Carnegie Visual Arts Center

Archive for November, 2011

2012 Carnegie Exhibit Calendar

By Admin • Nov 15th, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Upcoming Exhibitions

[ January 1, 2011 8:00 pm to December 30, 2012 8:00 pm. ]
2012 Exhibit Schedule
Let the Good Times Roll! Mardi Gras Comes to North Alabama
February 7 – February 25
Fri.@ 5 – February 17
Youth Art Month Exhibition
March 6  – 31
Fri.@ 5 – March 16
Telling Stories – Quilted Art by Yvonne Wells
April 10 – May 26
Fri.@ 5 – April 20 and May 18
Sense of Place
June 5  – July 28
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Lunch and Learn

By Admin • Feb 23rd, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ March 4, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Katrina Weber and Maggie Little speak on plein air painting and transitioning from field sketches and studies to larger studio paintings
• No charge    • Bring you own lunch    • Drinks will be furnished    • Limited seating     • RSVP for each at 256-341-0562

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Embracing Art

By Admin • Feb 17th, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ May 20, 2011 11:00 am to June 24, 2011 3:00 pm. ] Works by Area Amateur & Professional Artists

The annual juried exhibit featuring North Alabama connected artists, amateur and professional.

Embracing Art artists include:

Carrie Alderfer, Gary  Anderson, Dixie  Anderson, Kay Basiago, Gail Bergeron, Amita Bhakta, Mary Nelle Black, Jane Blevins, Lily Champion, Jeri Clayton, Cindy  Cummings,  Tiger Ennis, Susan Estes, Judith Fields, Gayle Franklin, Joan Funk, Tracey Greene, [...]

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A History of Duck Stamp Art – Ducks Unlimited Federal Duck Stamp Exhibit

By Admin • Feb 17th, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits, Uncategorized

[ April 8, 2011 11:00 am to May 13, 2011 6:00 pm. ] The Carnegie Visual Arts Center presents A History of Duck Stamp Art: Ducks Unlimited’s Federal Duck Stamp Exhibit.  The exhibit features complete collection of yearly Federal Duck Stamps and artists’ prints since  from 1937 through 2010. The exhibit will be on display  at The Carnegie through May 13, 2011.
The Federal Duck Stamp
The Federal Duck [...]

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Youth Art Month Exhibit

By Admin • Feb 17th, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits, Uncategorized

[ March 17, 2011 6:00 am to April 2, 2011 6:00 am. ] The Carnegie Visual Arts Center presents the 7th Annual Youth Art Month Exhibit, in coordination with area art teachers who submitted works by their current students, ages 5 to 18 years of age. See the amazing creative abilities of the Decatur area student artists.

Youth Art Month is an annual [...]

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Next Fri. @ 5 is February 18th

By Admin • Jan 28th, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ February 18, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Swing by the Carnegie and meet our special guests, The Sanctuary Artists. See the beautiful landscape and wildlife art featured in the exhibit The Sanctuary Artists: The Art of Nature. Also learn more about the Goldsmith Schiffman Wildlife Sanctuary in Huntsville, Alabama which inspired these artists, photographers and writers. Enjoy food by Albany Bistro [...]

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Bag Ladies’ Brunch

By Admin • Jan 28th, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ February 26, 2011; 11:00 am to 1:30 pm. ] Buy your tickets now for the annual Bag Ladies Brunch, a fundraiser for the Carnegie Visual Arts Center. This year the event will be at the Magnolia Room and will again feature a silent auction of designer purses and “bags” of all kinds. You also get to enjoy a delicious brunch and to [...]

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Sanctuary Artists: The Art of Nature

By Admin • Jan 6th, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Past Exhibits

[ February 1, 2011 9:00 pm to March 12, 2011 10:00 pm. ] In February 2009 the idea of the Sanctuary Artists was formed over coffee shared by Margaret Anne Goldsmith, philanthropist and naturalist, and Clayton Bass, artist and past President and CEO of the Huntsville Museum of Art. Attracted by the beauty of the Goldsmith Schiffman Wildlife Sanctuary, a recent gift to the City of Huntsville by [...]

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NYC Trip

By Admin • Jan 6th, 2011 • Category: Calendar, Past Events

[ February 2, 2011 8:00 am to February 6, 2011 6:00 pm. ] Join your friends from the Carnegie Visual Arts Center as we head north to experience all the great things New York City has to offer.

On Wednesday, February 2, 2011, we’ll fly out of Huntsville and arrive in NYC mid-day. From there, we’ll board a motorcoach headed for the artsy and [...]

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