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Historic farm, local artists, live music highlight ‘Potluck in
a Pasture’ Aug. 19
July 24, 2007
Enjoy heirloom plants, homegrown food, local artists
and live music at ChathamArts® "Potluck in a Pasture,"
Sunday Aug. 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Harland's Creek Farm. Judy Lessler’s
organic farm features native flowers, herbs and produce and is located
at the historic Alston-Degraffenried House on Plantation Drive four
miles west of Pittsboro off of U.S. 64 via Manco Dairy Road. The public
is also welcome to attend the arts council’s annual meeting, which
begins at 5 p.m. A farm tour and potluck supper with artists and music
will begin at 6. Visitors are asked to bring a dish for eight made with
at least one local ingredient, and a copy of the recipe for our Potluck
Cookbook. Adults and children over 12 are asked to donate $10 ($8 for
ChathamArts members); $5 for children under 12 ($4 for members); free
for children under 5. Proceeds benefit ChathamArts, the non-profit county
arts council that supports diverse arts and cultural programs in the
schools and the community throughout the year. For potluck details call
919.219.9840.
Featured artists will include: ceramicist Salinda Dahl, sculptor Susan
Draughon, wood turner Joel Hunnicutt and potter Melody Troncale. Vocalist
Laine Lipson and pianist Avis Autry will perform lyrical standards from
the 1930s and ’40s.
Ceramicist Salinda Dahl’s work is inspired by nature, myth, magic
and dreams. She focuses on what she calls "ultimately functional"
pieces that exist “to serve the eye with beauty, the mind with
exploration and the spirit with nourishment.”
Sculptor Susan Draughon draws inspiration from the art, symbols and
rituals of ancient and indigenous cultures. She studied mask making
in Bali and has sculpted busts of former N.C. Secretary of State Thad
Eure and former Raleigh Mayors Isabella Canon and Avery Upchurch.
Wood turner Joel Hunnicutt shapes elegant vessels by combining tiny
carefully cut segments of diverse wood species into rough forms that
are then shaped on a lathe. He finishes his pieces with lacquer, inks
and dyes.
Melody Troncale’s work features clay and bronze sculptures of
goddesses as well as utilitarian pottery. She has taught artists and
craftsmen from N.C. and around the world at her home and at the N.C.
Pottery Center, N.C. State University and Central Carolina Community
College.
The potluck series celebrates the local food and artists that are crucial
to Chatham’s rural economy and culture. Local food ingredients
for your dish may come from your own backyard or neighboring farms,
from local farmers’ markets at the Chatham County Fairgrounds
in Pittsboro (Thursdays), Fearrington Village (Tuesdays), downtown Siler
City (Saturdays), Southern Village (Thursdays) and Carrboro (Wednesdays
and Saturdays) or from Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro and Weaver Street
in Southern Village and Carrboro.
ChathamArts® also exhibits and sells the work of local artists at
its gallery at 121 Hillsboro Street in historic downtown Pittsboro.
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 am to 5 pm and First Sunday’s
from 12 noon to 5 pm when Pittsboro shops, eateries and galleries are
open with arts and crafts for sale on the sidewalks. 919.542-0394. www.chathamarts.org
Download the Potlucks in a Pasture flyer (PDF)
General Interest Links: Local Agriculture
- Carrboro Farmers' Market
- Carolina Farm Stewards
- Slow Food Triangle
- Pittsboro Farmers Market
- Fearrington Farmers Market
- SEEDSNC
- NCChoices
Directions
JULY POTLUCK - Pugh's Cedarbrakes Sheep Farm
From Chapel Hill, take 15-501 S and turn right on Hwy 64 W bypass and follow directions below.
From Cary, Pittsboro, take Hwy 64 West.
Soon after Hwy 64 bypass ends (speed limit changes form 65 to 55, go
about 2 miles and pass Hadley Mill Farm Rd on left, then shortly turn
right on W R Clark/ Butner Rd. Go north 2.7 miles crossing Silk Hope/Gum
Springs Rd, staying on Clark-Butner Rd. A farm with lake is on the left.
Watch on right for Pugh's electric fence, open sheep pasture and Potluck
signs.
AUGUST POTLUCK - Harland's Creek Farm
From Chapel Hill, take 15-501 S and turn right on Hwy 64 W bypass and follow directions below.
From Cary, Pittsboro, take Hwy 64 West.
From Siler City, take Hwy 64 East.
The farm is 4 miles west of Pittsboro. Watch for Solid Rock Baptist Church on the left, coming from Pittsboro. Then turn right off Hwy 64 onto Manco Dairy at mile marker 378. Take immediate right onto Plantation Drive. Farm is on the left.
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Press contact: Reporters covering ChathamArts events receive free entrance. Contact Leslie Palmer, ChathamArts publicity co-chair, at 919.929.9268, lespalmer@aol.com for interviews, photos and details.