Printable flyers for each of the regions are available at the links below. Each has a full list of participating studios in that region, with the address, (in most cases) a photo, and a map to help you plan your route.
Links here:
Saturday May 6 7 Sunday May 7th Dozens of pottery studios in Maine open their doors to the public! Watch potters at work, peek in the kilns, shop for pottery and other fine handmade goods, all while enjoying a roadtrip around Maine!
Sunday, April 17, 2022
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Brownie Troop Earns Pottery Badge at Peeper Pond Studio
Members of Girl Scout Brownie Troop 1097 earned their Potter Badge this fall with the help of Fiddlehead Center for the Arts and Peeper Pond Studio.
The twelve Scarborough second- and third-graders learned how to
work with clay at Fiddlehead. They created leaf print pinch pots, painted
ceramic tiles to be glazed, and sculpted using polymer clay. After the
pieces dried and were fired in a kiln, they returned to glaze their pieces
before a final firing.
The girls also toured Peeper Pond Studio, a working pottery studio in Scarborough. There they learned about the different ways of shaping and decorating clay. Several of the girls tried using the wheel. Everyone had a fun, muddy time.
Troop Leader, Kristy Capponi says that “The experience of
working with clay is invaluable for self esteem and self expression. It allowed
the girls to learn how to solve problems in a safe setting.” Clay also
has a uniquely therapeutic quality that engages students for hours, improving
sensory development, motor skills, discipline, and pride.
“The girls learned that the little details make a big
difference.” Says Ellen McCarthy of Peeper Pond Studio.
Brownie Troop 1097 will have a display of their work at Peeper
Pond Studio during the Maine Pottery Tour April 30th and May 1st.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
A Full List of Participating Studios
Here are all the studios participating in the 2022 Maine Pottery Tour. You can plan your trip with our interactive Google map!
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Check Out the Online Interactive Map!
Ain't technology wonderful? Our online map will interact with your cell phone - choose your stops &plan your route! Check it out at this link.
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Save the Dates! April 30th & May 1st
There's been some confusion about the dates of the Maine Pottery Tour this year. It's always the first weekend in May, but we schedule to avoid Mother's Day, so that our participating potters who are Moms (or have Moms, or whose children have Moms) can celebrate that day with their families.
As a result, this year the tour lands on April 30th & May 1st. We hope to see you!
Lori
Event Organizer, Maine Pottery Tour
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Funded in Part
"The Maine Pottery Tour is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts."
The is the first time I can say that! The Maine Arts Commission put out a call late last year for an Artist Jobs Grant - there was a very short window between the announcement & the deadline! - and I am delighted to say we were chosen for funding.
What does it mean? It means we can pay our web designer & our publicist, and me, the organizer, for the first time. It also means a big advertising push, both online & in print. Since the beginning of the tour I've been cautious about growing the number of studios, because the success of the event is not just more stops - it's more audience. I've worked hard to grow the numbers of visitors, and let the numbers of studios grow organically. This year, with a little funding, I look forward to out most successful year yet.
The Maine Pottery Tour is happening Saturday April 30th & Sunday May 1st. See you in the spring!
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