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FEATURED ARTISTS

Poster Contest entries &
Clayton Senior Center art students

2011 Poster Contest winner was “Flipside” by Janie Prete
The winner of Clayton Visual Arts Inc.’s 2013 Poster Contest will be announced June 6 at a reception honoring the entrants.

Ten persons entered 12 pieces of art. They are Lisa Bailey, Amy Beshgetoorian, Nancy Guss, Carolyn Howard, Kathleen Nobles, Tamara Smallwood, Don Stephenson, and Jim Whitfield, all of Clayton, and Maria Baluis of Garner and Jo Lee Tucker of Four Oaks.

Theme of the biennial contest is “Thank Clayton, Thank Art.”

Also on display during June will be student art from the Clayton Senior Center.

Members of Clayton Visual Arts, Inc., have been visiting and teaching at the Senior Center every month for three years. The classes represent an ongoing outreach program that provides involvement and teaching of the visual arts to members of the Clayton community.

Exhibiting artists are Mary Appel, Martha Avila, Marcella Brannan, Fay Dease, Marguerite Di Giovanni, Grecia Edwards, Janet Eisler, Faten Elgharini, Isaiah Goodson, Nancy Guss, Elaine Hall, Mary Ann Macario, Roberta Myers, Mary Perdue, Madeline Scovitch, Peggy Smith, and Daphne (no last name given).

Everyone is invited to a meet-the-artists reception THURSDAY, June 6, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Clayton Center – June 2013 Invitation. Light refreshments will be served, and dress is casual.

Millstock features artists

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Millstock for 2013 drew 35 artists and a crowd of about 1,500 to Clayton’s downtown Horne Square June 1.

Scenes from the May 9 CHS student reception

Samples of art created by Clayton High School students hang in the Clayton Center during May
Judy Boyette, Don Stephenson, Kathleen Nobles, and Darlene Williford of the Johnston County Arts Council attended the meet-the-artists reception


Young spectators view student art

CHS teachers Crystal Seagroves and Jane Roberts taught the budding artists

 

 

Clayton Visual Arts, Inc., is funded in part by the Town of Clayton Cultural Arts Fund.