These are audio files made at the Mint Museum's Symposium October 16, 2012. The symposium was hosted by the Mint Museum's Delhom Service League.
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Powered by Cincopa Video Hosting for Business solution.New Gallery 2014/10/22 Introductions and A Challenging Dialogue by Matt Jones Introductory remarks by the Delhom Service League's President, CEO of the Mint Museum, Kathleen Jameson, and Symposium coordinator Barbara Perry and the first presentation of the symposium, Matt Jones detailing the arguments and misunderstandings which set the stage for the day's event. Sweetening the Pot by Mark Hewitt An endearing portrait of traditionally made pottery in North Carolina by one of our state's great practitioners. The Future of Traditional Pottery by Garth Clark The keynote lecture of the day exploring the role of the functional pot from its humble origins all the way through the major movements within ceramics in the twentieth century. Garth argues that the traditional pot informs everything we have come to understand about ceramics. He also raises the difficult questions about the validity of traditional pottery in the advancing digital age. Question and Answer with Garth Clark Audience participation portion allowing dialogue between speaker and attendees.