Seminar: An Introduction to Collecting Arts and Crafts Pottery

Presented by Sarah Campbell Drury, vice president of fine and decorative arts, Case Antiques Inc. Auctions & Appraisals

Location: Frist Center Rechter Room
Cost: $30 members; $40 not-yet-members (boxed lunch and gallery admission included)

A selection of sandwiches (turkey, chicken salad, or vegetarian wrap) will be available.

If you require a gluten free lunch please contact Jessica Orvis at jorvis@fristcenter.org.

Registration required by September 19; space is limited. 

Interested in starting your own ceramics collection? Join us for a collector’s seminar inspired by the exhibition "Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise", led by decorative arts and appraisal expert Sarah Campbell Drury. Participants will learn about hallmarks of Arts and Crafts studio pottery and how to identify markers of authenticity and artistic quality through a curator-led tour of the exhibition, a lecture, and a hands-on appraisal demonstration. 

Seminar participants will also have the option of taking an exclusive tour of the Tennessee Craft Ceramics Fair on Sunday, September 25, with Teri Alea, executive director of Tennessee Craft, and Susan DeMay, a working artist who teaches at Vanderbilt University. On the tour, Alea and DeMay will provide information on collecting contemporary ceramics and introduce participants to artists working in different styles.