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Clayton Visual Arts hosts monthly 2D art exhibits at The Clayton Center, 111 E 2nd St, Clayton.
CVA is currently accepting applications for its 2025-26 exhibit season. Deadline March 21, 2025. Extended to Friday, April 4.
Visit the Exhibitions and Events page to see the current schedule.
CAPTURING cLAYTON
Clayton Visual Arts is now accepting applications for “Capturing Clayton” Art Competion and Exhibition with awards totalling $1,000. Artwork, representing Clayton and the surrounding area will be on display at The Clayton Center in May.
Entry deadline April 25, 2025.
plein air painting group
Clayton Visual Arts has an active Plein Air Painting Group. Click HERE for details.
March exhibit at the clayton center
exhibit schedule
at The Clayton Center
March: Val Taylor, colored pencil; Whitney Coomes, acrylic; Connie Wieder, acrylic
April: Susan Brabeau, oil; Voon Wong, watercolor
May: “Capturing Clayton” Art Competition/Exhibition media; Lois Prestage memorial show
June: The Blue (Sylvia Henry; Ashley Henry; Lily Joyner, mixed media)
calendar of events
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Upcoming Events
- May 6, 2025 12:00 pm – Monthly CVA member meeting
- May 8, 2025 6:00 pm – CVA Artists Reception
- May 8, 2025 6:00 pm – CVA Artists Reception
EVENTS
All members are invited to attend CVA’s monthly meetings. Join us on the first Tuesday of every month at The Clayton Center, 111 E 2nd St, Clayton, NC 27520 in the Poole Room at 12 noon.
The monthly artists reception is typically held at the Clayton Center on the Thursday immediately following the member meeting. Join us.
Click the “Calendar” button for details.
BECOME A MEMBER
As a CVA member you will have opportunities to network with local artists, pay discounted entry fees and have your artwork featured on CVA’s website.
Participate in member only shows and events, and have your art exhibited at the The Clayton Center, the hub for the Town Hall, Public events and concerts for the town of Clayton.
Click the “Join CVA” button for details.
SUPPORT US
Your sponsorship works directly to bring local artists, local leaders and the broader community together to enrich the area in which we live and work.
We’re supported in part by The Town of Clayton Cultural Arts Foundation and private donations.
Artists and art lovers have the opportunity to support CVA (a 501(c)3 organization). Click the “Become a Sponsor” button for more info.
celebrating diversity in the visual arts
Painting – Oils, Acrylics, Watercolor
Drawing – Graphite, Colored Pencils, Pen and Ink, Oil Pastels, Pastels
Printmaking Photography
Traditional and Contemporary Fine Crafts – Fiber, Glass, Paper, Wood, Jewelry, Felting, Mixed Media
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson