This new and modern facility, transformed from the old downtown grocery store building, would enable the Museum to continue it's mission - to preserve and perpetuate the pottery tradition of the five-county Seagrove area, which includes Randolph, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, and Chatham counties. This area is currently home to the largest group of working potters in the nation, and is rich in North Carolina's pottery heritage that has continued in Seagrove for over 200 years.
The Randolph Plate - Circa 1775
In 1983, the Museum of NC Traditional Pottery purchased its first piece of antique pottery for the museum's permanent collection, for $6,200. It is a beautifully decorated slipware plate, 13 inches in diameter, dated by experts to the late 1700s. It is believed to have originated in Randolph County, which is further supported by the fact that it was acquired from a Randolph County family in which the plate has been for many generations. The unsigned plate's age, quality of design, condition and rarity make it one of the finest and most significant pieces of antique pottery ever to be found in the Seagrove area.
Museum gives birth to NC Pottery Center
Under Richard's leadership, the museum helped start the N.C. Pottery Center by donating nine acres of valuable commercial real estate, a large house, historic pottery, financial support and staffing to the Center over a period of many years.
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