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 (including Classes), see Calendar view.
Don’t miss this month-long annual Spring exhibition of Student Art from the RCCC Department of Art and Design! Opening Night: Friday, April 10, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Decorate a terra cotta pot to give as a gift or use in your own home. Includes indoor plant as well. This month, the Main Gallery at ClearWater Arts will feature the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College’s Annual Spring Student Show, “Impulse” (Opens Friday, April 3, 2026)
Hooked On Coasters CROCHET WORKSHOP - $7 each!
Date: Wednesday, April 8;
register by April 1 (required)
Time: 5:30–7:00 PM
Ages: 16 & Up
Fee: $7
Title of Program: Hooked on Coasters 🧶
Location:
Greenway Gallery
ClearWater Arts Center & Studios
223 Crowell Dr. NW, Concord NC
Description:
Learn the basics of crochet while creating your very own cozy coaster. This beginner-friendly class will guide you step-by-step as you stitch a simple and stylish coaster perfect for your coffee table or as a handmade gift. All materials provided—just bring your creativity!
Min: 6 Max: 8
Registration can be done on-site at the Ceramics Center, the ClearWater Main Building, or other Parks & Recs Centers; online via https://secure.rec1.com/NC/concord-nc/catalog (click ‘Arts’ and then ‘Ceramics Center’); OR over the phone.
*If you need help, call either the Parks & Rec Dept at (704) 920-5600, OR ClearWater Ceramics Office at (704) 920-6604 (Voicemails will get callbacks).
*You must create an account on the City Of Concord Civic Rec software platform for the Parks & Recreation department 🏃🧑🦽🏋️ … Your account can then be used for all future registrations for any ClearWater Arts program or Event Rental, and/ or any other City of Concord Parks & Recreation activities. 😃
(please note, Cabarrus County Parks and Recreation is a different organization which also uses the Civic Rec Platform. To register for our programs, please be sure you are viewing the City of Concord, NC Civic Rec platform.)
Don’t miss this month-long annual Spring exhibition of Student Art from the RCCC Department of Art and Design! Opening Night: Friday, April 10, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Spend an hour with City of Concord Parks & Rec Staff and the Design Team to give your thoughts on best future use of our historic Clearwell building! You could help shape the direction of this next phase of HUD-funded renovations to ClearWater Arts Center!
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Free & Open to the Public - Opening Reception for this Regional Entry Show run by Cabarrus Art Guild.
Enjoy BOTH the Art Walk on Union open-air street Art festival, and more art via Open Studios and Ceramics Center at ClearWater Arts Center & Studios, free of hassle thanks to FREE shuttle van service looping between both locations (only a 3-minute ride), courtesy of Rider Transit!
SPECIAL 2-Day Master Class with visiting Instructor, Isaac Gould, Australian owner of Terraform Studio in the Down-Under. This workshop centers on building repeatable systems that bring clarity and control to your making process.
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
New to pottery wheel? Experience the thrill of transforming a lump of clay into your very own handmade bowl. You’ll learn the foundational techniques, centering, pulling, and shaping, while creating one functional piece from start to finish.
Make your own Whimsical Village of your Thoughts, in a fun art workshop, FREE and open to the public with Guest Artist, Jonathan Grauel! Pop-up event - no RSVP needed. Be here by 1:30!
Josh King actively integrates AI into creative workflows—using it for concept development, visual prototyping, automation pipelines, and scalable content production. Learn and Ask at this Free Demo in ClearWater’s Greenway Gallery (lower level).
SATURDAYS - Designed for beginners and experienced potters alike. Build strong foundations in hand-building and wheel throwing while developing your forms, technique, glazing skills, and surface design.
Thursday Evenings - Designed for students who have completed at least one beginner wheel class and are comfortable centering clay, pulling walls, and creating basic forms on the wheel. 8-week course. Includes additional access times for independent practice.
Mixed-Level Handbuilding is designed for students of all levels of experience. In this class students will learn a variety of clay construction techniques. 8-week course.
Accent your home with a pair of Easter/ Spring tea towels you paint yourself! Your classroom, the Main Gallery at ClearWater Arts, will have the solo show, ‘Whimsical Harmonies’ on exhibit (Opens January 31, 2026)
Designed for beginners and experienced potters alike. Build strong foundations in hand-building and wheel throwing while developing your forms, technique, glazing skills, and surface design.
