Carnegie Visual Arts Center

Archive for October, 2010

Next Fri. @ 5 – Nov. 19th

By Admin • Oct 27th, 2010 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ November 19, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Are you thankful for the Carnegie? Come show your support at November’s Fri. @ 5! Good food, good friends, and, as always, a good time to be had at the Carnegie. On exhibit is Beautiful Again: Works by Dana Brown & Scott Smith. Do a bit of Christmas shopping as we will have a brand [...]

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Welcome Kim Mitchell, Interim Executive Director

By Admin • Oct 21st, 2010 • Category: News

We are excited to introduce Kimberlee Vice Mitchell as the Carnegie Visual Arts Center’s new Executive Director. Kim is no stranger to us having been involved with Carnegie since its inception in 1996. Kim has had a number of active roles in the progression of the Carnegie having served in the capacity of chairwoman of [...]

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Carnegie Cabaret

By Admin • Oct 14th, 2010 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ November 11, 2010 3:00 pm to November 13, 2010 3:00 pm. ] The Carnegie Visual Arts Center presents

Sweet and Hot – The Songs of Harold Arlen

Music by Harold Arlen

Lyrics by Harold Arlen, Truman Capote, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer, Leo Robin, Billy Rose, Jack Yellen

Sponsored by RBC Bank

Gather your friends and join us at the Carnegie for a night of great food and beautiful [...]

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Next Fri. @ 5 is October 15th

By Admin • Oct 13th, 2010 • Category: Past Events

Swing by the Carnegie on Friday evening and see the new exhibit, Beautiful Again – Works by  Dana Brown & Scott Smith. Visit with artists and your friends while enjoying appetizers courtesy of TimBuck2 Deli. Complimentary bevereages will be available.
Fri. @ 5 is a monthly member event. Suggested donation is $5 for members [...]

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CAFE Art Show

By Admin • Sep 22nd, 2010 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ October 8, 2010 11:00 am to October 10, 2010 4:00 pm. ] CAFE, Children’s Art For the Environment, the special art show at the The Carnegie Visual Arts Center in coordination with Decatur City Schools, has been held over by popular demand!  You have one last opportunity to view and purchase the amazing art of DCS students during Octber 15th’s Fri. @ 5. Proceeds from the show [...]

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Beautiful Again – Works by Dana Brown & Scott Smith

By Admin • Jul 15th, 2010 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ October 15, 2010 5:00 pm to December 4, 2010 2:00 pm. ] EXTENDED UNTIL DECEMBER 4

Ms. Brown, a water-media painter and Mr. Smith, an assemblist, come together  in exhibition as they individually find beauty and inspiration in the old, the industrial, and the worn.  The exhibit will be on display October 15 – November 20, 2010. Both artists will be the guest speakers at Lunch & Learn [...]

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The American Windsor Chair: Esthetic & Engineering Excellence

By Admin • Jun 22nd, 2010 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ September 7, 2010 11:00 am to October 7, 2010 2:00 pm. ] Almost perfect in design and function the American Windsor chair exemplifies the spirit of American invention and ingenuity. This exhibit features Windsor chairs from the collections of Joe and Pat Carl and Carolyn McMillan West. The chairs provide an excellent example of the progression of design from the mid 1700′s through the early 19th century.

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