Press Release

Paulette Badgett, Manager  ·   manager@ncpotterycenter.org 233 East Avenue   ·   PO Box 531  ·  Seagrove, NC  27341 (336) 873-8430   ·   www.ncpotterycenter.org

June 4, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

North Carolina Pottery Center announces 11th Annual Benefit Auction Results!

The North Carolina Pottery Center in partnership with Leland Little Auction and Estate Sales, Ltd. is pleased to announce that we have raised $24,600 at the 11th Annual Benefit Auction "Going, Going, Gone To Pots!" heldSunday afternoon, April 25th, 2010, at the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove. The auction featured over one hundred fifty pieces of fine contemporary and historical North Carolina pottery.   

The evening was made possible through the generosity of North Carolina potters and collectors, Signature Sponsors: Community One Bank, First Bank, and Leland Little Auction and Estate Sales, Ltd., along with Gold Sponsors: Progress Energy, Insurance Associates of the Triad, Total Communications, the Umstead Hotel and Spa, Sodexho, and Pugh Funeral Home.

Our Silver sponsors were Cabot Cheese, Seagrove Stoneware Inn, Eco Ornaments, Duck Smith House, Village Printing, Rock Ola Cafe, Klaussner Foundation, Kirk McNaughton and Linda Carnes-McNaughton, Energizer Battery, Asheboro, and the NC Zoological Society.  Our volunteers were many and they made this a wonderful event.  The Auction Committee comprised of the NCPC Board members, the NCPC staff and Bonnie Burns and Dick and Joanne Peterson put in many hours planning and fund raising. 

During the Auction Preview hour Bluegrass music was featured by Matthew Nance and friends and attendees enjoyed a light buffet.

Exhibitions are made possible through the generosity of our membership,  the North Carolina Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Mary and Elliott Wood Foundation and the Goodnight Educational Foundation. Thank you!