Exhibition Celebrates Meaders Family Folk Pottery Legacies.Stay and Play in GA!
A year-long special exhibition opens Wednesday, September 2, at the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia, displaying new aspects of the Meaders family influences on folk pottery in northeast Georgia, the southeastern states and the nation. “When John Milton Meaders loaded his mule-drawn wagon with pots crafted by his six sons in 1892 and traveled to homesteads and communities near his Mossy Creek home to sell those wares, he began traditions that would endure into the twenty-first century,” explains Museum Director Chris Brooks.
By 1920, L.Q. Meaders took over his father’s role as principal sales representative and spokesman for the Meaders family potters. Two decades later, he further documented the family’s importance to Southern Appalachian folk pottery when he taught at Brenau College in Gainesville. “The present generations of the Meaders family have been sharing stories with us and gathering significant examples of L.Q. Meaders pottery to present to visitors in our new exhibition,” continues Brooks.
The special exhibition joins permanent displays of more than 180 items of northeast Georgia folk pottery, video, dioramas of pottery use, paintings and photographs that show two centuries of continuous development of a distinctive folk art in northeast Georgia.
Hours Open
The Museum is open Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm; Sunday 1:00-5:00 pm. Admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 children.
Contact - Location & Directions
Phone: Chris Brooks, Director - 706-878-3300 Location: On GA Hwy 255, Sautee Georgia Directions: 1/4 mile north of the junction with GA Hwy 17, just 4 miles southeast of Alpine Helen
