Carnegie Visual Arts Center

Archive for March, 2009

Embracing Art VII Call For Entries

By Admin • Mar 27th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, News

[ March 27, 2009 11:00 am to April 30, 2009 11:00 am. ] Submission deadline: April 30, 2009.
This exciting show will be presented for the seventh year and features artists from the North Alabama area as well as other invited guests. An open call to artists invites those who work in all mediums to enter multiple pieces of art for consideration. Photography submissions will again be accepted [...]

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Happy Anniversary, Carnegie!

By Admin • Mar 27th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ April 17, 2009; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join us as we celebrate the Carnegie Visual Arts Center’s 6th Anniversary with a special and extended Fri.@ 5. We will start the evening at 5PM as usual with the opening of the new exhibit, Incognito: The Art of the Mask, but the fun won’t stop at 7PM… Watch here for coming details.

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Embracing Art VII

By Admin • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ May 29, 2009 11:00 am to June 27, 2009 6:00 pm. ] A Coming Together of Amateur & Professional Artists

This exciting show will be presented for the seventh year and this year features over 90 artists from the North Alabama area and beyond. Works in a variety of mediums will be presented for viewing. Juried awards will be given for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place overall. Additional [...]

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Arts Aflutter, Outdoor Exhibit Trail

By Admin • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ May 1, 2009 10:00 am to August 14, 2009 10:00 am. ] Downtown Decatur is all aflutter with giant butterflies. Arts Aflutter, presented by the Carnegie Visual Arts Center, is the most exciting, public, outdoor art event Decatur has ever experienced. Arts Aflutter celebrates the area’s diverse and creative visual artists and spotlights the “rebirth” of Decatur’s downtown. This event will encourage laughter, thought, [...]

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Youth Art Month Exhibit

By Admin • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ March 10, 2009 5:00 am to April 9, 2009 5:00 am. ] Youth Art Month is an annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs.

Youth Art Month was created in 1961 by Art and Creative Materials Institute, a non-profit association of art and craft [...]

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Arts Aflutter

By Admin • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Next Event

[ March 20, 2009 10:00 am to August 15, 2009 10:00 pm. ] In the next few months, Decatur will be the site of Arts Aflutter- the most fun, the largest, and the coolest public outdoor art event Decatur has ever experienced. (See www.carnegieartstrail.org) Arts Aflutter will celebrate our area’s diverse and creative visual artists and the “rebirth” of Decatur’s downtown. This event will encourage laughter, thought, and [...]

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The Visionary Art of Jahni

By Admin • Nov 12th, 2008 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ February 5, 2009 10:00 am to March 5, 2009 5:00 pm. ] Jahni is more than just an artist. As an educator and writer, he believes that creativity in all its forms should be an integral part of any true education or healing process.

Born as John Moore in the Madison County Alabama, he was quick in his arrival and had to be delivered at home by [...]

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