Carnegie Visual Arts Center

[ January 18, 2013; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] Aimee Tomasek will talk about her photography and creative process. Her first photographic essay was a 4-H photography project that was exhibited and won a blue ribbon at the Polk County Fair.  The essay was a set of six color pictures mounted on bright green tag board with blue letters stating the title, “How to [...]

[ January 18, 2013 10:00 am to February 9, 2013 2:00 pm. ] This solo show features photographs of revelers in parades and parties in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
Aimee Tomasek considers herself to be a documentary photographer as well as a social commentator.  Her subjects are festivals and community events.  Some of her interests are rooted in humor, some in more serious concepts; all of them address [...]

[ January 5, 2013 10:00 pm to February 8, 2013 11:59 pm. ] We have a spectacular group on nominees for 2014 Carnegie Carnival King and Queen. It is $5 per vote and for every 5 votes you give for your favorite candidate, we will give him or her an extra one for free! All proceeds raised with this fun contest will benefit the Carnegie Visual Arts center [...]

[ January 18, 2013; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Come have some pre-Carnival fun at Fri.@5. The new exhibit Celebrating with the Saints and Sinners: NOLA – Photography by Aimee Tomasek will be on display and the artist Aimee Tomasek will be our honored guest! Catering is courtesy of Southern Reflections.

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

[ January 5, 2013; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Join us for the kick-off event for 2013 Carnegie Carnival. We will have a Mardi Gras-inspired dinner and introduce the King and Queen Nominees for 2014 Carnegie Carnival.
Saturday, January 5, 2013 6 PM
The Magnolia Room
216 East Moulton Street
Decatur, Alabama
$25 per person
Reservations required by December 30,  2012
256-341-0562 or admin@carnegiearts.org
6 PM – Cash Bar
7 PM – Dinner
8 [...]

[ January 1, 2013 9:00 pm to December 31, 2013 9:00 pm. ] January 18 – February 9
Celebrating With Saints and Sinners – Photography by Aimee Tomasek

February 15 – March 30
The “Scottsboro Boys”: Outside the Protective Circle of Humanity

March 1 – March 29
10th Annual Youth Art Month Exhibit
(On display at the Alabama Center for the Arts)

April 9 – May 11
Exclamations! Works by the Students of Jackie Briscoe

May 17 [...]

[ January 20, 2012 10:00 am to January 29, 2013 5:00 pm. ] PARADES AND CREWE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 29TH! February 9, 2013 is the day of festivities. The following is on the Carnegie Carnival website:

Carnegie Carnival Crewe registration/ information
Prince and Princess Parade registration/ information
Carnival Canines  on Parade registration/ information
Voting for Carnegie Carnival royalty
Red Beans and Rice Cook-off registration/ information
Carnegie Carnival partners and sponsors
Other Downtown Decatur Mardi [...]

[ November 16, 2012 8:00 pm to January 12, 2013 8:00 pm. ]

The Carnegie Visual Arts Center presents a solo showing of artist Sloane Bibb’s mixed media. Sloane Bibb: Minding His Own Beeswax features new works and works from private collection, many of which have not been on previous public display. The exhibit opens at 5 PM on November 16th during the artist reception at Fri. @ [...]