Carnegie Visual Arts Center

[ November 15, 2011 to January 7, 2012. ] Michael Liu was born in Kweishan, Taiwan in 1962, the grandson of the city’s mayor.  At the local high school he was both an avid artist and track star, winning several national medals.  In 1985 he graduated from the College of Engineering in Kaohsiung and began his military service.  After working as an engineer for [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ 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, [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ 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 [...]

The Carnegie Visual Arts Center presents Carnegie Arts Trail, Strut and Crow! Over 30 metal roosters have flocked the streets of Downtown Decatur and other select areas. The roosters, painted or decorated by local artists are sponsored by local businesses, groups, or individuals. The 2011 Carnegie Arts Trail is in coordination with the Alabama Chicken [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ December 11, 2010 7:00 pm to January 22, 2011 7:00 pm. ] Guitar artist Bill Jehle presents his collection of historic and contemporary cigar box guitars. The exhibit features guitars, violins, banjos and ukuleles, as well as other instruments, made of cigar boxes and other everyday materials.

Bill says of his collection:

“My approach to making these instruments is, first, to share the experience in the creation of cigar [...]

[ October 15, 2010 5:00 pm to December 4, 2010 2:00 pm. ] EXTENDED UNTIL DECEMBER 4

Ms. Brown, a water-media painter and Mr. Smith, an assemblist, come together  in exhibition as they individually find beauty and inspiration in the old, the industrial, and the worn.  The exhibit will be on display October 15 – November 20, 2010. Both artists will be the guest speakers at Lunch & Learn [...]