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.
