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, see Calendar view.
See more frequently held events, like the Cabarrus Art Guild’s weekly Open Studios work session, on our FaceBook Events page!
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
See demonstrations of products and techniques. Free and open to the public.
Cabarrus Art Guild Description:
Mark Making from the “Ground” Up
For our monthly meeting on Sunday, June 9 at 2 pm, the Cabarrus Art Guild is excited to have Brandon Henrie, new store manager at Cheap Joe's Art Stuff in Charlotte, giving a presentation titled, Mark Making from the “Ground” Up. The ClearWater Artist Studios is co-hosting this event which will be held in the main gallery space at ClearWater. More details below on location.
Brandon’s presentation will include an in-depth discussion and demonstration of creating art with both new and old products. He will explain the different grounds or coatings applied to canvas, panels, and paper; discuss a variety of mediums; and describe drawing tools for used for mark making. Our area artists always look forward to Cheap Joe’s demonstrations. This meeting will be one that you will won’t want to miss.
About Brandon Henrie…
Brandon holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he won awards in both studio art and art history. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions. A gallery of his work can be found on his website (www.bdhart.com) where he also shares the inspiration for his art.
Please notice this is a change in location for our Cabarrus Art Guild meetings.
Location: ClearWater Artist Studios
223 Crowell DR NW
Concord, NC 28025
Date: June 9 at 2:00 pm
Parking and Entrance: Park in any “marked” parking spot on the ClearWater campus. There is also parking across Crowell, marked for ClearWater visitors. Enter through the main entrance of the long building and then head to your right toward the main gallery.
Our meetings are always free and open to the public.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Enjoy a friendly communal atmosphere while making your art. Explore the rest of ClearWater Artist Studios including the Main Gallery upstairs. Meet fellow artists!
Any artists interested in working in proximity to other artists for a few hours each week or any given week, are welcome to attend. Bring in a project that can be portable (pack in it/ pack it out), whatever you want to eat for lunch, and an open friendly attitude!
You don’t have to be an Art Guild member to attend.
Open Studios session was formerly at the 11 Union Street location formerly occupied by the Cabarrus Art Guild.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Bring your family and help create a collaborative artwork! FREE
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
Mikel Frank and longtime collaborative painting partner Gerard Amsellem, who both form the The Visual Passion Duo, will present a 5-hour live painting collaboration to live music by local musician, Noel Freidline. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come watch, and see the exhibition that will be on view!
This is the second live event associated with the exhibition, Visual Strategies: A Collaborative Project (Website page; also more info below)
Today's event is in conjunction with our monthly 2nd Saturday Open Studios on Saturday, July 14th, from 11:00am to 4:00pm (doors open at 10am)
(FaceBook Event Page here)
(Eventbrite event page here)
Visual Strategies: A Collaborative Project (FaceBook page) is a Guest exhibit / set of events this Summer at ClearWater Artist Studios. It is being organized by two collaborators: local artist/ curator, Mikel Frank, and collaborating curator & artist, Carl Heyward. Frank recently moved to Charlotte from the New York City area and a 29-year career at the Met Museum of Art, and is now an adjunct art instructor at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and Gaston College; Carl Heyward is an artist and founder of the Global Art Project, and lives and works out on the West Coast.
Participating artists from the Global Art Project (GAP) are shipping their jointly-made works in from all over the world for the exhibit, and there will be three live-collaborative-painting events, including one that's for YOU (or anyone) to participate in, on Saturday August 11!
See the Main Exhibition Event Listing on our Website, www.clearwaterartists.com or on Eventbrite as well as the FB pages linked above.
Call the Studios at 704-784-9535 with any questions, or email clearwatermgr@gmail.com.
Front of Postcard; 'See Back' refers to list of events shown below. Artist Credit:
BG Artwork, ‘Palimpsest,’ by GAP members Robert Reed w’ fragments from Gregory Rose
Links to Co-Curators' websites: Mikel Frank and
FaceBook 'Gallery' page for the Exhibition is here.
Featuring Collaborative Works by:
The Global Art Project (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/globalartproject; FaceBook, https://www.facebook.com/globalartproject2017/)
The Visual Passion Duo (Mikel Frank & Gerard Amsellem; www.visualpassion.net)
...And YOU! ...created during Related Events at ClearWater, listed below.
