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ChathamArts Continues "Potluck in a Pasture" Summer Suppers
May 2007
A plentiful supply of small farms and creative artists makes rural Chatham County special. You can learn more about many of them during ChathamArts' second annual "Potluck in a Pasture" series inviting you to tour a working farm, share home-grown seasonal food, and meet local artists monthly throughout the summer.
The series takes place every third Sunday beginning May 20, from 5 to 7 pm, at Horizon Cellars at 466 Vineyard Ridge south of Siler City. The vineyard owned and operated by Guy Loeffler is nestled on a 20-acre property off U.S. 421 south of U.S. 64. Directions and information about Horizon Cellars can be found at www.horizoncellars.com
Featured artists at the first potluck of the season include potter Libba Adams, photographer Mark Bashista, watercolorist Shannon Bueker, welded steel artist Tamera Mulanix and pianist Liz Tedesco.
Visitors are asked to bring a pot-luck dish for eight that includes at least one locally grown ingredient (and the recipe to share), as well as a beverage, a lawn chair or blanket and a $10 donation to ChathamArts ($8 for members), $5 for children over 6 ($4 for CA family members). For an additional $5, adults can sample the wines and take a wineglass home to keep. Proceeds benefit ChathamArts, the non-profit county arts council that supports diverse arts and cultural programs in the schools and the community throughout the year.
"Our local farms nurture our bodies and inspire our artists," said Daryl Walker, the ChathamArts board member who came up with the idea for the series which drew many visitors last summer. "We hope these suppers will encourage even more people to buy locally produced art and food, and to become more aware and appreciative of the farmers and artists who contribute to our economy and our community."
Local food ingredients for your pot-luck may come from your own backyard or neighboring farms, from local farmers’ markets at the Chatham County Fairgrounds in Pittsboro (Thursdays), Fearrington Village (Tuesdays), in downtown Siler City (Saturdays), at Southern Village (Thursdays) and in Carrboro (Wednesdays and Saturdays), or from Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro and Weaver Street in Southern Village and Carrboro.
The series will continue with other farms and artists on June 17, from 6 to 8 pm, at Holly Hill Daylily Farm in Moncure; July 15, from 6 to 8 pm, at Pugh’s Cedarbrake Sheep Farm near Silk Hope; and August 19, from 6 to 8 pm at Harland’s Creek Farm west of Pittsboro.
Download the Potlucks in a Pasture flyer (PDF)
General Interest Links: Local Agriculture
- Carrboro Farmers' Market
- Carolina Farm Stewards
- Slow Food Triangle
- Pittsboro Farmers Market
- Fearrington Farmers Market
- SEEDSNC
- NCChoices
Directions
JUNE POTLUCK – Holly Hill Daylily Farm
Please note: US1 and OLD US1 are not the same roads,
and please WATCH FOR SPECIAL PARKING DIRECTIONS WHEN YOU ARRIVE!
From Chapel Hill: 15-501 thru Pittsboro, left on Moncure-Pittsboro Rd
(Jordan Lake sign) to Old US1 (dead end), left on Old US 1 and turn
right across from Liberty Chapel Church (Haywood Road) and follow the
daylily signs.
From Durham: Take Hwy 55 to US 1, turn right, and follow the directions from Cary-Apex below.
From Cary, Apex: US 1 and 64 W toward Sanford, STAY ON US1 WHEN US1 and 64 separate, cross Chatham County line, exit on Old US 1 (exit 84) and turn right on Old US1, continue to Haw River and take first left (Haywood Rd) and follow the daylily signs.
From Siler City, Pittsboro: Take US 64 or NC 87 to Pittsboro, turn right on 15-501 thru Pittsboro and turn left on Pittsboro-Moncure Rd. Continue to Old US1 across from Liberty Chapel Church, turn rt on Haywood Rd and follow the daylily signs.
JULY POTLUCK - Pugh's Cedarbrakes Sheep Farm
From Chapel Hill, take 15-501 S and turn right on Hwy 64 W bypass and follow directions below.
From Cary, Pittsboro, take Hwy 64 West.
Soon after Hwy 64 bypass ends (speed limit changes form 65 to 55, go
about 2 miles and pass Hadley Mill Farm Rd on left, then shortly turn
right on W R Clark/ Butner Rd. Go north 2.7 miles crossing Silk Hope/Gum
Springs Rd, staying on Clark-Butner Rd. A farm with lake is on the left.
Watch on right for Pugh's electric fence, open sheep pasture and Potluck
signs.
AUGUST POTLUCK - Harland's Creek Farm
From Chapel Hill, take 15-501 S and turn right on Hwy 64 W bypass and follow directions below.
From Cary, Pittsboro, take Hwy 64 West.
From Siler City, take Hwy 64 East.
The farm is 4 miles west of Pittsboro. Watch for Solid Rock Baptist Church on the left, coming from Pittsboro. Then turn right off Hwy 64 onto Manco Dairy at mile marker 378. Take immediate right onto Plantation Drive. Farm is on the left.
ChathamArts also exhibits and sells the work of local artists at its gallery at 121 Hillsboro Street in historic downtown Pittsboro. Open every Tuesday-Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm and First Sundays from 12 noon to 5 pm when other Pittsboro shops, eateries and galleries are open with arts and crafts for sale on the sidewalks. 919.542.0394.
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Press contact: Reporters covering ChathamArts events receive free entrance. Contact Leslie Palmer, ChathamArts publicity co-chair, at 919.929.9268, lespalmer@aol.com for interviews, photos and details.