This dynamic class dives into creative surface techniques for both wheel-thrown and hand-built ceramic work. Ages 16 & up. 8-week course.
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Update: RESCHEDULED We are pivoting for the snow, Jan. 30-31 and will postpone the Opening Reception originally scheduled for Jan. 31st, to Saturday Feb. 21, 2026. Hope to see you then!
Join Charlotte Artist, Jonathan Grauel for the Opening Reception (Now Reception/ Artist Talk) of his first Solo Show in ClearWater’s Gallery! Grauel will talk about his work and collaboration with ClearWater. Be the first to see this collection of his latest work!
In 2024-25 Jonathan completed his 98-foot mural on the exterior wall of our Original Clearwell building (which is next up for Renovation) - a project funded by a grant from Republic Services Foundation’s “Neighborhood Promises” grant program and administered by Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte. Grauel was inspired by many local landmarks and community members as he explored the area. He populated the mural with several of them, and continues the theme of communities cultivating concord, in this solo exhibition of paintings and 3-D works.
Join us! FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Ne registration required
Saturday, FEB 21, 2026 (New Date)
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
ClearWater Main Gallery at 223 Crowell Dr. NW, Concord, NC 28025
Call with any questions: (704) 920-6600
Create your own doorway to a little magic in this Public Workshop providing a turnkey class which gives you all materials and tools to build your piece in a single afternoon class!
Part of a series of Saturday family-friendly workshops for children* and adults of any skill level looking to explore ceramics in a social and creative environment.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a creative night at the pottery wheel! Perfect for couples, friends, or anyone looking to enjoy a fun and memorable night out.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a creative night at the pottery wheel! Perfect for couples, friends, or anyone looking to enjoy a fun and memorable night out.
Paint a pair of glasses to take home in a guided 2 hour morning workshop. Your classroom, the Main Gallery at ClearWater Arts, will have the solo show, ‘Whimsical Harmonies’ on exhibit (Opens January 31, 2026)
NEW! Don’t Miss our POP-UP Family Workshop - FREE on Saturday March 14th! With Artist Jonathan Grauel! Click —>
THE EXHIBIT: WHIMSICAL HARMONIES On View through March 21, 2026 at ClearWater Arts Main Gallery — Photos Below From the Opening Reception on 2/21/26:
Don’t miss the whimsical works of local artist, Jonathan Grauel in his first Solo Show in ClearWater’s Main Gallery! Visit ClearWater during our posted Open Hours OR call to make an appointment. Staff is available M-F.
Open Hours for drop-in visits, in the Main Building, are:
Weds-Fri, 12:0-0 Noon - 5:00 p.m. OR Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Whimsical Harmony: THE MURAL
In 2024-25 Jonathan completed his 98-foot mural, “Whimsical Harmony” on the exterior wall of our Original Clearwell building (which is next up, for Renovation!) - a project funded by a grant from Republic Services Foundation’s “Neighborhood Promises” grant program and administered by Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte. Grauel was inspired by many local landmarks and community members as he explored the area. He populated the mural with several of them, and continues the theme of communities cultivating concord, in this solo exhibition of paintings and 3-D works.
Join us at the (Rescheduled) Reception / Artist Talk Event!
Saturday, FEB 21, 2026
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
ClearWater Main Gallery at 223 Crowell Dr. NW, Concord, NC 28025
Call with any questions: (704) 920-6600
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Join Cabarrus Art Guild for a demonstration of Wood-burning on sculpture, for the January 2026 2nd Sunday Free Art Demo!
Designed for those with no wheel-throwing experience, learn from the basics! 8-week course. Time to practice during scheduled Open Hours included.
Explore several techniques as a beginner in pottery wheel throwing! Guided Instruction with your choice of focus area. 8-week course. Time to practice during Open Hours included.
Have you always wanted to learn how to spin pots? Beginner students will learn a variety of techniques to create usable pottery. Students with previous experience will learn techniques to make more complex forms and build their skill set. 8-week course.
Mixed-Level Handbuilding is designed for students of all levels of experience. In this class students will learn a variety of clay construction techniques. 8-week course.
Join us for an event hosted by facilitators from our partner, Mental Health America of Central Carolinas, designed to foster connection and shared creativity!
Adults over 18 only. Description below.
