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NICA Ceramic Art - Zebulon, North Carolina

 

Our success has been built upon our cultural exchange program where master artisans from San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua come to the USA to share their cultural art form.

Our first experiment was a coincidence.  Artist Miguel Maldonado called me on the phone stated that he was in Virginia, had a sack of pots with him, and couldn't selling them while walking through the streets of DC.  I had just set up a display of Nicaragua pottery at the St. James Museum in Wilmington, NC and arranged to set up a demonstration.

I got Miguel on a Greyhound to NC and arranged for all the raw material to arrive from Nicaragua.  The demonstration was a resounding success, we sold all the work, the participants were fascinated, it was clear that this type of interaction was necessary to fully represent this art form.

Since that time we have hosted over 30 artist visits to our home in Zebulon, NC.  Our collaboration with North Carolina potter Dan Finch has been a local connection which has linked us to the ceramics community of North Carolina.  Dan has been a mentor and advocate for our work.  Trips to Nicaragua with Dan and other potters has been the motivation to start the visit Nicaragua program.

We organize 20 to 30 events around our visiting artist program.  Luis Enrique Gutierrez has been the principle member of this exchange.  Our plans for early 2010 are to build the small workshop and artist retreat behind our home that will also serve as storage and display space.

Everyone is invited to visit NICA Ceramic Art at 500 Stratford Dr. Zebulon, NC 27597

Make sure to call first! (919) 264-3741     We hit the road pretty hard and it can be tricky to catch us in town

Saludos,
Paul