History of Carolina Claymatters

Carolina Claymatters is the Charlotte area clay guild, which originally was started in the 1980’s. It fizzled out after a few years, but in 1994 several potters were talking at Art Fest in Matthews and wondered why there was not a potter’s guild in Charlotte. Lesley Betz Malone and Lambeth Marshall took it upon themselves to form a guild and had the first meeting at Pope’s Gallery in Charlotte in 1994.  There were approximately 20 clay artists attending the meeting. After some debate, the group decided to take the same name as the earlier clay guild. Carolina Clay Matters has grown over the years, with a membership now over 100 and has become a group of clay enthusiasts with a broad variety of knowledge and interests in clay.  Lib Moss helped create the first Pottery Sale for the guild in the mid 1990’s.  Since then, the Guild has developed two pottery sales, which are held the second Saturday in May and the second Saturday in October.

 

History of the Guild Presidents and Vice Presidents:

                      President                                        Vice President

1994-1996   Lesley Betz Malone                         Lambeth Marshall

1996-1997   Sylvia Coppola                                Karen Kammer

1997-1998   Karen Kammer                                Fran Brown

1998-1999  John & Jan Myers                            Andrew Linton

1999-2000   Andrew Linton                                 Alex Miller

2000-2001   Alex Miller                                        Corine Gusman

2001-2002   Corine Gusman                               Gary Lee

2002-2003   Gary Lee                                          Patsy McAlpine

2003-2004   Patsy McAlpine/Bob Hasselle       Bob Hasselle

2004-2005   Bob Hasselle/Cindi Powell            Cindi Powell

2005-2006   Cindi Powell                                     Babs Goodall

2006-2007   Babs Goodall                                   Mary Miller