Resumes/ Bio PDF's of the Co-Curators: Mikel Frank - Carl Heyward
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This upcoming Guest exhibit / set of events, "Visual Strategies: A Collaborative Project" at ClearWater Artist Studios, is being organized by two collaborators: local artist/ curator, Mikel Frank, who recently moved to Concord from NYC and a 29-year career at the Met Museum of Art (2 years ago), and is now an adjunct art instructor at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College; and collaborating curator & artist, Carl Heyward, founder of the Global Art Project, who is out on the West Coast.
Participating artists from the Global Art Project (GAP) are shipping their jointly-made works in from all over the world for the exhibit, and there will be three live-collaborative-painting events, including one that's for YOU (or anyone) to participate in, on Saturday August 11!
The local artist Mikel Frank is working to invite more local artists familiar with collaborative art-making, to participate also.
Mikel and longtime collaborative painting partner Gerard Amsellem, who both form the Visual Passion Duo, will present a 5-hour live painting collaboration to live music by local musician, Noel Freidline. This is in conjunction with our monthly 2nd Saturday Open Studios on Saturday, July 14th, from 11:00am to 4:00pm (doors open at 10am).
Sunday, July 1, 2018 - 3:00 - 5:30 pm
Selected Collaborators / Paint Performance
FaceBook Event pages for this Opening: Visual Strategies Exhibition; Visual Strategies; and VISUAL STRATEGIES EXHIBITION
Saturday, July 14, 2018 - 11am - 4pm
Featuring the Visual Passion Duo Performing
(Mikel Frank & Gerard Amsellem)
(FaceBook Event Page here)
(Eventbrite event page here)
[Event page coming soon!]
Saturday, August 11, 2018 - 11am and 2pm
Community is Invited to come paint a large work togeher that will then be added to the Exhibition!
--Facilitated by curator/ artist Mikel Frank—
Usual Monthly Event:
For a cost of $15 per artist, cash only please (any revenue over the cost of hiring the model will go to the ClearWater Artists Coalition, to be spent toward bringing you this and other events). Bring your own easel, materials and refreshments. We have folding tables and chairs if needed. 18 and over please. Professional conduct is expected and required. Arrive before 6pm or ring doorbell for entry. We look forward to seeing you here.
This event is also posted as a Facebook Event on our ClearWater FaceBook page.
You'll not only have a model for three hours for only $15, you'll have the camaraderie of fellow artists and a stellar exhibit surrounding you, to take in during breaks!
Models-- anyone interested in modeling for our Figure Drawing Sessions may contact the ClearWater Manager, Sarah Gay at clearwatermgr@gmail.com or 704-784-9535; and/or ClearWater Artists Coalition President, Gordon C. James at gjamespaintings@aol.com.
Serious figure-drawing study for artists, monthly, in a three-hour format using the final hour for long-form pose.
For a cost of $15 per artist (any revenue over the cost of hiring the model will go to the ClearWater Artists Coalition, to be spent toward bringing you this and other events). Bring your own materials and refreshments. 18 and over please. Professional conduct is expected and required. Arrive before 6pm or you will have to ring doorbell for entry. We look forward to seeing you here.
This event is also posted as a Facebook Event on our ClearWater FaceBook page.
You'll not only have a model for three hours for only $15, you'll have the camaraderie of fellow artists and a stellar exhibit surrounding you, to take in during breaks!
Models-- anyone interested in modeling for our Figure Drawing Sessions may contact the ClearWater Manager, Sarah Gay at clearwatermgr@gmail.com or 704-784-9535; and/or ClearWater Artists Coalition President, Gordon C. James at gjamespaintings@aol.com.
Southern Piedmont Woodturners Club holds monthly meeting/ woodturning demo or workshop, every third Tuesday of the month in their studio - #122 - at ClearWater Artist Studios in Concord, NC. All are welcome! Come out and learn about this ancient and fun craft.
For a cost of $15 per artist (any revenue over the cost of hiring the model will go to the ClearWater Artists Coalition, to be spent toward bringing you this and other events). Bring your own materials and refreshments. 18 and over please. Professional conduct is expected and required. Arrive before 6pm or you will have to ring doorbell for entry. We look forward to seeing you here.
This event is also posted as a Facebook Event on our ClearWater FaceBook page.
You'll not only have a model for three hours for only $15, you'll have the camaraderie of fellow artists and a stellar exhibit surrounding you, to take in during breaks!
Models-- anyone interested in modeling for our Figure Drawing Sessions may contact the ClearWater Manager, Sarah Gay at clearwatermgr@gmail.com or 704-784-9535; and/or ClearWater Artists Coalition President, Gordon C. James at gjamespaintings@aol.com.