This event is free, but Please register with MHA in advance; scan the QR code on the flier, OR Click this Link: Holiday Art Expression and Connections.
For More information, contact the organizer listed on their event page: https://mhaofcc.org/event/holiday-art-expression-and-connection
For a downloadable PDF copy of this flier, click HERE.
What is Planned: a creative space with multiple art stations offering different activities such as painting, clay sculpting, and ornament making. Guests can move between the sections to create their own holiday-themed artwork to take home. We’ll also serve festive refreshments to help everyone relax and enjoy a fun, creative afternoon.
Where to Find This at ClearWater: This event will be in the Greenway Gallery, lower level, which has its own set of double-glass doors (facing Kerr Street, on the end of our largest building). You can either come in at the Main Entrance and walk downstairs and through the lower level, OR enter straight into the Greenway Gallery via the double-glass doors on that end.
Access: Wheelchair ramps are at all our Guest Entrances, but for easier access we suggest the double-glass doors leading straight into the Greenway Gallery described above.
ClearWater Arts Center & Studios invites you to its Third Annual Holiday Market to sell* or shop!
Join the ClearWater Tenant Artists, the Cabarrus Art Guild (CAG) and the Southern Piedmont Woodturners (SPW) - along with other local artists and artisans, selling their original hand-crafted wares!
Open Studios/ Local Artists
Over 44 Local Vendors selling Handmade, Original Art & Crafts!
Food Truck
All Original; Wide Variety
An event not to be missed!
Artists will be set up in studios and/or on sale tables in the Main Gallery upstairs, the Pass & Greenway Gallery downstairs, and in the newer Ceramics Center building.
*Guest Vendors, space is limited; Register online starting Sept. 1, 2025 with deadline by Nov. 23, 2025. (As of 11/26/2025, 48 tables are booked; outdoor tables will be in the Covered Market Space adjoining the Ceramics Center building.)
ClearWater's Ceramics Center, too, will be open
A New Exhibition of ClearWater Tenant Artists' art will be featured in the Main Gallery !
ClearWater Arts Center & Studios, 223 Crowell Dr. NW, Concord NC 28025
For a downloadable PDF copy of the flier below to print, click HERE
Check out the latest creations of our talented Tenant Artists in this now-annual tradition of mounting the End of Year Show on the same day as our Annual Holiday Market!
Show will be on view through Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026.
Holiday Market on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025 will serve as the Opening Reception (most Tenant Artists will be in their Open Studios)
For Gallery viewing on non-event days, Please visit during our posted Open Hours of Weds-Fri, Noon - 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., OR by appointment. See you there!
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
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 Arts Center & Studios lies in the Gibson Village Neighborhood, less than a mile from Historic Downtown Concord, NC.
223 Crowell Drive NW
Concord, NC 28025
FOR MAIN BUILDING STAFF:
Sarah Gay - ClearWater Coordinator
gays@concordnc.gov
Main Building General Line: (704) 920-6600
FOR CERAMICS STAFF:
Dave Buskey- Park and Recreation Supervisor
Ceramics Center Phone Number:
704.920-6604
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704.920-6600 | ClearWater Arts Official Address: 223 Crowell DR NW | Concord, NC 28025 | gays@concordnc.gov
MAIN BUILDING & GALLERIES Hours Open for Drop-In Visits: W-Fri., 12 Noon - 5:00 p.m.. & Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
CERAMICS CENTER HOURS - Monday - Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 8 pm; Friday and Saturday 10:00am -3:30pm Additional access for enrolled students at Class Times / Ceramics Office; (704) 920-6604
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![Mixed Level Hand-building : Tuesday Mornings, March 3 - April 28 [8-Week Course]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571107894c2f858cdc76f353/1756245261263-FVJ0FAP2V02QJ94WZRGM/4e11f60b-aede-42ea-889b-9d8316595c14.png)
![Mixed-Level Hand & Wheel: Monday eve's, March 2 - April 20 [8-Week Course]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571107894c2f858cdc76f353/1771363368886-O7JL5CODB27W8US94ER9/MixedLevel+Hand.Wheel.Ceramic+Insta+2026+copy.jpg)
![Surface Design & Decoration: Monday eve's, March 2 - April 27 [8-Week Course]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/571107894c2f858cdc76f353/1770839608895-RRPHLXH9IFIYQ93LXR0O/Surface+Design+Thumbnail.jpg)
