Carnegie Visual Arts Center

[ 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
Fri.@ [...]

[ August 13, 2011; 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. ] The Carnegie Visual Arts Center will host a day of art, music, and fun on Saturday, August 13, 2011 from 8 AM – 8 PM.  ArtWalk Festival is an annual art festival that features regional artists displaying their art for sale, art demonstrations, children’s art activities, and live music. A variety of art including oils, [...]

[ August 5, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Participants will watch a video dramatization of Eudora Welty’s short story A Worn Path. The 20 minute film by Bruce Schwartz is followed by a 10 minute interview with Miss Welty conducted by Beth Henley. Following the viewing will be a short discussion and comment time led by Dr. Harry Moore.

Lunch & Learn is free [...]

[ July 21, 2011; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Dramatic readings of three of Welty’s short stories will be performed by Lee Ann Mitchell and Chuck Puckett: “Why I Live at the P.O.”, “Curtain of Green” and “Where Is This Voice Coming From?”. The first two are among Welty’s most well-known works. The latter is a little known work [...]

[ July 8, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Join us during your lunch hour on Friday. Dr. Harry Moore will speak about the life and work of Eudora Welty. Lunch & Learn is free to the public but reservations are encourage because of limited seating. Attendees are to bring their own lunches. Call 256-341-0562 to make reservations.

Dr. Moore, a native of Tallassee, Alabama, [...]

[ June 17, 2011 5:00 pm to August 27, 2011 7:00 pm. ] Check out the special sale of serigraphs (screenprints) by Decatur-connected artist Joe Price in the Gift Shop at The Carnegie. For a short time, a limited number of pieces will be available of Joe’s highly collectible and unique art.  This is an exclusive opportunity to purchase these rare prints.

During his 20+ year career, Joe perfected [...]

[ July 5, 2011 11:00 am to September 2, 2011 6:00 pm. ] Writer. Southerner. Icon. Eudora Welty has long been recognized as one of the great Southern literary voices of the twentieth century. However, to this day, many Americans do not know of a body of work she began long before her first published written work appeared in the popular American spotlight in 1936. The body of [...]