Comprehensive chronological list of all events and classes at ClearWater Artist Studios in Concord, NC. [As opposed to sorted lists by category on main Navigation pages]
For an at-a-glance look at ALL events (including Classes), see Calendar view.
See more frequently held events, or last-minute Virtual Event adds, on our FaceBook events!
Free Demo with the CAG
Instructor: Susan Tobelman
When: Sunday January 12, 2025
Time: 2:00-4:00
Where: Clearwater Arts Center and Studios - Greenway Gallery
223 Crowell Dr. NW Concord, N.C. 28025. Enter at Kerr St. side doors, lower parking lot
Free Demo with the CAG
by Johnna M. Ritchie
Rug Hooking
When: Sunday November 10, 2024
Time: 2:00-4:00
Where: Clearwater Arts Center and Studios - Greenway Gallery
223 Crowell Dr. NW Concord, N. C. 28025. Enter at Kerr St. side doors, lower parking lot
Retired high school art teacher, Johnna M. Ritchie has dabbled in all things art-related fromdrawing to painting, ceramics to sculpture, photography to mosaics, fibers and printmaking.
She has gained proficiency in various media so that she could assist her students in building their skills to aid their creativity. She has always been intrigued with fibers and until two years ago, had never tried rug hooking, a skill of her mother and her mother’s mother. She got hooked.
In rug hooking, she is mostly self-taught with the aid of published guides and encouragement from fellow hookers. Her hope is to use her years of artistic knowledge and drawing to help her translate portraits into realistic interpretations in the media of rug hooking. She uses hand-dyed, thrifted and purchased woven wool cut into very thin strips to create the form, line and value of the person’s face and features using small loops pulled through a linen fabric.
In her demonstration, she will show the evolution of her rug hooking development and theknowledge gained and current project(s) in progress.
No need to register.
This event is free and open to the public
Please arrive before 2:00 pm, so not to interrupt the presentation.
For more information, www.cabarrusartguild.org or call 704-920-6600
Wildlife Fine Art Demonstration with Walter Stanford
When: Sunday October 13, 2024
Time: 2:00-4:00
Where: Clearwater Arts Center and Studios - Greenway Gallery
223 Crowell Dr. NW Concord, N. C. 28025. Enter at Kerr St. side doors, lower parking lot
Topic: You are invited to join us for a demonstration/talk by Walter Stanford, Fine Artist, Designer and Illustrator.
Walter is a 1986 graduate of East Carolina University where he earned a BFA from the School of Art with a major in illustration and a minor in printmaking. Over the course of his career, he has worked as a national freelance illustrator, advertising art director and screen print artist. He now brings all these experiences together to create dramatic wildlife portraits. He brings the subject in close where the viewer can get a sense of the animal’s personality. As Walter states, “I want to bring that animal into a person’s home!”
Walter’s studio is in the ClearWater Arts Center & Studios in Concord and his works are represented by the Art Cellar Gallery in Banner Elk, NC.
No need to register.
This event is free and open to the public
Please arrive before 2:00 pm, so not to interrupt the presentation.
For more information, www.cabarrusartguild.org
Free Demo with the CAG
by Natalie Cranford
Learn About the Dual Primary Colors: It's More Than Red, Yellow and Blue
When: Sunday September 8, 2024
Time: 2:00-4:00
Where: Clearwater Arts Center and Studios - Greenway Gallery
223 Crowell Dr. NW Concord, N. C. 28025. Enter at Kerr St. side doors, lower parking lot
Our speaker, Natalie Cranford, is an art teacher, mom, wife and lifetime creator! In the art world, she enjoys color theory, hand building with clay, mixed media and paint. Natalie is a new Guild Member and we can all look forward to Natalie's art experience and enjoy learning with her!
No need to register.
This event is free and open to the public
Please arrive before 2:00 pm, so not to interrupt the presentation.
For more information, www.cabarrusartguild.org
ClearWater Arts Center & Studios invites you to come view & enjoy the latest beautiful artworks by ClearWater Studio Artists! This Exhibition features paintings & Glass works by several of ClearWater’s Individual tenants; and will be on view from Saturday, December 2, 2023 NOW THROUGH through Saturday, March 30, 2024. Artist Reception is Thursday, March 7, 2024 6-9pm! Reception on Facebook Events: https://www.facebook.com/events/666193762228276
See more pics and reels in posts on our Social Media (Facebook/ Instagram) Featuring works by: Walter Stanford; Julia Lawing; Jackie Ramdin; Louise Farley; Bill Grady; Micah Cash; Janet Borchardt; Mary Jane Capron; and Paul Keysar.
Paintings by Julia Lawing (left) & Walter Stanford (right)
CONCORD, NC - The tenant artists of ClearWater Artist Studios will gather to welcome the public and discuss their latest work and experiences as working artists, this Friday, March 22, 2019. Some works in the show, ‘Tenant Artists Show V,’ mark key recent developments in the evolution of certain artists’ style, choices and career path; while others exhibit the mastery of techniques and subject matter honed over years.
Spectacular Raptor Portraits, vibrant children’s book illustrations, large and affecting abstract expressionist pieces, and softly-hued, lovely landscapes are just some of the works on display- not to mention a range of turned-wood and glass pieces.
ClearWater Artist Studios houses the working studios of 12 artists as well as the Southern Piedmont Woodturners’ Association (a Club). All artists leasing individual studios are juried-in using a range of criteria (currently, the waiting list stands at 14).
