Hello friends - our favorite holiday *Appalachian Potters Market* is just a few months away!
Potter Registration is located here
*We will send out booth details, parking information, early set-up, and lunch detail forms closer to the event date, don't worry!
*You may also mail your registration payment ($110 for a single booth or $220 for a double booth) as a check payable to Appalachian Potters Market PO Box 1387 Marion NC 28752
- For our returning potters, please take a moment to review the APM 2026 Guidelines below and then proceed to the registration link at the bottom of this email. We will send your booth details form / load-in info / event logistics soon!
- As for our new friends, welcome! We are so glad you are here. A little about us, Appalachian Potters Market is a tradition that began in 1986 with a handful of potters and volunteers right here in McDowell County. We invite the best of Appalachian clayworkers to our little town of Marion, NC, for a pre holiday pottery-exclusive market (that is right, no other items besides pottery are sold at APM). The only two years we did not have a market were 2020 and 2021, making this year our 38th event rather than our 40th.
- This event is organized by the Staff of McDowell Arts Council Association (Susan Pyatt-Baker, Executive Director, and *myself* Anna Branam, Assistant Director), and supported by our awesome Board and Volunteers. Your vendor registration fee directly supports the arts in our community and allows us to keep hosting this event, so thank you! You might notice that our application fee has gone up $10 (the first time in at least 2 decades) to help us better cover our processing fees and event costs. We appreciate your understanding, these things just aren't getting any cheaper. APM is held in the Commons Area and Gymnasium of McDowell High School. If you have any questions, please let us know at [email protected] or by calling 828-652-8610 (our office phone).
Potter Registration is located here
*We will send out booth details, parking information, early set-up, and lunch detail forms closer to the event date, don't worry!
*You may also mail your registration payment ($110 for a single booth or $220 for a double booth) as a check payable to Appalachian Potters Market PO Box 1387 Marion NC 28752
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The 37th Annual Appalachian Potters Market Saturday December 6th from 10-4pm at McDowell High School Marion, NC Address: McDowell High School 600 W McDowell Jr. High School Dr. Marion NC 28752 appalachianpottersmarket @ gmail.com |
The 37th Annual
Appalachian Potters Market
hosted by McDowell Arts Council Association will be Saturday December 6th from 10-4pm
in the Commons Area and Gymnasium of McDowell High School.
Cost:
Entry is $5 for folks 16 years of age or older
Cash or card
All proceeds benefit McDowell County Arts Council
Accessibility:
Anyone utilizing a wheelchair, cane, mobility device, stroller, or with 'bad knees' should Entrance #1 located at the main entrance of the school / front entrance of the Commons Area. This entrance will be clearly marked and has ramps accessing the parking lot. You will be able to access all areas of the market from this entrance while avoiding the stairs located at the Gym Entrance. If you have good knees, a secondary entrance is located on the upper level of the Gym at Entrance #2.
Parking:
Parking is free at Appalachian Potters Market.
*Do not park in or block designated accessibility spaces or lots marked for vendors.
Appalachian Potters Market
hosted by McDowell Arts Council Association will be Saturday December 6th from 10-4pm
in the Commons Area and Gymnasium of McDowell High School.
Cost:
Entry is $5 for folks 16 years of age or older
Cash or card
All proceeds benefit McDowell County Arts Council
Accessibility:
Anyone utilizing a wheelchair, cane, mobility device, stroller, or with 'bad knees' should Entrance #1 located at the main entrance of the school / front entrance of the Commons Area. This entrance will be clearly marked and has ramps accessing the parking lot. You will be able to access all areas of the market from this entrance while avoiding the stairs located at the Gym Entrance. If you have good knees, a secondary entrance is located on the upper level of the Gym at Entrance #2.
Parking:
Parking is free at Appalachian Potters Market.
*Do not park in or block designated accessibility spaces or lots marked for vendors.
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2025 Potters Andrea Overman Andrea Gail Pottery Amanda Maishman Ceramic Sorcery ceramicsorcery.com Nikki Lonon Lonon Pottery www.lononpottery.com *McDowell County Potter Brad Worden @sycamorebendpottery Cale & Christy Williams Triple C Pottery www.triplecpottery.com Cathy Cooper cathycooperpottery.com Cindy Douglass Stardust Pottery cindydouglass.com Connie Black Old Julian Pottery Old Julian on Facebook Courtney Tomchik CF Tomchik Designs @cftomchikdesigns www.Cftomchik.com Darlene Fletcher These Bloomin Dishes DEANNA STEINER Fig & Owl Studio figandowlstudio.com Debbie Chapman Skunk Hollow Pottery facebook.com/skunkhollowpottery Deborah Gerard Gerard Pottery on Facebook Dianna Bessette Glazed Expressions DiannaBessette.com Glazed Expressions on Facebook Erika K. Arroyo Arroyopottery / The Laughing Potter The Laughing Potter (@arroyopottery) Hannah Sidner Ceramics Janet Helm oneofakindclay.com Jan Kilgore Bruce Jordan Jordan Mill Pottery James Ruff instagram.com/moeruff Jessica Myers Mackey Creek Mud instagram.com/mackeycreekmud *McDowell County Potter John & Scottie Post Hog Hill Pottery hoghillpottery.com Derrick & John Garrou *McDowell County Potter John Saunders 1657 Dakota Dr Hudson NC 28638 Julie Latos LATOS Pottery Latos Pottery on Facebook Kim Haig Kim Haig Pottery Kelly Waldrop earthshineclayworks.com Mandy Huffman & Freddie Phillips The Porch Potters Melissa Wells Melissa's Artistic Touch Warehouse Arts Misty Johnson Misty Mountain Studio @misty_mountain_studio Morgan Hoover & Lynda Gayle Banner Little Blackberry Creek Pottery (@littleblackberrycreekpots) Nancy Combs Cords Creative Pottery Nick Larson Nick (@nicklarsonpottery) *McDowell County Potter Olivia Mourglea & Carolyn Walker Walker-Mourglea Pottery walkermourgleapottery.info Pam McLeod Pamdora's pamdoras.com Paula Rogalski facebook.com/whitesidesstudio [email protected] Rachel Wallace Rachel Wallace (@rachelwceramics) Renee Barnette Sacred Bliss Studio Rebecca Harmon Richard Dana Paul facebook.com/peacefulpathpottery Rodney Smith RSPottery muddabberspottery.com Susan Jones A Griffin Pottery Teresa Icenhour Waters Edge Art and Pottery Theresa Glisson All That Glissons allthatglissons.com Timothy Moran Celtic Pottery Virginia Hurley Tigersmoon Design Pottery Wendy Converse Converse Creations |
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CONTACT INFORMATION
McDowell Arts Council Association (maca) Hours: Tuesday through Friday 12-5pm Saturdays 11-4pm All other times by appointment. Street Address: 50 S MAIN ST MARION NC Mailing Address: PO BOX 1387 Phone Number: 828-652-8610 Text Accessible (Google Number): 828-559-1404 Email Address: [email protected] |
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