Watch master portraitists as well as area painters all work to finish completed portraits, working from a live model in our Gallery, in less than two hours flat! With free Cake, open studios and a comedian EmCee. Paintings on exhibit by the 5 Featured Painters, through April 6.
For a cost of $15 per artist (any revenue over the cost of hiring the model will go to the ClearWater Artists Coalition, to be spent toward bringing you this and other events). Bring your own materials and refreshments. 18 and over please. Professional conduct is expected and required. Arrive before 6pm or you will have to ring doorbell for entry. We look forward to seeing you here.
This event is also posted as a Facebook Event on our ClearWater FaceBook page.
You'll not only have a model for three hours for only $15, you'll have the camaraderie of fellow artists and a stellar exhibit surrounding you, to take in during breaks!
Models-- anyone interested in modeling for our Figure Drawing Sessions may contact the ClearWater Manager, Sarah Gay at clearwatermgr@gmail.com or 704-784-9535; and/or ClearWater Artists Coalition President, Gordon C. James at gjamespaintings@aol.com.
For a cost of $15 per artist (any revenue over the cost of hiring the model will go to the ClearWater Artists Coalition, to be spent toward bringing you this and other events). Bring your own materials and refreshments. 18 and over please. Professional conduct is expected and required. Arrive before 6pm or you will have to ring doorbell for entry. We look forward to seeing you here.
This event is also posted as a Facebook Event on our ClearWater FaceBook page.
You'll not only have a model for three hours for only $15, you'll have the camaraderie of fellow artists and a stellar exhibit surrounding you, to take in during breaks!
Models-- anyone interested in modeling for our Figure Drawing Sessions may contact the ClearWater Manager, Sarah Gay at clearwatermgr@gmail.com or 704-784-9535; and/or ClearWater Artists Coalition President, Gordon C. James at gjamespaintings@aol.com.
For a cost of $15 per artist (any revenue over the cost of hiring the model will go to the ClearWater Artists Coalition, to be spent toward bringing you this and other events). Bring your own materials and refreshments. 18 and over please. Professional conduct is expected and required. Arrive before 6pm or you will have to ring doorbell for entry. We look forward to seeing you here.
This event is also posted as a Facebook Event on our ClearWater FaceBook page.
You'll not only have a model for three hours for only $15, you'll have the camaraderie of fellow artists and a stellar exhibit surrounding you, to take in during breaks!
Models-- anyone interested in modeling for our Figure Drawing Sessions may contact the ClearWater Manager, Sarah Gay at clearwatermgr@gmail.com or 704-784-9535; and/or ClearWater Artists Coalition President, Gordon C. James at gjamespaintings@aol.com.
For a cost of $15 per artist (any revenue over the cost of hiring the model will go to the ClearWater Artists Coalition, to be spent toward bringing you this and other events). Bring your own materials and refreshments. 18 and over please. Professional conduct is expected and required. Arrive before 6pm or you will have to ring doorbell for entry. We look forward to seeing you here.
This event is also posted as a Facebook Event on our ClearWater FaceBook page.
You'll not only have a model for three hours for only $15, you'll have the camaraderie of fellow artists and a stellar exhibit surrounding you, to take in during breaks!
Models-- anyone interested in modeling for our Figure Drawing Sessions may contact the ClearWater Manager, Sarah Gay at clearwatermgr@gmail.com or 704-784-9535; and/or ClearWater Artists Coalition President, Gordon C. James at gjamespaintings@aol.com.
For a cost of $15 per artist (any revenue over the cost of hiring the model will go to the ClearWater Artists Coalition, to be spent toward bringing you this and other events). Bring your own materials and refreshments. 18 and over please. Professional conduct is expected and required. Arrive before 6pm or you will have to ring doorbell for entry. We look forward to seeing you here.
This event is also posted as a Facebook Event on our ClearWater FaceBook page.
You'll not only have a model for three hours for only $15, you'll have the camaraderie of fellow artists and a stellar exhibit surrounding you, to take in during breaks!
Models-- anyone interested in modeling for our Figure Drawing Sessions may contact the ClearWater Manager, Sarah Gay at clearwatermgr@gmail.com or 704-784-9535; and/or ClearWater Artists Coalition President, Gordon C. James at gjamespaintings@aol.com.
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 ARTIST STUDIOS
223 Crowell Drive NW
Concord, NC 28025
Sarah Gay, Studio Manager
704.784.9535
clearwatermgr@gmail.com
Office Hours:
Weekdays 11am-6pm (Variable)
Gallery Open Hours:
Wednesday- Friday, 12pm - 5pm; Every 2nd Saturday Open Studios, 10am - 4pm; or by appointment.