The Artists will form a Panel Discussion in the middle of the Gallery starting at 7:00 p.m. during the Opening Reception. Guests are welcome to enter after this time, we just ask consideration for those speaking and listening.
Free; free parking; refreshments.
Artists in the show:
Barbara Ellis
Barbara Ellis & Mikel Frank (one Collaborative Painting)
Walter Stanford
Gordon C. James
Julia Lawing
Kev Harris
Paul Keysar
Louise Farley
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ClearWater Artist Studios is located in Gibson Village, less than a mile from Downtown Concord, 223 Crowell Drive NW. Working artists lease 12 studios and the Southern Piedmont Woodturners chapter is housed here. Our Gallery is open to the public most weekdays, Noon-5pm; every 2nd Saturday10am-4pm; and/or by appointment. The Gallery, outdoor Green, and open-air covered Market are available to rent for private events. For details, see clearwaterartists.com; or call 704-784-9535.
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Spectacular Raptor Portraits, vibrant children’s book illustrations, large and affecting abstract expressionist pieces, and softly-hued, lovely landscapes are just some of the works on display- not to mention a range of turned-wood and glass pieces.
ClearWater Artist Studios houses the working studios of 12 artists as well as the Southern Piedmont Woodturners’ Association (a Club). All artists leasing individual studios are juried-in using a range of criteria (currently, the waiting list stands at 14).
Opening Reception is Friday, March 22, 2019 starting at 6:00. Reception will close at 9:00pm.
The tenant artists of ClearWater Artist Studios will gather to welcome the public and discuss their latest work and experiences as working artists, this Friday, March 22, 2019. Some works in the show, ‘Tenant Artists Show V,’ mark key recent developments in the evolution of certain artists’ style, choices and career path; while others exhibit the mastery of techniques and subject matter honed over years.
The Artists will form a Panel Discussion in the middle of the Gallery starting at 7:00 p.m. during the Opening Reception. Guests are welcome to enter after this time, we just ask consideration for those speaking and listening.
Free; free parking; refreshments.
See our FaceBook Event page for photos and updates!
Artists in the show:
Barbara Ellis
Barbara Ellis & Mikel Frank (one Collaborative Painting)
Walter Stanford
Gordon C. James
Julia Lawing
Kev Harris
Paul Keysar
Louise Farley
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ClearWater Artist Studios is located in Gibson Village, less than a mile from Downtown Concord, 223 Crowell Drive NW. Working artists lease 12 studios and the Southern Piedmont Woodturners chapter is housed here. Our Gallery is open to the public most weekdays, Noon-5pm; every 2nd Saturday10am-4pm; and/or by appointment. The Gallery, outdoor Green, and open-air covered Market are available to rent for private events. For details, see clearwaterartists.com; or call 704-784-9535.
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Gallery is open to the public anytime we’re here… Manager Sarah Gay works generally 10-6 M-F, though meetings take her offsite often. Published hours are Weds-Fri, Noon-5pm; or call to make an apt or to assure she is in. See you here!
Pictured in the Banner above are:
“Bateleur Eagle” by Walter Stanford, on view in this exhibition;
“concord collab one” (detail) by Barbara Ellis and Mikel Frank, on view in this exhibition.
Many more terrific works on display in our Main Gallery!
These Artworks will come down Monday, April 1 to make way for the annual Student Art Show by students of the Fine Art & Graphic Design programs at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. Opening Reception for that will be Friday, April 5, 2019, 5-8pm.
Some works in progress, some new works by ClearWater Artists!
First group show of new works by resident ClearWater artists in over a year!
This Friday at Cabarrus Brewing Company!
'That Art Night' is THIS FRIDAY EVENING, 8/5/16 at Cabarrus Brewing Company; starts at 6:00 p.m.
A partnership of Cabarrus Arts Council and various other local art organizations (including us), 'That Art Night' will be every first Friday, at Cabarrus Brewing Co. in the Gibson Mill (just around the corner from us)!
Walter Stanford Fine Art has the very first, the inaugural 'That Art Night'-- he'll be working live from 6pm on, inside the brewery, up by the bar-- and he's been working hard all week to have some examples ready. If you haven't seen his amazing pastels and oil paintings of raptors, you're missing out!
In addition to providing the Gallery space (and, soon, the Banquet/ Multipurpose Room downstairs) for event Rentals, ClearWater Artist Studios also produces a growing variety of events. The 2nd Saturday Open Studios day, an open-house allowing access to artists working in their studios and anything else programmed that day, occurs monthly.
For an at-a-glance look at all events including classes, see Calendar view.
Seminars, and other events which may contain instructional presentation will be listed under Classes.
Past event pages, may hold photos of that event.
ClearWater is becoming; It is a place where...
Artists find community with other artists;
The Community finds artists and access to art;
Artists, and the Community find ways to interact, discuss, and be inspired to new (creative) ways of thinking.
CLEARWATER Arts Center & Studios lies in the Gibson Village Neighborhood, less than a mile from Historic Downtown Concord, NC.
Open for drop-in: Wednesday-Friday 12:00-5:00pm; Saturdays, 10a.m. - 2p.m.
ClearWater Arts Center & Studios
223 Crowell Drive NW
Concord, NC 28025
Sarah Gay, ClearWater Coordinator
PLEASE NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBER (Fall 2022):
704.920-6600 (ofc. land line)
City Email: gays_at_concordnc.gov
This project is supported by a grant from the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, and the Cabarrus Arts Council.
