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 20, 2011; 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm. ] Join us at the Strut and Crow Ball featuring live music, heavy hors d’oeuvres, complimentary drinks and the Strut and Crow Rooster Auction to benefit the Carnegie Visual Arts Center. Our evening entertainment is the Barren River Trio, a bluegrass group from Kentucky. Country casual or creative attire encouraged
(boots & hats, denim & diamonds, chicken [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ August 19, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Stop by the Carnegie for great food and drink . . . then take in the wonderful photography of writer Eudora Welty!

This Fri. @ 5 is sponsored by Decatur Women’s Chanmber of Commerce.

Delicious food courtesy of Wentzell’s Oyster House.

Fri. @ 5 is a monthly member event. Suggested donation is $5 for [...]

[ 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 [...]