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Rookwood America's Finest Press Release Wisconsin Pottery Association Rookwood Pottery Exhibit and Pottery Show The Wisconsin Pottery Association will hold its 14th annual Pottery Show and Sale on Saturday August 22, 2009. All types of antique and collectible pottery will be on sale from 9am until 4pm, one day only. Some 50 Pottery dealers from across the nation will participate, as well as noted studio potters. Rookwood Pottery – America’s Finest is the name of this year’s exhibit. Visitors will see a great selection of Rookwood Pottery including examples of; early period, artist decorated Standard, Iris, and Vellum glazes, Z line, production pieces, tiles, and plaques. The ever-popular What Is It? will again be part of the event— bring your mystery pottery item to the show (two per admission) and Wisconsin Pottery Association members will informally identify and evaluate it. Buyers can expect our 50+ dealers to be selling pottery and dinnerware dating from 1880’s to the present. Styles range from Art Deco and Streamline to Arts and Crafts, Mid-Century modern, and Art Nouveau, from companies such as Fulper, Rookwood, McCoy, Roseville, Weller, Cowan, Red Wing, and many more. The Pottery Show and Sale, and the Exhibit: Rookwood Pottery – America’s Finest will be one day only, Saturday, August 22, 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin at the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center, just off Rimrock Road near John Nolan Drive. From I-90, take exit 142A, Hwy 12-18 west 5 miles to Exit 262, Rimrock Road then, north ¼ mile. For a map, visit our website www.wisconsinpottery.org or see our display card. The Exhibit and Show will be open from 9am until 4pm. Admission will be $5. Parking will be $5.00 or free with a parking coupon downloaded from the WPA website or any official WPA ad or display card. The coupon or ad must be presented to the parking attendant at the Alliant Energy Center for free parking. While you are in Madison check out the Ceramic Arts Studio Collectors Convention at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel. Check out their website at www.cascollectors.com for details. This will be the Wisconsin Pottery Association’s 14th Pottery Show and Exhibit. The WPA is a non-profit organization formed in 1992 by collectors interested in studying and promoting collectible pottery. Meetings are held monthly and include speakers and informal discussions on pottery. For more information, visit www.wisconsinpottery.org. -30- Related Pages:
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