Meet the Owners of a Local Pottery Studio and Art Gallery
Jerry and Kathy Chappelle run Happy Valley Pottery and Chappelle Gallery.
Jerry and Kathy Chappelle are the co-owners of two art-centered businesses in Oconee County; Happy Valley Pottery at 1210 Carson Graves Road, Watkinsville and Chappelle Gallery, located in the Historic 1827 Haygood House at 25 S Main Street, Watkinsville. Patch: When did you start your business? Jerry and Kathy Chappelle: Happy Valley Pottery, Inc. was set up in 1970. Chappelle Gallery, a DBA of Happy Valley Pottery Inc., opened its door for business in 2001. Patch: Why art? JC & KC: We knew we wanted to start an artist community when we moved to Georgia from Minnesota in 1970. Happy Valley Pottery was set up as an incubator to help artists understand their art as a business. This gave the artist a trial period to decide if this is what…
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John P. Hill, Sr.
8:26 am on Sunday, May 13, 2012
Hello. I obtained a tray pottery 9" X 7" that was signed "Chapelle". It is a 1st Place 2006 5K race award tray from the Red Cross East Georgia Chapter race. Just wondered how many of these plates were made. It has a center insert with the race info on it a a piece of holly on next to the insert. Could you give me any background info on it and a brief description of the tray. Can send photos if … more ›