Creating Hats with Cassandra Chapman -

— a CAG Free Art Demo Event!

When:  Sunday Feb. 11, 2024
 
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
 
Where:  ClearWater Arts Center and Studios, 223 Crowell Dr NW Concord, NC 28025. GREENWAY GALLERY; Enter at Kerr Street side, (lower-level parking lot) .

You are invited to join us as Cassandra Chapman, owner and creative designer of Ami Cassi Millinery and Accessories, shares how she creates hats using traditional millinery techniques combined with cultural inspiration to create unique works of art. Each piece she creates is beautifully handmade with the greatest attention to detail. 

Originally from St. Croix, Ms. Chapman is a trained Vocational Educator with a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Consumer Sciences from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, MI. She has taught Home Economics and also holds an active license as a cosmetology/aesthetician instructor in North Carolina. She has taken many classes in hat designing in Australia, England, and the United States. She is a member of the American Institute of Millinery Education, The North American Millinery Group, the British Millinery Association. 

FREE Event. BE SURE TO COME TO GREENWAY GALLERY DOORS; the MAIN ENTRANCE WILL BE LOCKED.

No pre-registration is needed. Please be on time as to not interrupt the speaker’s presentation.

How to Photograph Your Artwork with Steve Lindenman

Come join CAG for our free demonstration in January!

Date:  Sunday January 14, 2023

Time: 2 pm

Where: ClearWater Arts Center & Studios – 223 Crowell Drive, NW, Concord, NC 28025. Enter through the lower level, double glass doors facing Kerr Street, called the Greenway Gallery.
 
Steve Lindenman is a local freelance event and commercial photographer, and shoots for variety of publications, including professional and college sports outlets.  Steve teaches Digital Photography Fundamentals as well as editing techniques using software. He will be showing us how to create wonderful photos of the artwork we create!
 
You can see Steve’s work here:  www.lindenmanphoto.com
 
This is a free event and does not require registration.

Please be on time as to not interrupt the speaker’s presentation.

FREE Event.
No pre-registration is needed. Please be on time as to not interrupt the speaker’s presentation.

Creating Angels with Kelsey Bassett

When: Sunday December 10, 2023

Time: 2 PM

Where: ClearWater Arts Center and Studios, 223 Crowell Dr NW Concord, NC 28025. Enter at Kerr Street side doors, lower parking lot- Greenway Gallery.

You are invited to join us as Kelsey Basset shares how she creates her angels and how you can apply these ideas for painting other subjects.

Kelsey is a former Cabarrus County Schools art teacher who left the classroom to pursue motherhood and painting full-time. From South Charlotte, she earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture from NCSU, then went back to school to become an elementary teacher to ultimately earn a master's degree and become licensed to teach art. She loves painting and is loving that she can now have time in to paint and share her artwork with others.

From Kelsey:
“During the demo, I plan to talk about building layers on a canvas or paper to create an angel. I'll demonstrate the steps I take to achieve a detailed design that could also be applied to any still life or portrait. I'll share the specific layers of acrylic paint and acrylic paint pens I use to achieve angels with personalities.”

Kelsey ‘s work can be viewed here: www.KelseyBassett.com ;FB: Kelsey Crago Bassett IG: @kbassett_art

FREE Event.
No pre-registration is needed. Please be on time as to not interrupt the speaker’s presentation.

Pine Needle Basket Weaving with Shakeeka

- Cabarrus Art Guild 2nd Sunday ART DEMO AT CLEARWATER - Greenway Gallery - organized by Cabarrus Art Guild

When: Sunday November 12, 2023
Time: 2 PM
Where: ClearWater Arts Center and Studios, GREENWAY GALLERY; 223 Crowell Dr NW Concord, NC 28025. Enter at Kerr Street side double- doors, lower parking lot (Greenway Gallery Entrance). PLEASE NOTE, MAIN ENTRANCE ON CROWELL DR NW WILL BE LOCKED!

Please join us as local artisan Shakeeka Watts teaches us about the art form and techniques in creating pine needle basket weaving.

“Through my basket weaving, I want to introduce a part of my African American culture to the world. I also want give acknowledgment to my ancestors for their accomplishments and God giving talents. I hope the work that I generate will inspire the younger generation to appreciate and understand their ancestors’ struggle and inspire them to carry on their traditions and legacy.”

No pre-registration is needed.

Please be on time as to not interrupt the speaker’s presentation.

