Carnegie Visual Arts Center

Archive for October, 2008

Next Fri. @ 5, November 21

By Admin • Oct 27th, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Friday @ 5

[ November 21, 2008; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Swing by the Carnegie and give a warm welcome to Decatur pastel artist Lee Nabors. View her exhibit, Pretty in Pastels while enjoying delicious hors d’oeuvres and complimentary beverages. The Company will tease us with a preview of the upcoming caberet benefit for the Carnegie with musical selections from Some Enchanted Evening.

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Some Enchanted Evening

By Admin • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: Calendar, News, Upcoming Events

[ December 4, 2008 7:00 pm to December 6, 2008 7:00 pm. ] A Cabaret Benefit for the Carnegie Visual Arts Center

More so than any composer and lyricist who have written for the stage, the songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein have become an integral part of our everyday lives. We sing them in the shower, we dance to them in ballrooms, we hear them on the radio and […]

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Next Fri. @ 5, October 17

By Admin • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ October 17, 2008; 5:00 pm; ] Willkommen! Celebrate Oktoberfest with us as we sample beers and enjoy German-inspired accordion music by Wolfgang Moritz. This will be the last chance for you to see A Retrospective of Works by Larry Chandler. Food sponsor Simp McGee’s will be providing our appetizers and complementary beverages will be served. Reservations are requested. Call 341-0562 or […]

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Robert Cowan In Concert at the Carnegie

By Admin • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ October 19, 2008; 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
Free Admission
The Carnegie Visual Arts Center, in coordination with the Decatur Concert Association, presents pianist Mr. Robert Cowan. For over forty years, Robert Cowan has performed piano concerts. He travels with his 7-foot Hamburg Steinway to his engagements throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Additional concert tours have taken him to the Far East, Russia, […]

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Larry Chandler Fine Arts Scholarship

By Admin • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Current Event

[ October 8, 2008 12:00 pm to October 16, 2008 12:00 pm. ] Dear Friends

Famed Alabamian, Larry Chandler, left an indelible mark on modern art as a wildlife artist and portrait painter. Devotees of his work say he captured the very soul of his subjects, both human and otherwise. In reality, he did more than that – he captured the heart of his subjects and that […]

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Pretty In Pastels by Lee Nabors

By Admin • May 21st, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Current Exhibit

[ October 28, 2008 10:00 am to December 5, 2008 5:00 pm. ] A collection of lovely creations by
award-winning pastel artist Lee Nabors
featuring Southern-influenced still-life
and landscape paintings, and portraits
of friends, family, and pets.

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A Retrospective of Works by Larry Chandler

By Admin • May 21st, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ September 19, 2008 5:00 pm to October 18, 2008 5:00 pm. ] Artist Larry Chandler was born in Alabama on June 25, 1951. He became interested in art at a very early age. His dad was a talented artist and helped inspire Larry to draw well before he started grade school. Frequent hunting trips with his dad and brother growing up exposed Larry to nature and […]

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