Alabama Folk Pottery: lecture and demonstrations

Date:	Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Time:	5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:	Black Belt Treasures
Street:	209 Claiborne Street
City/Town:	Camden, AL

Black Belt Treasures and The Alabama Humanities Foundation invite you to attend the first of three programs designed to examine the history and evolution of artistic practices and their contribution to the human experience. Three programs offered in April and June will provide opportunities to hear and experience scholarship on topics of local and universal interest.

This first session features Alabama Folk Pottery author Joey Brackner who will lecture and lead a discussion on the history of folk pottery, identifying specific areas of traditional pottery in Black Belt Alabama.

Brackner's lecture will be followed by pottery demonstrations by Allen Ham and Sam Williams.

Allen Ham is a fifth generation potter and descendant of the Le Coste family (potters who arrived in Alabama in the early 1800s and have passed traditional pottery techniques through the family). He will demonstrate the traditional form of pottery.

Sam Williams, a well known and prolific potter in Black Belt Alabama, is a contemporary potter who is using the art form in new and innovative ways. The two demonstrations will illustrate the evolution of pottery as an art form.

Joey Brackner's book, Alabama Folk Pottery , as well as pottery by Allen Ham and Sam Williams is available for purchase at Black Belt Treasures.