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]
All ClearWater Classes can be found on the Registration Platform: Civic Rec/ City of Concord NC.
Experience beautiful and uniquely intriguing, abstract paintings by Louise Farley, Justin Ellis, Art’s Really Cool, Joe Mukuna Ditu, Micah Cash and Bill Grady. Artist Talk TBA/ Stay Tuned!
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!
Instructor: Malia Bryngelson
When: Sept. 13, 2026
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Location: ClearWater Arts Center & Studios — Greenway Gallery
223 Crowell Drive NW, Concord, NC 28025
ROOM: Greenway Gallery (Lower Level / SW end of Main Building);
DIRECTIONS: Enter from the Kerr Street side, using the double-glass doors into the Greenway Gallery. [ClearWater’s Main Entrance on Crowell, will be closed.
About the Demonstrator/ Instructor:
Malia Bryngelson will be demonstrating the use of other art media that complement pastel painting. You won’t want to miss this demo! You will have a chance to try out different types of pastels, getting hands on experience. Malia is a fabulous artist, and, I’m thrilled to have her come and share her vast experience with us.
Malia is an artist known for her pastel paintings, including works titled “Minnie Pearl” and “Burning Sky”. She is associated with the Piedmont Pastel Society and has contributed to various exhibitions showcasing her art.
No need to register;This event is free and open to the public.
Please arrive before 2:00 PM so as not to interrupt the instructor
See you there!
About the Host:
Cabarrus Art Guild (CAG) is 501-c3 non-profit and is a tenant with a studio (LL-102) at ClearWater Arts. Additional info about their activities and membership, is on their website, https://www.cabarrusartguild.org
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Bringing Wine Vendors and the Community together for a fun midday tasting festival! Vendors, if you’re a wine-maker and looking for a great spot to sell, click to apply! Shoppers, if you’re looking for locally-made wines, or just a good reason to get out- join us!
Celebrate this show of beautiful and uniquely intriguing, abstract paintings with the artists! Additional Artist Talk Panel Discussion TBA/ Stay Tuned!
Contact Cabarrus Art Guild (CAG) for infor and entry in their annual Fall Judged Show- Come celebrate local artists at the Opening Reception, Sunday Oct. 4 in ClearWater Main Gallery!
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Bringing Wine Vendors and the Community together for a fun midday tasting festival! Vendors, if you’re a wine-maker and looking for a great spot to sell, click to apply! Shoppers, if you’re looking for locally-made wines, or just a good reason to get out- join us!
ClearWater Arts Center & Studios invites you to its FOURTH Annual Holiday Market to sell* or shop! (Info on Vendor Registration, scroll down.)
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
Dozens of Local Artisan Vendors selling Handmade, Original Art & Crafts!
Food Truck & Hot Cider + Warm & Merry Atmosphere!
Support Original, Local Art & Craftsmanship!
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 Ceramics Center building Lobby area.
*Guest Vendors, space is limited; Register online starting Sept. 1, 2026; Deadline Nov.16, 2026 by End of Day.
Vendor Fee: $30.00 per Table. LIMIT TWO TABLES; we prefer ONE table per Vendor, if possible/ as much as possible, to accommodate as many as possible! If you need only a little extra space, ask about our 8-foot tables. Most tables are 6-foot length.
REGISTER ON CIVIC REC: https://secure.rec1.com/NC/concord-nc/catalog?filter=c2VhcmNoPTQ0NDQ5NTA=
For a downloadable PDF copy of the flier above to print, click HERE
Join our fun and affordable, relaxed social Paint Nite! Create your version of the theme painting, with relaxed, easy guidance from seasoned instructor, Kimberly Crisp. All materials provided.
Vendors, if you’re a maker and looking for a great spot to sell, click to apply! Shoppers, if you’re looking for locally-made artisinal wares for your home or as gifts, join us for a fun midday market!
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Join our fun and affordable, relaxed social Paint Nite! Create your version of the theme painting, with relaxed, easy guidance from seasoned instructor, Kimberly Crisp. All materials provided.
Susan Lackey addresses underpainting as a critical, foundational element. Her highly textural process involves layering translucent acrylics with heavy impasto, collage, and often embedded objects.
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Learn how to turn gourds of any size into fun and original artworks! Join the Cabarrus Art Guild for a creative afternoon.
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Learn sculpting with air-dry clay techniques from a known and loved prior Art Demonstrator! Free and Open to the Public.
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
Learn Wet Felting techniques from a known and loved prior Art Demonstrator! Free and Open to the Public.
Free & Open to the Public - Opening Reception for this Regional Entry Show run by Cabarrus Art Guild.
Free & Open to the Public - Opening Reception for this Regional Entry Show run by Cabarrus Art Guild.
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
ClearWater Arts is proud to showcase the 2026 Preschool Art Exhibition organized by the Early Childhood Foundation!
Join them at the reception, Saturday April 18, in our Greenway Gallery (lower level) for an interactive art activity for kids and relaxed Reception.
11 AM to 1 PM,
Sat. 4/18, 2026
ClearWater Arts Center & Studios
223 Crowell Dr. NW
Concord, NC 28025
Free and open to the public, Free Parking.
More info at ClearWaterArtists.com
(704) 920-6600 Main Building
Or, 704) 920-6604, Ceramics Center Ofc.
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!
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.
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!
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.
New Featured Woodturning Expert & Demo each month!
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).
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
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!
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
