Karen Tufty, pictured, will present at the David A Howe Library at 6pm
By Kathryn Ross
WELLSVILLE – The Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society and the Nathaniel Dike Museum is hosting a program at 6:00 PM June 18th at the David A Howe Library with Ceramicist and local Entrepreneur Karen Tufty.
Tufty is a graduate of the New York State School of Ceramics at Alfred University. She is a gifted ceramicist who reinvigorated the traditional Alfred Bread Pan. As an entrepreneur, she opened Tufty Ceramics Studio in Andover, where she employs many craftsmen in making the bread pans and other ceramic bakeware and shipping the product around the world. She was also a founding member of ter Allegany Artisans and continues to be part of the annual Artisan’s Weekend.
A resident of Alfred, Tufty is also concerned with the protection and preservation of the village’s traditional terra cotta roofs.
The “Local Terra Cotta From Roofs to Bread Pans” program is free and open to the public in the gallery at the David A Howe Library in Wellsville.
The Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society and the Nathaniel Dike Museum hosts a variety of public programs throughout the year. And while this is the last for this season, the programs will return on September 10th when Dwight Allen talks about his father, a World War II, tail gunner on a bomber that was shot down. He was captured and held in a German POW camp until the end of the war.
The Thelma Rogers Genealogical and Historical Society operates the Nathaniel Dike Museum, which is now open for the season from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Wednesdays until the end of October. Admission is free and the public is welcome to come in and take a look at the memorabilia housed in the facility or peruse its extensive genealogical files. Visits can also be arranged for times other than when the museum is open to the public by calling 585-610-5343.
