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.@ [...]

[ July 25, 2012 9:15 am to July 29, 2012 3:00 pm. ]

As a follow up to the successful “Carnegie Takes Manhattan” trip in February 2011, your friends at the Carnegie are looking forward to our next trip in the Summer of 2012. Where else but the “Second City” would we visit for our second trip? CHICAGO, here we come!

Join us July 25 – July 29, 2012 [...]

[ November 3, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. November 4, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Love Is All You Need!
A fundraising event for the Carnegie Visual Arts Center featuring music, dinner, and fun!
Join us for our 5th Annual Carnegie Cabaret featuring The Company 2011 performing Love Is All You Need! featuring love-inspired melodies. From pop hits to broadway, and from country to American standards, this show has a song for [...]

[ October 21, 2011; 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. ] You can’t miss this one. Come to the Carnegie as we kick off the weekend fun with amazing Alabama folk art.  View the  exhibit The Music Lives On as you snack on delicious food courtesy of Vittone’s and enjoy complimentary beverages. Fri. @ 5 is a monthly member event. Suggested donation is $5 for members [...]

[ October 7, 2011; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Phillip Ratliff, the Director of Education at the Vulcan Park and Museum and curator of the exhibit, will speak about the exhibit, and the connections of music and folk art. Concluding the talk will be a question and answer time.

Friday, October 7, 2011   Noon – 1PM

Lunch & Learn is free to the public, but reservations [...]

[ October 21, 2011; 7:15 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Directly after the October 21st Fri.@ 5 at 7:15 PM, downstairs at The Carnegie, Bobby Horton performs a musical telling of the connections between music and visual art. Bobby Horton is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and music historian. He has produced and performed music scores for ten PBS films by Ken Burns including “The Civil [...]

[ September 13, 2011 11:00 am to November 3, 2011 6:00 pm. ] The folk song traditions of Alabama and other parts of the South have transformed popular culture in America. Country music, rock ‘n’ roll, and other popular musical styles trace their beginnings to vernacular forms of music that include blues, gospel, Sacred Harp, and old time fiddling.
The Music Lives On: Folk Song Traditions Told by Alabama [...]