Activities & Events
Arts Ministry at Montreat
Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery Mission Statement
The Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery are valuable components of the Montreat transformative experience known to hundreds of annual visitors. Over 30 years ago, Marilyn Jones, with the help of church volunteers started the Montreat Craft Shop Co-Op. Marilyn, a potter herself, taught in those early summers using one old kiln and her trusty wheel, “Big Blue.” She was joined by other crafts persons and saw her vision become a true ministry at Montreat. In 1989, upon Marilyn’s retirement, Montreat renamed and dedicated the “Sally Jones Pottery” in memory of Marilyn’s daughter, Sally.
The Wilbur Hoke Currie Craft Center was dedicated in memory of Mr. Currie in the summer of 1993. Most recently, in 2000, the “Potters Porch” was given in memory of Mr. John Updike.
Today the Currie Craft Center and Sally Jones Pottery in Montreat are open to persons of every age to encourage and inspire creativity and imagination. We understand God’s presence in every form of artistic expression and support everyone’s gifts through visual arts, movement, music and drama. We are a ministry of the Montreat Conference Center, under the direction and guidance of the Center for Faith and Life.
For more information, please visit:
- Artists-in-Residence
- Arts and Theology Intern
- Montreat Artists’ Series
- Arts & Crafts Summer Program
- This Week in Montreat
For more information, please email Ann Laird Jones, Director of Arts Ministry at Montreat Conference Center at annlairdj@bellsouth.net or call the Currie Craft Center (828)669-1052.
