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Susan Kurtzman: The Jobi Story

The Jobi Story
1953 – 2018 Celebrating 65 Years in Truro

Wednesday, July 25th @ 7pm
Jobi™ Pottery is an original Truro cottage industry that began in 1953 in a hot dog shack next to the Highland Cape Cod Lighthouse. This year Jobi™ Pottery celebrates 65 years in Truro.
Owner/designer Susan Kurtzman will give a historical overview of 65 years of Jobi Pottery and presentation on how the handmade pottery is made using traditional Jobi techniques.
The original owners Joe Colliano and Bill Hastings named their business “Jobi” – a contraction of their two names, Joe and Bill. Their little pottery business was a stopping point for thousands of Cape Cod visitors in the 1950s, 60s and 70s who bought their hand made pottery adorned with fish, cattails, blueberries, lighthouses and other Cape Cod designs.
The Locke family bought the business in the mid 1970s and in2003 Susan bought it. Joe Colliano came out of retirement to help Susan learn the hand painting of each Jobi design and Steve Locke joined as production manager. Today Jobi Pottery has both a large studio and gallery, in Truro, and continues the Jobi tradition of hand-made Cape Cod pottery.
For more information, please call the Museum at 508-487-3397 or visit our website – www.trurohistoricalsociety.org

Susan Howe Music & Speaker Series

We are very pleased and excited to announce the establishment of the Truro Historical Society’s Susan Howe Music & Speaker Series established in her honor due to the generosity of the Truro community, her family and her many friends and colleagues. In establishing this series, Susan’s commitment to Truro’s history and culture will live on and provide inspiration to all.

We will strive to develop and bring a program of inspiring authors, artists, historians, and musicians to the museum each season to share their knowledge and talent with the community and visitors to Truro.

Stay tuned for updates on this new inspiring series and thank you again for your support. If you would like to donate in Susan’s memory, please click on the link:  Donate to the Susan Howe Memorial Fund

Featured Video – Watch “the Story of the Cobb Archive

Cobb Memorial Library, Built in 1912

Produced by Jan Worthington and Angela McNerney, “The Story of the Cobb Archive” is a video created in 2022 that tells the story of how Truro’s first public library became the repository for the Truro Historical Society’s archives.

Featuring interviews with Susan Kurtzman, Helen McNeil-Ashton, Norman Pope and Paul Morris the video features the Society’s vast collection of works on paper including books, maps and photographs.

To view the video, click HERE.
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