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Press Release For additional information April 30th, 2011 Wisconsin Pottery Association Sale and
Exhibit The Wisconsin Pottery Association will hold its 16th annual Pottery Show and Sale on Saturday August 27, 2011. All types of antique and collectible pottery will be on sale from 9am until 4pm, one day only. Some 50 Pottery dealers from across the nation will participate, as well as noted studio potters. Pictures on Pottery: Art on American Pottery & China of this year’s exhibit. Visitors will see a great selection of American Pottery including examples of Rookwood, Weller, Pickard, Owens, Roseville, Volkmar, Pauline, Century House & Denver White. Studio potters include Polia Pillin, Scott Draves, Aaron Bohrod, Eric Olson, Vontury and more. The ever-popular What Is It? will again be part of the event. Bring your mystery pottery to the show (2 each) and Wisconsin Pottery Assoc members will informally identify and evaluate it. Buyers can expect our 50+ dealers to be selling pottery and dinnerware dating from 1880’s to the present. Styles range from Art Deco and Streamline to Arts and Crafts, Mid-Century modern, and Art Nouveau, from companies such as Fulper, Rookwood, McCoy, Roseville, Weller, Cowan, Red Wing, and many more. The Pottery Show and Sale, and the Exhibit: Pictures on Pottery: 2 Art on American Pottery & China will be one day only, Saturday, August 27, 2011 in Madison, WI at the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center, just off Rimrock Road near John Nolan Dr. From I-90, take exit 142A, Hwy 12-18 west 5 miles to Exit 262, Rimrock Road then, north ¼ mile. For a map, visit our website www.wisconsinpottery.org or see our display card. The Exhibit and Show will be open from 9am until 4pm. Admission will be $6.00. Parking will be $6.00 or free with a parking coupon downloaded from the WPA website or any official WPA ad or display card. The coupon or ad must be presented to the parking attendant at the Alliant Energy Center for free parking. While you are in Madison check out the Ceramic Arts Studio Collectors Convention at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel. Check out their website at www.cascollectors.com for details. This will be the Wisconsin Pottery Association’s 16th Pottery Show and Exhibit. The WPA is a non-profit organization formed in 1992 by collectors interested in studying and promoting collectible pottery. Meetings are held monthly and include speakers and informal discussions on pottery. For more information, visit www.wisconsinpottery.org or call 608-249-6898. -30- Related Pages:
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