CLAYTON, NORTH CAROLINA
30,216 RESIDENTS – 30,216 ARTISTS
If you are an artist, want to be an artist, are an audience member, love the arts and are in or near the Town of Clayton, North Carolina – we’d love to be in touch.
We are committed to helping create the conditions necessary for a flourishing local art community in the town of Clayton, North Carolina. Our vision and mission include community-based Performing Arts (theater, dance, music, etc.) Literary Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts, Applied Arts, Traditional Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts and More.
Vision
We support community-based, cross-generational arts participation, creation and education.
Mission
We strengthen the community and local economy by supporting artists and audiences through inclusive programming and meaningful connections that bring people together around creative expression.
Art News and Events
Clayton Composer Travis Alford
Clayton resident Travis Alford is a composer, trumpeter, improviser, educator, amateur woodworker, dog owner, husband, and father (not exactly in that order). He has worked with a number of ensembles and musicians, including the Meridian Arts Ensemble, the Lorelei...
Clayton Arts Alliance Advocates for Make Music Day in Clayton
The Clayton Arts Alliance is advocating for Make Music Day in Clayton on June 21 every year beginning with 2026. Make Music is celebrated on the same day in more than 2,000 cities in dozens of countries around the world. Completely different from a typical music...
Way to Go, Most Excellent Zombies! Thrill the World Clayton 2025
Just a few, final thank you’s and an announcement of upcoming Clayton Arts Alliance events, so be sure to read all the way to the bottom! THANK YOU’S: First, to you, the dancers: If Michael Jackson had been alive and hanging out around Clayton this Halloween, I think...
Oct 29 – Open House at Clayton Fitness – Advocate for Use by Local Artists!!! Can we please have a black box theater?
The Town of Clayton has announced that the Clayton Fitness facility at 1370 Cameron Way will become a new intergenerational community recreation center, a place where residents of all ages can stay active, connect, and thrive. Thanks to a $1 million state grant and...
Thrill the World Clayton Makes Local Headlines
As the first public project of Clayton Arts Alliance and Clayton's citizen artists, we are thrilled that Thrill the World Clayton is featured in The Johnstonian News! Special thanks to the owners of Hometown Realty for the generous use of their parking lot as a...
Oct 30 and Halloween Thrill the World Clayton
Thrill the World Clayton, a public arts project of the Clayton Arts Alliance, is bringing the iconic Michael Jackson Thriller experience to downtown Clayton in performances that include dance talents from Clayton HIgh School as well as Clayton residents from ages 6...
Clayton Joins Thrill the World’s Worldwide Simultaneous Thriller Dance
Clayton, NC -- August 4, 2025 – Clayton Arts Alliance has been invited to participate in Thrill the World -- the 19th annual worldwide simultaneous dance to “Thriller” -- on Saturday, October 25, 2025 with performance and filming at 6 pm in Downtwon Clayton. All...
Save the Date: We Need YOU! Attend City Council Meeting in Sept 2025: IMPORTANT MULE BUILDING PUBLIC INPUT
Help Create a Community Hall and Theater in Downtown Clayton: Update on the status of the Mule Company Building in Downtown Clayton Many of you who attended the May 18, 2025 “World’s Shortest Dance Concert” expressed a lot of excitement at the prospect of a performing...
Economic Impact of the Arts – Forbes Magazine
Americans for the Arts, a national advocacy and research organization for the arts, has recently released its sixth report on Arts & Economic Prosperity (AEP6) – the largest and most inclusive study of its kind — and despite the challenges facing the arts and...