Salad Days is the perfect combination of local food, local music and great ceramics coming together for a fun, one-day event on the beautiful Watershed campus in Newcastle. The fundraiser has something for all ages and everyone is sure to leave full and happy and with, at least, one handmade salad plate.

The 18th annual Salad Days will take place at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Saturday, July 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each year, the Salad Days fundraising event draws up to 500 visitors from near and far to enjoy an afternoon of delicious local food, great company, incredible ceramics, kid’s art projects, lively music and the annual invitational Pottery Sale. Admission to Salad Days is $30. Admission to the Pottery Sale only is free.

Attending Salad Days in a great opportunity to select one of 500 individually crafted, beautiful, salad plates by artist Adam Paulek to fill to the brim with a bountiful lunch. Salad Days success as fundraiser relies on a huge amount of support, in the form of donations, from local businesses.

Salad Days is more than Salad!

In addition to enjoying the overflowing lunch buffet, explore the beautiful Watershed campus, set among the sweeping fields of Straw Farm with studios nestled into the woods, Watershed is brimming with art and activities!

Salad Days is thrilled to welcome back musical talent The Jerks of Grass, their rousing and melodious bluegrass tunes will be sure to inspire dancing. Voted Portland’s Best Roots/Acoustic act seven times, The Jerks of Grass are tireless performers, having played over 1,200 shows throughout New England. In between dancing, visiting with old and new friends, and enjoying lunch, stop by the Invitational Pottery Sale taking place under the tent. Admission to Salad Days is not required for those only interested in shopping the sale. The Invitational Pottery Sale features ceramics by top ceramic artists from Maine, New England and across the country. Stroll down to the open artist studios to see where Adam made the 500 Salad Days plates and where Watershed resident artists spend their days working.

The Watershed campus opens at 10 a.m., plate selection starts at 11 and the lunch buffet will begin at 11:30. The pottery sale, live music, kid’s activities, raffle, and open artists' studios continue until 3 p.m.
Funds earned during Salad Days support Watershed's community outreach programs, including the Mudmobile, a clay studio on wheels bringing clay art workshops to schools and community centers throughout the state.

Watershed Center is located off Route 1 on Cochran Road (turn north at Skip Cahill Tire & Citgo) opposite the Route 27 South turnoff to Boothbay Harbor. For more information, call 207- 882-6075 or visit www.watershedceramics.org/saladdays.php.