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

Northeast Georgia Arts Tour June 19-21

Open House Weekend -- June 19th - 21st

The Northeast Georgia Mountains are alive with creativity! At last count, over 150 Artists are scheduled to demonstrate art-in-the-making at our 38 Art Zone Tour locations. To See who's where....Plot your own course....and Set your own pace click here

Meet painters, potters, folk potters, jewelry makers, glass, wood, stone, fiber artists and more as they share their creative techniques-- many of whom are emerging,internationally known and collected artists. There are just too many names to name drop!

Plus Special Events!
In addition to demonstrating artists, several special events are scheduled throughout the weekend. Highlights include: Middle Eastern Dance, Folk Pottery Festival, Mountain Lakes Classic Antique Show, St. James Flower Festival, special gallery events and more!!!!
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Dine, Wine and Relax!

In the mood for Italian, Burgers, Pasta, Seafood, delectable sandwiches or a decadent dessert?
Plan to sample our regional cuisine and wines while touring. Our dining guide features something for everyone's taste and budget. Tour Eats And, after a busy day of seeing the sights, rest your head at one of our charming country inns or B&B's. Wake up refreshed and ready to cover more creative ground! Tour Lodging

Our Next Open House Weekend: Nov 13th - 15th
You can Join Us Anytime! Most venues on the Tour are Open Year Round!

Email us if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you!

Children's Heritage Days at Foxfire

The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center presents Children's Heritage Days this summer on Saturday, June 27 and Saturday, July 25, from 9 am - 2 pm, rain or shine. Children ages 7-12 will participate in hands-on activites and make projects to take home. They will see demonstrations of daily living over a hundred years ago in Appalachia including blacksmithing, woodworking, weaving, and more. Children will also participate in old-timey games and activities and make a toy typical of the time period to keep.

Register early as space is limited to 12 children per date: the fee is $30 per child, which includes a snack and lunch. Foxfire offers a $5 discount for each additional sibling. Drop off and pickup is at the Foxfire Gift Shop at 200 Foxfire Lane in Mountain City.

Parents are welcome to stay and observe and assist at no extra cost. Please mail your payment to reserve your space to the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center P.O. Box 541 Mtn City, GA 30562. Call 706-746-5828 for more information and to obtain a registration form.

Greenleaf opens second gallery

Greenleaf Gallery of Clayton opens second gallery at 177 Main Street in Highlands this week, featuring original art work, pottery, jewelry, and custom picture framing.

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Art & Soul performance showcase to benefit “Power House for Kids” child advocacy center

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s Rearden Theatre will be the scene of a spectacular arts extravaganza on Friday, May 15 to benefit FAITH’s Power House for Kids child advocacy center located in Toccoa. The benefit will feature a variety of music, dance, theatre, visual and industrial arts and include the best of both RGNS student and faculty talent.

Tickets for the Art & Soul benefit are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Kids under 5 will be admitted free. Tickets soon will be available at the Rabun, Habersham, and Stephens County Chambers of Commerce, the FAITH Thrift Store in downtown Clayton, and at the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School bookstore. Doors will open at 6:30 PM on Friday, May 15 for the showcase.

"Crimes of the Heart" opens March 27

The North Georgia Community Players presents the play, "CRIMES OF THE HEART," a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Beth Henley, March 27-29 and again April 3.5. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 3:00 p.m.

It is a rare and enjoyable mix of adult comedy and melodramatic situations. Tickets for the show are $10 adults, $5 for children 11 and under. For ticket information, please call (706) 212-2500, e-mail: ngcptickets@windstream.net, or visit the website www.ngcommunityplayers.com

The Dillard Playhouse Theatre is located @ 892 Franklin Street, off #441 N (turn on Henry Dillard St., @ "The Dillard House" restaurant sign.)

Handbuilding Clay Class at the Globe

Whimsical Birds-on-a-Stick

with area artist, Jean Stewart

Sunday, March 8 / 2-5 pm $45

No experience is necessary. Call the Globe Gallery at 706.782.0071 to reserve your space.

Painting with Libby Matthews

Libby Mathews
Winter/Spring Class Schedule
March 6 - April 3

Thursday Evening Class - 6:00 - 9:00
(Beginner to intermediate)
Working from Still Life or a Photograph

Friday Morning Class - 9:30 - 12:30
"Alla Prima"
(Intermediate to Advanced Painter)
working from Still Life or Photographs

Friday Afternoon Class - 1:30 - 4:30
"Alla Prima"
(Intermediate to Advanced Painter)

All classes are held at the Brushdance Studio, 140 South Main Street, Clayton. Please call Libby at 706-782-7205 to sign up. Each class is $230. The fee is $400 if you are taking both Friday classes. See you there!

March Classes at the Globe Gallery

23 DEGREES TILT: Creative UPCYCLING classes
Sundays ~ 2 - 4 pm
a free and fun way to recycle everyday materials creatively by making treasures from “trash”
before it gets recycled or dumped

Bookbinding for Art Books
Mondays ~ 6 - 8 pm
Introductory class is free on March 2 and is followed by ongoing workshops $20/per session -preregister

Beadworking and Jewelry classes
Thursdays ~ 4 - 6 pm
You'll leave class with a piece to take home! $20, and supplies are provided.

Friday, March 13 ~ 6 - 8 pm
an evening talk with vintage travelogue slide show with local flyfishing expert, Rick Claridad Refreshments included-$15

Sunday, March 8 ~ 2 - 5 pm
clay workshop making whimsical garden birds-on-a-stick with Jean Stewart. $45

The Globe Gallery is located just off HWY 76 East at 441 in Clayton
Gallery Hours are Thursday through Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 10-4

New three-woman show opening at GHCA

Be sure to go to the gallery in Tallulah Falls to see the first shows of the season at the Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts.

The public is invited to attend a reception on Sunday afternoon, February 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. celebrating the opening of a phenomenal three-woman show by friends Kiki Williamson, Kerri Hirsch and Samantha Vinke. You may bring hors d’ oeuvres or wine to share!

GHCA will also announce winners and honor participating artists in the gallery show “Daisies Won’t Tell”, which remains in the gallery until February 27th. The showcase challenged artists to think beyond the obvious and explore how a single subject, the humble daisy, can be represented in many mediums and with widely diverse ideas.