Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour

01/15/2020

Over 1,400 local art students will benefit from the Christmas Tour's ticket sales!
Teacher Assistance Grants awarded to 5 local art programs.
Clayton Visual Arts distributed grants to five Clayton area Visual Art teachers on Thursday, January 9th, 2020, during the reception for the Student Art Exhibition at the Clayton Center.
The Dorothy Demboski Teacher Assistance Grants are funded by CVA’s annual Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour.
Many thanks to Deborah Phillips Coates for chairing the grant committee and making sure all local art teachers are aware of this funding.

Clay Day: Karin Chmelo, East Clayton Elementary School
Serving 704 students in K-5th grades

Quilted Mural: Danielle Gruber, Swift Creek Middle School
Serving 190 students in grades 6-8th

Tick-Tock, Time to Dance: Tom Schappert, Riverwood Middle School
serving 70 eighth grade students (sculpture project)

5th Grade Legacy Project: Sharon Durr-Anayiotos, River Dell Elementary
Serving 210 5th graders (using copper plates)

Monoprinting With Gel Plates: Anita Locklear, Cleveland High School
Serving 250 students in grades 9-12



Left to right with certificates: Danielle Gruber, Swift Creek Middle; Sharon Durr-Anatiotos, River Dell Elementary; Karin Chmelo, East Clayton Elementary; Anita Locklear, Cleveland High; not pictured-Tom Schappert, Riverwood Middle. Back row- Deborah Phillips Coates, CVA Chairperson for the Dorothy Demboski Art Teacher Assistance Grant

12/13/2019

Many thanks to all who volunteered and attended this year's Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour!

12/08/2019

See you TODAY at the Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour--2:00 to 5:00 pm!

12/07/2019

See you Sunday!

12/07/2019

Tickets may be purchased online or at the Portofino Clubhouse. Only $10. https://claytonvisualarts.org/christmas-in-clayton/

12/06/2019

Purchase tickets https://claytonvisualarts.org/christmas-in-clayton/

12/05/2019

Watercolor artist, Sue Brindle, will have small paintings and note cards for sale at this year’s Art & Home Tour.

12/04/2019

Clayton Visual Arts

Tickets to Tour are only $10 per person, with proceeds supporting local organizations and public school art programs. Don’t be a Scrooge! Let the Home & Art Tour help you get into the spirit of the season! #christmas #christmastour #localartist #supportlocalartists #shoplocal #portofinoequestriancenter #claytonnc #christmasdecor #christmasinteriors

12/03/2019

Proceeds from ticket sales go to the Woman's Club of Clayton, which supports so many local organizations, AND local public school art programs through CVA's Dorothy Demboski Teacher Assistance Grants.

This spring Riverwood Elementary School's 5th grade art class painted canvases inspired by Georgia O'Keefe. Christmas Tour ticket sales funded the purchase of the canvases used.

12/02/2019

8th Annual Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour is this Sunday, 2:00-5:00pm

12/02/2019

12/01/2019

Purchase tickets for next Sunday's Tour at https://claytonvisualarts.org/christmas-in-clayton/

11/29/2019

Tour beautifully decorated homes and support local artists. Portofino’s Clubhouse will be your holiday art market! Tickets only $10. Proceeds benefit local public school art projects.

11/24/2019

11/22/2019

Award-winning local watercolor artist, Kristin Crittenden, will be one of the featured artists at this year's Art & Home Tour. Krissy even has Christmas ornaments and trivets made using prints of her work--great for gifting!

11/20/2019

11/19/2019

11/18/2019

Pottery gifts and ornaments by Johnston County artist, Chris Boyette, will be featured at this year’s Christmas Tour. Shop Local at Portofino’s Clubhouse!

11/16/2019

11/16/2019

11/16/2019

Part of the magnificent scenery to be enjoyed at Portofino Equestrian Subdivision, location of this year's Art & Home Tour

11/14/2019

Prints of Lyudmila Tomova’s winning Paint the Town painting will be available at the Christmas Tour’s art market. Additionally, prints and note cards of past winners, featuring Clayton scenes, will be available for purchase.

