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Phew! It's hot out! Happy Summer Solstice and stay tuned as we amp up... There is LOTS getting ready to POP! Read on for exciting updates...
…So many great updates in this issue! Click the link below to view the whole issue, with photos, online.
https://mailchi.mp/a2ea52d20729/2020-in-review-8446169
an outline of topics is below. But that doesn’t show you the great photos - !
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Mural Update - Meet Owl
Facility Upgrades
Activity Ramping Up
Tri State Sculptors Conference at ClearWater (Oct.)
Keynote Speaker Confirmed: Stephen Hayes
Rent Our Spaces! Bring to Life a Community Event!
Call for Teachers / Event Coordinators / Volunteers!
Our facility may be closed to the public during the pandemic, but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy over at ClearWater!
Read all about what we've been up to and more in the latest issue of The Splash: bit.ly/splash-covid
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Issues are available weekly throughout August then bi-weekly starting September 9.
Artists Kevin Harris (Left), Ric Erkes, center, and Julia Lawing, right, in their ClearWater Studios. Erkes is shown in the studio leased by the Southern Piedmont Woodturners Club, of which he is the current Vice President.
The Splash is back!
While it's true that it has been a while since we sent out an issue of our e-newsletter, The Splash, that doesn't mean that ClearWater has been stagnant. On the contrary, we've been busier than ever!
See for yourself in this week's issue at bit.ly/splash-is-back.
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ClearWater artists and their work, framing the COVID-19 message on our animated sign that sits along the Kerr Street edge of campus.
Clockwise from upper right: dyed fabric pieces by textile artist and Surface Designer, Sunya Folayan; potter Nancy Bibby glazing works in her studio; Painter, illustrator and graphic artist Walter Stanford discussing pastels in his studio; painter Louise Farley showing a visitor recent paintings; a platter by Bob Moffet, member of the Southern Piedmont Woodturners; and Abstract Expressionist painter Barbara Ellis working big, on the Gallery floor outside her studio.
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
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
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.
