Carolina Clay Matters Pottery Guild

Carolina Clay Matters Pottery Guild A guild of ceramic artists in Charlotte and surrounding areas, hosting pottery festivals each May & October.

Celebrating 30+ years of clay, craft, and community.

08/29/2026

Meet the makers of the CCM Guild Fall Pottery Festival 2026
Continuing our artist spotlight series — five potters who bring fruit and flowers to life in clay.

Strawberries, sunflowers, citrus, poppies, and delicate floral relief — each piece painted on, carved in, or shaped by hand.

Swipe through to meet them

🍉 Andy Kemp — .of.life.ceramics
🍊 Kait Kelsey — Corsair ceramics
🍓 Sandy Parrott — Sandy Parrott
🌸 Paula Smith —
🌻 Carol Ransone — Carol Ann Locher Ransone

Carolina Clay Matters Fall Pottery Festival — October 10, 2026
8300 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC

Reserve your build free ticket now and you're automatically entered to win a $50 gift card, good day-of at the festival only. Must be present to win —

https://www.carolinaclaymatters.org/festival?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fall_2026

08/21/2026

Meet the makers of the CCM Guild Fall Pottery Festival 2026 🎃🎄 Continuing our artist spotlight series — four potters whose work leans straight into the season ahead.

From jack-o’-lanterns and ghosts to gnomes and glowing Christmas trees, these artists bring the holidays to life in clay — festive pieces made to be pulled out year after year.

Swipe through to meet them 👉

🎃 Stefanie Satterfield — Art.bysas
🎄 MaryJo Herold — MJ’s Workshop Charlotte, NC
🦃 Evelyn Marie Graczyk-Holt
🕎 Karen Goldblatt —

🗓️ Carolina Clay Matters Fall Pottery Festival — October 10, 2026
📍 8300 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC

🎟 Reserve your free ticket now and you’re automatically entered to win a $50 gift card, good day-of at the festival only. Must be present to win —
https://www.carolinaclaymatters.org/festival?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fall_2026

08/19/2026

Meet the makers of the CCM Guild Fall Pottery Festival 2026 🌾 First up in our artist spotlight series — five potters whose glazes carry the mark of fire, smoke, and chemistry in every piece.

Fog fading into blue. Oxidized copper. Smoke-stained clay. Moss and stone. Each surface shaped as much by the kiln as by the hand.

Swipe through to meet them, and stay tuned as we introduce more of the artists you’ll find at this year’s Fall Pottery Festival 👉

✨Kathleen Echevarria —
✨ Catherine Riordan —
✨Audrey Oring — .pottery
✨Liz Wahid —
✨Mary Ann Eggers - .loves.clay

🗓️ Carolina Clay Matters Fall Pottery Festival — October 10, 2026
📍 8300 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC

🎟 Reserve your free ticket now and you’re automatically entered to win a $50 gift card, good day-of at the festival only. Must be present to win —
https://www.carolinaclaymatters.org/festival?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fall_2026

08/15/2026

This year's Fall Pottery Festival is all about the pottery — everyday-use pieces and art meant to be displayed, all handmade by local artists. And as always, we're joined by great food, drink, and flower vendors to round out the day 🍂

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More on each of them coming soon — and don't forget, flowers pair perfectly with a handmade ceramic vase, and you can find both at the festival 🌸

🗓️ October 10, 2026
⏰ 10am – 4pm
📍 8300 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC

🎟 Reserve your free ticket now —
https://www.carolinaclaymatters.org/festival?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fall_2026

08/08/2026

A little taste of what’s to come — these are just a few of the artists who brought their work to Monroe Road last October.

🍯 Bethany Osborn
🍽️ Anna Ramsey —
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🎄 MaryJo Herold
🌙 Jon Chenoa Colburn -
🎃 Celeste Corbett

🗓️ This year’s Fall Pottery Festival is October 10, 2026 — mark your calendars!
📍 8300 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC

🎟 Reserve your free ticket now —

https://www.carolinaclaymatters.org/festival?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fall_2026

07/31/2026

Mark your calendars — our Fall Pottery Festival is set for October 10th!

Join us for a day of handmade pottery, local makers, and good company as folks from Charlotte and the surrounding region come together for our biggest fall show yet.

✨ 80+ local artists
✨ Food, coffee, and flowers
✨ Live music
✨ Raffle for a chance to win $50
✨ Pottery to use, display, and love

🎟 Reserve your free ticket now — https://www.carolinaclaymatters.org/festival?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fall_2026

🗓️ October 10, 2026
⏰ 10am – 4pm
📍 8300 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC
Free admission • Free parking

Vendor registration is opening soon! To apply for a vendor spot, you must be a current CCM guild member and have fulfilled all membership requirements.

⚠️ Vendors register only through our official guild website — we will never DM you to register, and any comments or messages directing you to "sign up" elsewhere are scams. If you're unsure, check with us directly.

More details to come — mark your calendars now!

07/25/2026

"Where pots begin and end need to be special in some way." — Denise Jordan 🏺
https://www.claygoddessstudio.com/

This past Sunday, CCM guild members spent the day with ceramic artist Denise Jordan learning how to stack thrown components to build larger, more ambitious pieces — and she came prepared, from hand-drawn sketches to hands in the clay.

This is what a CCM workshop looks like.

Interested in joining the guild and being part of workshops like this one? Click the link in our bio.

07/01/2026

CCM Guild Member Spotlight: Allison Neiss 🌊

Raw clay to finished sculpture — this is what the process actually looks like.

The work inside this guild never stops inspiring us.

Follow along at Allison Lyons Neiss and visit AllisonNeissPottery.com to see more.

The Spring Festival kept us busy — but we didn’t want this to get lost in the shuffle.Back in April, led a Printing on ...
05/20/2026

The Spring Festival kept us busy — but we didn’t want this to get lost in the shuffle.

Back in April, led a Printing on Clay with AMACO Ceramic Inks workshop for CCM Guild members at Carolina Clay Connection — and it was a wonderful time of learning and community.

Being a part of the CCM Pottery Guild means access to opportunities like this. To learn more about membership, visit https://www.carolinaclaymatters.org/about-membership

Thank you to Kathy and everyone who joined us.

05/14/2026

We're still smiling. 🏺🤍

The 2026 Carolina Clay Matters Spring Pottery Festival was everything we hoped for and more. Lines out the door before we even opened — the longest we've ever seen. Over 100 local ceramic artists filling the Ford Building. Students showing their work for the very first time. HEX Coffee keeping everyone caffeinated. And shoppers browsing all the way up to 5pm.

Thank you to Camp North End for being home to the Spring Pottery Festival.

To every potter who loaded up their work and showed up — thank you. To every person who walked through those doors — thank you. This festival exists because of this community.

We'll be back. Mark your calendars for the Fall Pottery Festival on October 10, 2026.

🗓 October 10, 2026 | 10AM–4PM 📍 8300 Monroe Road, Charlotte NC

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