Carnegie Visual Arts Center

[ March 1, 2013 8:30 am to March 29, 2013 8:30 am. ] The 10th Annual Youth Art Month Exhibit is on display now through March 29th at the Alabama Center for the Arts located at 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur Alabama. It features 120 works of art by Decatur and Morgan County art students, grades K – 12. The exhibit includes paintings, drawings , sculpture, clay,  printmaking [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ 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. @ [...]

[ October 8, 2012 10:00 am to November 3, 2012 5:00 am. ] A man of his time – humbly born, self taught, ambitious, and hardworking – Abraham Lincoln seized the opportunities of an expansive society to rise to the country’s highest office as a champion of free labor. As president and commander in chief facing the dissolution of the United States, he led the nation to keep [...]

[ August 7, 2012 10:00 am to September 22, 2012 5:00 pm. ] This exciting show is presented annually to showcase artists from the North Alabama area.  Area professional and amateur artists who work in multiple media are represented in the 47 piece exhibit. Juried awards will be given for  Best of Show 1st, 2nd & 3rd place overall. Additional awards will include the Director’s Choice Award and [...]

[ June 5, 2012 10:00 am to July 28, 2012 10:00 am. ] With over 50 works by the faculty of the Troy University College of Communication and Fine Arts, Sense of Place has its roots in the works of Pam Allen. In 2005, she started a series of paintings  “to visit the past and address the present simultaneously.” Her art eventually started “taking on a new life [...]

[ April 10, 2012 10:00 am to May 24, 2012 5:00 pm. ] The 13-piece exhibit features full-size quilts by Yvonne Wells, a retired teacher from Tuscaloosa. Mrs. Wells is completely self-taught as a quilt maker and an artist. She is known for her hand-stitched quilts that depict historical events, personal experiences and observations, and religious themes. Using appliqué, she creates quilts with ingenious materials and innovative visual [...]

[ March 6, 2012 10:00 pm to March 31, 2012 10:00 pm. ] The Carnegie Visual Arts Center presents the 9th 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 observance each March to emphasize the [...]

[ February 7, 2012 5:00 pm to February 25, 2012 5:00 pm. ] This exhibit features the regalia, complete with attire, elaborate trains, crowns, and accessories, of 2009 King Felix III and two Mobile Carnival Association Queens. Also included are original float design renderings and photographs from the Mobile Carnival Museum. Come see the history of America’s first Mardi Gras as we kick off our own Mardi Gras [...]

[ 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.@ [...]