Schedule of Events for Hambidge Summer Festival Saturday, July 18

U-Do-Raku
10am - 4pm, Hambidge Campus

Begin your experience with glazing and firing your pot. After glazing, it takes about 45 minutes to fire your pot. While you wait, have fun, enjoy some BBQ and experience the other art!

BBQ
begins 11:30am in the Dining Pavilion

Music: Weave Shed Porch
10am - Noon: The Old Hippie Band
Noon - 2pm: Hank Belew & Carmel Ridge
2pm - 4pm: Mountain Hoodoo

5th Annual Georgia Pottery Show
Located in the historic Weave Shed (enter at back door), this show and sale features over 30 of the best potters in Georgia. Two woodturners are also represented.

Wine Tasting
11:30am - 2pm
Persimmon Creek Vineyards
Tiger Mountain Vineyards

Raffle Drawing
3:30pm, Weave Shed Porch
Silent Auction ends 3:30pm

Native Plant Sale
10am - 4pm, across from Weave Shed Back Door


Demonstrating Artists
11am - throughout the day
Drawing - Angus Galloway & Paul Rodecker
Cyanotype - Lynn Marshall Linnemeier
Iron Forging - Corrina Sephora Mensoff
Kudzu Weaving - Junco Sato Pollack
Traditional Weaving - Tommye M. Scanlin
Printmaking - Stephanie Smith
Painting - James Taylor
Large Art Installation - Jennifer Van Winkle

Concessions: Buy Tickets To Purchase!
Drinks, Hotdogs, Shaved Ice, Popcorn, Pretzels

Spring Wildflower Hike at Hambidge

Enjoy an easy hike led by Louis Schweizer in the beautiful Cove Forest and learn about the native wildflowers of Rabun County. Meet at Hambidge at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21. The hike will take approximately 2 hours. Cost is $5 per person. Free for Hambidge members. www.hambidge.org
Call Debra Sanders 706.746.7324 to register for the hike or for more information.

Spring Pottery Show and Sale at Hambidge:Clay Works from Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

Hambidge Presents Clay Works from Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

Pottery lovers can head to the Hambidge Center in the Northeast Georgia mountains beginning in April to enjoy the Spring Pottery Show & Sale, from April 18 – June 20. This year’s exhibition, Clay Works from Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, starts on Friday, April 17 with an Opening Reception from 5 to 7 p.m. and runs through June 20.

The Clay Works show is curated by Maggie McMahon and features the works of TJ Edwards, Sharon Farrelly, Ginger Freeman, Robert Harvey, Megan Kieffer, Kay Livesey, Jessica Lowe, Maggie McMahon, Victoria Minor, Vince Pitelka, Jean Pitts, Marisa Recchia, Claire Reishman, Archie Stapleton, Merissa Tobler, Nancy Wallace and Jody Windus.

Open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Directions:
From Clayton take Highway 441 north to Dillard. Just inside the city limits, take a left on Betty’s Creek Road and proceed 3.5 miles to the sign and entrance on your right. 105 Hambidge Court, Rabun Gap, Georgia 30568. The mailing address is PO Box 399, Rabun Gap, Georgia 30568. call 706-746-5718 or visit online