
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 9, 1994                   TAG: 9402170002
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV4   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                 LENGTH: Short

PROGRAM GIVEN ON FEMALE POTTERS

The female potters of Ipetumodu, Nigeria, will be the subject of two presentations by potter Winifred Owens-Hart Thursday adn Friday.

Owens Hart will present a slide lecture on Ipetumodu pottery Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Blacksburg Police station meeting room. She will share stories and artifacts she acquired while living in Nigeria.

She will conduct a craft workshop, "Traditions: Potters of Ipetumodu," Friday at 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in Room 27 Owens Hall on the Virginia Tech campus. Workshop participants will construct pottery on the traditional Ipetumodu earthenware model.

Owens-Hart, a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art and Howard University, is one of 10 artists presenting visual arts workshops throughout the state under a program of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She has taught ceramics and sculpture at Howard University for over 15 years.

For more information, call Derek Meyers, 231-5547.

by CNB