Community Creative Center Pottery Festival
Sponsored by Artosphere
DATE: May 2-4
LOCATION: Community Creative Center
TICKETS: FREE & open to the public!
ABOUT:
This annual Community Creative Center (CCC) event highlights local and regional pottery artists over three days. An exhibition and pottery sale includes work from numerous potters and is available throughout the event in the main gallery at CCC. Special guests are brought in for lectures and pottery demonstrations, and the festival will conclude with the Post-Pottery Party on May 3 from 6-8pm at Kingfish with music from Smokey and the Mirror.
Smokey & The Mirror is husband+wife duo Bryan and Bernice Hembree. Based out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Smokey & The Mirror have toured nationally/internationally over the past decade, including a touring collaboration and album with Denmark’s The Sentimentals. The band has also supported tours/concerts for The Wood Brothers, I’m With Her, Elephant Revival, John Fullbright, and more. They play most often as a duo, but also regularly collaborate with luthier/musician Bayard Blain (3 Penny Acre/Bayard Guitars), and drummer/songwriter Ryan Pickop (Nature & Madness). Whatever the configuration, the interplay of their two unique voices coupled with their provoking and engaging songs form the foundation of Smokey & The Mirror.
The Hembrees also work tirelessly on many musical and creative pursuits. They are committed to others’ music as much as their own. They have found that the most satisfying path to longevity in music is to put others’ art in the spotlight or to inspire others’ to find their voice. They believe that the future of music is not winning the “me first” battle, but rather building community. They are founders and co-creators of the Fayetteville Roots Festival (Arkansas) and have partnered with numerous music and community organizations over the past decade to help foster a vibrant music ecosystem in Northwest Arkansas smokeyandthemirror.com.