11/11/2019

Bronwen Fullington is one of the talented artists to be featured at this year's Art & Home Tour. She spins and dyes her own yarn before knitting and weaving her creations.

11/01/2019

Purchase tickets online or from a Woman's Club of Clayton or CVA member!
https://claytonvisualarts.org/christmas-in-clayton/

10/19/2019

Christmas in Clayton

https://claytonvisualarts.org/christmas-in-clayton/
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Christmas in Clayton This event offers an intimate tour of some amazingly decorated homes for the holidays and an up close and personal invitation to engage with some of Johnston County's best artists! During the tour, visitors are invited to stop by Portofino's Clubhouse to shop for locally made fi...

10/16/2019

Felt, alcohol ink, enhanced photography, and so much more! These are just a few of the creative gifts local artist Deborah Coates will have for sale at this year's Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour.
A retired public school art teacher, Deborah Coates spearheads the Dorothy Demboski Teacher Assistance Grants, which are funded by Christmas Tour ticket sales.

09/28/2019

Where does the money from Art & Home Tour ticket sales go? To local public school art teachers like Karin Chmelo of East Clayton Elementary School, for K-5 projects--"Clay, What?!"

These clay projects are a staple in the Art Room. The students know and look forward to “Clay Day!” every year and each year they ask what the NEXT year’s project is. Their enthusiasm and love for an art form that urges them to mold and manipulate is so much fun for elementary students. The Kindergarteners recently finished up their stars to represent their progress over the year. They molded the clay, used a cookie cutter and designed their own star using a toothpick. The 1st graders dove into clay as part of their Prehistoric unit where we talked about fossils and their importance to uncovering history. The 2nd graders learned about American Artist, Laurel Burch and created colorful cats out of clay. We focused on technique as far as cutting out the clay and decorating it using various clay tools. The 3rd graders LOVED their clay cupcakes inspired by American Artist, Wayne Thiebaud. This was their first opportunity to create art that was not only beautiful but functional as well. They did a great job making these delicious treats! Our 4th graders learned about the sea turtle activity along the NC Coast. We discussed ways to protect these creatures and then created our own out of clay. We had to really master the technique of “Score, Slip and Smush,” to attach pieces of clay since these turtles had multiple parts to create and assemble. Lastly, the 5th graders used all of their prior knowledge of clay to make a Face Jug inspired by those created by North Carolina Artists. We began with a slab that was rolled to create a cylinder. We reviewed “Score, Slip and Smush,” from the year before to attach a base and a handle if they wished. The face is where the creativity lived as some made them truly “ugly” like the ones created by artists long ago in order to keep away the evil spirits and others used their own imagination to create unique works of art. The students experimented with texture and manipulated the clay with different techniques and tools in order to make each one their own.

The students did a great job and are very proud of their work at each grade level! Thank you to the Clayton Visual Arts for the funds to purchase these supplies!

09/18/2019

Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour

09/18/2019

09/18/2019

Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour's cover photo

01/12/2019

Those $10 Christmas Tour tickets will be funding lots of creativity!

CVA Board member Deborah Coates presented these teachers with grants for art projects at their respective schools. These grants were made possible by proceeds from Christmas in Clayton.
Pictured are l-r: Deborah Coates, CVA Board Member; Kristi Nobers, Corinth Holders High-project is Printmaking for Food Labels; Ashley Blevins, Riverwood Elementary-project is O’Keefe Canvases; Danielle Gruber, Swift Creek Middle-project is Painted School Spirit Posts. not pictured Karin Chmelo, East Clayton Elementary-project is Clay What?
Congratulations to all these inspiring art teachers and their students!

12/29/2018

Volunteers, Homeowners, and Artists enjoying dinner at Manning's Restaurant, celebrating another successful Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour

12/23/2018

Mayor Jody & Amelia McLeod--thanks for being part of this year's Christmas in Clayton Art & Home Tour!

12/23/2018

Krissy Crittenden's watercolor artwork at the Thompson home.

12/23/2018

Thank you, Bronwen & Rick Fullington, for opening your home to this year's Christmas Tour!