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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!
The past three years have been exceptional for our resident artist, Gordon C. James Fine Art and Illustration. In that time, he has experienced a meteoric rise to fame and nationally acclaimed success thanks to his children's book collaborations with Derrick Barnes and Vaunda Micheaux Nelson - both of which have earned him awards. Last month, Gordon's hot streak continued.
Read more about Gordon's incredible September, which included well-deserved awards and celebrity endorsements, in the latest issue of The Splash: bit.ly/splash-gordon
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Gordon in his ClearWater studio
Gordon’s latest collaboration with author Derrick Barnes, ‘I Am Every Good Thing,’ remained on the NYT Best-Sellers List for 3 weeks!
Jennifer Garner reading Gordon’s latest illustrated book, ‘I Am Every Good Thing’ which she streamed to several of her social media platforms.
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.