See Shakeeka’s extensive work on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HandWorksByShakeeka, and Instagram and her website: https://handworksbyshakeeka.square.site/

For more information about the Guild, www.cabarrusartguild.org

Artist Talks - Saturday, August 12, 2023 by Six Members of Charlotte Art Collective - Part of the First Look! Guest Exhibition

FREE and open to the public! (Free Parking)

Several Artist Talks are scheduled, August 5 and August 12, as part of the Guest Artist Exhibition, ‘First Look’ — a show of new works by the Member Artists of Charlotte Art Collective. See other listings for other times and dates!

Artist Talks will be presented in the Main Gallery at ClearWater Arts in Concord. Use the Main Entrance, off Crowell Drive NW (223 Crowell Dr NW)

Saturday, August 12, 2023:

Kelly Carlson-Reddig - architectural jewelry - 11:00 a.m.:

Kelly Carlson-Reddig is an architect who teaches at UNCC who also makes jewelry.  Kelly’s jewelry is inspired by architecture and is made with architecturally inspired materials like steel, aluminum, copper and concrete.

Kathy Collins - oil paintings- 11:30 a.m.:

Kathy Collins loves to paint both in her studio as well as outside “en plein air”.  She enjoys taking a few art supplies outside to capture the beauty in front of her whether it be a clump of summer blooms in a garden or a view across a lake in the North Carolina mountains.  

Valerie Hawkins - pottery - 12:00 Noon:

Valerie Hawkins is a long-time potter who uses fresh botanicals to imprint her pottery work.  She has also recently taken up silver smithing and makes work that is inspired by the mid-century modernist movement.  She recycles scrap silver and sometimes incorporates salvaged sterling parts into her work.

Julie Phillips - fiber arts - 12:30p.m.:

Julie Phillips is a fiber artist working primarily in felted wool.  She winds and felts multicolored wool strands into gorgeous wall pieces and sculptural 3d felted creatures.  She also does fabric painting employing the natural colorants in plants and leaves.

Janet Borchardt - glass casting - 1:00p.m.:

Janet works with glass casting, by packing glass powders & frits into molds she makes from leaves she picks and shapes sculpted out of clay.

Rae Stark - pottery - 1:30 p.m.:

Rae Stark is a studio potter working in porcelain clay.  She decorates her work with sgraffito, sprigs, incised lines and texture.  She employs motif’s from the natural word like birds, flowers and insects among others.

Please be prepared to find the Main Entrance and to use any of our parking lots across Crowell Drive NW from our campus; other classes and events may be going on in the Greenway Gallery or other spaces at ClearWater. A site map /Campus Area Plan can be found on our Website ‘Our Space’ page by clicking the black button at top of that page.

Artist Talks - Saturday, August 5, 2023 by four Members of Charlotte Art Collective - Part of the First Look! Guest Exhibition

FREE and open to the public! (Free Parking)

Several Artist Talks are scheduled, August 5 and August 12, as part of the Guest Artist Exhibition, ‘First Look’ — a show of new works by the Member Artists of Charlotte Art Collective. See other listings for other times and dates!

Artist Talks will be presented in the Main Gallery at ClearWater Arts in Concord. Use the Main Entrance, off Crowell Drive NW (223 Crowell Dr NW)

Saturday, August 5, 2023:

Robert Beam - stained & fused glass - 12:00 Noon:

Robert Beam is a glass artist working with stained and fused glass.  He takes inspiration from nature and architecture and is in collections up and down the east coast.

Michael Marx - PMC Jewelry - 12:30p.m.:

Michael Marx is a nationally known metal clay artist  and instructor.  He makes beautifully crafted metal clay jewelry with an edgy and whimsical point of view. 

Janie Jones - glass & alcohol ink - 1:00p.m.:

Janie Jones is a long-time master glass bead maker and instructor.  She makes gorgeous glass beads for jewelry and whimsical objects she employs in plant stakes and Christmas ornaments, among other things.

Hilde Deprez - wood & macrame - 1:30 p.m.:

Hilde Deprez is a master illustrator.  You will see in the gallery her painted wood, illustrations and cards.  She has also taken up macramé and is making gorgeous textural wall hangings.

Please be prepared to find the Main Entrance and to use any of our parking lots across Crowell Drive NW from our campus; other classes and events may be going on in the Greenway Gallery or other spaces at ClearWater. A site map /Campus Area Plan can be found on our Website ‘Our Space’ page by clicking the black button at top of that page.