Carnegie Visual Arts Center

Archive for July, 2009

Lunch & Learn

By Admin • Jul 14th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ July 17, 2009; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Join us on Friday July 17 at Noon to learn while you lunch. Pack your lunch and we will furnish soft drinks. Sandra Swindall, educator and artist from Montevallo will speak about the interesting life of Adelaide Mahan. No cost, but please let us know you are coming by Thursday, July 16 by calling 341-0562.

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Fri. @ 5, July 17

By Admin • Jun 25th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ July 17, 2009; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Swing by the Carnegie for Fri. @ 5. Check out the new exhbit, The Art & Life of Adelaide Mahan for a glimpse of early 20th century trends in art. Miss Mahan, a native Alabamian, studied art at the prestigious and innovative Cooper Union in New York City. Appetizers and complementary beverages will be served. [...]

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The Art & Life of Adelaide Mahan

By Admin • Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ July 7, 2009 11:00 am to August 8, 2009 6:00 pm. ] …

The  The Art & Life of Adelaide Mahan exhibit contains the artwork and personal belongings of Adelaide Eleanor Mahan. Adelaide painted in both oil and watercolor as
well as drawing in pencil and ink. Her talent as an artist and her
interesting life history make her a colorful and notable Alabamian. Dr. Mike Mahan, her great nephew, [...]

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Camp Carnegie 2009

By Admin • May 20th, 2009 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ June 8, 2009 9:00 am to July 9, 2009 2:00 am. ] ONLY A FEW SPACES STILL AVAILABLE IN SPECIAL ARTS AFLUTTER BONUS SESSION! A creative exploration of the fine arts for children. Each week of this year’s camp schedule will provide a child with a different experience and study of multiple mediums and artists.

Arts Aflutter All Over the Place is our special bonus Camp Carnegie session. [...]

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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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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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