Asparagus Valley Potters, Western Massachusetts, Nine potters in the Amherst, Northampton and Greenfield areas open their homes and studios for the second annual Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail on Saturday and Sunday, April 29 & 30, from 10:00–5:00.  This year features additional artists and locations throughout the valley.  We invite the public to view the various forms of pottery we each produce and to watch potters at work.  From functional to sculptural, electric fired to wood fired, we are a diverse group of professional and nationally known potters who make work to sell in a variety of venues ranging from galleries, to juried craft shows, to open house studio sales.  This Pottery Trail is an offshoot of the Asparagus Valley Potters Guild, established in 1976 back when the Pioneer Valley was equally known as the Asparagus Valley due to the abundance of asparagus grown in the region. 

Pottery Trail admission is free and children are welcome.  Individual potters will host a sale of their work at each location, while many will also offer live demonstrations of throwing, decorating and glazing their work.  Look for distinctive Pottery Trail roadside signs when leaving the main highways the weekend of the event.  Brochures with maps are available at each studio.

Enjoy a day browsing through the working studios on a 35 mile driving tour of the scenic Connecticut River Valley.  Visit six of the nine studios and you are eligible to win a piece of pottery valued at $75.  The Pottery Trail is only 100 miles from Boston and 150 from New York City.  The area boasts the home of many fine inns, restaurants, hiking trails, scenic and historic attractions, and is near the artistically rich and spirited town of Northampton.