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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!
Ellis at the Opening of "NC Women Abstract Painters," Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, in Greensboro, NC. February 7, 2020. Photo by Henry Rock.
NEW E-NEWSLETTER FEATURE on tenant artist, Barbara Ellis and what 2020 has brought her: click bit-ly link below for whole article!
"I'm definitely at an inflection point in my process," says ClearWater tenant artist Barbara Ellis (BEllisArts) as she looks back on the surprise successes and other rewards that 2020 has delivered.
Learn more about how Barbara went through an unexpected artistic transformation this year and how she plans to move forward into "something quieter" in the latest issue of The Splash: bit.ly/splash-bellis
A new edition of The Splash is out now! Check out our feature on Tom Taggart (Taggart Art Studio) at bit.ly/splash-tom. Here's a preview of what you can expect...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"Halloween came and went as quickly as October did, but for our only current resident sculptor, it was the busiest month of the year. Not only did he fill a large number of online orders, but he also shared 31 photos of 31 unique monsters for each day of the year’s spookiest month on his Instagram. Talk about busy! It's only natural that we think of Tom this time of year, considering his penchant for creepy creations, so we decided to meet up with him during one of his late nights in the studio to chat about where his signature style came from and if he has any plans to rest any time soon."⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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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
If you like what you see, be sure to subscribe! We'll send updates directly to your inbox. bit.ly/splash-subscribe
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.
Like what you see? Feel free to subscribe to our updates at bit.ly/splash-subscribe!
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
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.
