Join us at The Carnegie for the 2nd annual Touch of Teal Cocktail Party and Art Auction featuring live and silent auctions to benefit Brooke Hill Ovarian Cancer Foundation and Carnegie Visual Arts Center. We will enjoy hor d’oeuvres and complimentary wine, beer and soft drinks. Music is by Mike Denson on saxophone and piano

Friday, May 31, 2013
6:00 PM
$50 per person.

RSVP at 256-341-0562 or email admin@carnegiearts.org
Sponsored by Decatur-Morgan Hospital and Burningtree Country Club

You don’t want to miss the opening of The Helmet Project by Gary Chapman. Meet and welcome the Birmingham artist as you view his intriguing series of paintings. Delicious appetizers and complimentary drinks will be served. Fri.@ 5 is a monthly member event and welcomes guests. Suggested donation is $5 for members and $15 for guests. Attendees should be 21 years of age or accompanied by a parent. RSVP at 256-341-0562 or admin@carnegiearts.org.

Spring is finally here! Come visit with your Carnegie friends and enjoy appetizers and complimentary beverages. Meet the artists from the new exhibit Exclamations! Works by the Students of Jackie Goode Briscoe. Fri.@ 5 is a monthly member event and welcomes guests. Suggested donation is $5 for members and $15 for guests. Attendees should be 21 years of age or accompanied by a parent. RSVP at 256-341-0562 or admin@carnegiearts.org.

2013 Camp Carnegie Dates:

June 3rd to June 7th
July 8th to July 12th
July 22nd to July 26th

Each day is 8 AM to 5 PM with lunch and afternoon snack included

Each week of camp features the same activities

Registration Begins May 1, 2013

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Inspired by a catastrophic event, human observation, and introspection, Gary Chapman proposed a theory that evolved into a series of paintings…

“At 8 AM on September 11, 2001,

it was easy to perceive our lives as serene;

we were safe.

Even while Bernie Madoff’s crimes were being exposed,

most saw our economy, our country, as prosperous;

we led the world.”

“And while the scientific community embraces

a vision of quantum mechanics and string theory,

shattering our basic understanding of the observable universe,

we are left behind only capable of viewing Newton’s world;

we are blind.”

“We are a visually biased society, living in a time in which

we can no longer believe in what we see.”

Gary Chapman, a Professor of Art at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has had over 50 solo exhibitions with institutions such as The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, The Arts Center of St. Petersburg, FL; University of Cincinnati, University of Georgia, and the Indianapolis Art Center. He has also participated in numerous group and invitational exhibitions with regional, national and international venues.

Chapman has received numerous grants and fellowships for his work including a 1996 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Painting from the Southern Arts Federation and a 2002 and 1994 Individual Artist Fellowships from the Alabama State Council on the Arts. His work has been reviewed extensively and is published in over 20 catalogs and books including the Number 3, 16, 52 and 88 Editions of New American Paintings.

Paintings by Chapman have been purchased for the collections of ten museums in the southeast region as well as by many corporate and private collections throughout the country.

Chapman was educated at Berea College where he earned a BA and BS and obtained his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

The HELMET Project from High 5 Productions on Vimeo.

For almost 50 years, Jackie Goode Briscoe of Decatur, Alabama has inspired and taught art to students, from six years old to “well-seasoned.”  This exhibit features 98 works of art by 43 of her current students. Mrs. Briscoe says of her artistic life, work, and relationships:

“My students’ talent and diversity has always amazed me. I’ve taught art for forty-six years, with students in some families for four generations. My students have ranged from age six to nearly one hundred years old. We work with pencil, charcoal, pastels, pen and ink, watercolor, acrylic, oils, “sculpey” clay and encaustics. Now I have about forty students but have taught as many as one hundred per week. My classes have about ten students and I teach Monday thru Wednesday. The rest of the week I am painting my own work, going to museums and reading lots of art literature.

“It’s very important for artists to have a venue to show their hard work. I feel like the luckiest person in the world because I get to work with art every day and people who are like family to me. My studio has always been in my home with my family close by. Art is such a relaxing and happy pastime for me. It is a mood-lifter every time I go into the studio and see the smiling faces eager to work on their projects.”

Artists featured in this exhibit

• Layne Bjornseth
• Clara Blackwell
• Allie Blevins
• Cate Blevins
• Florence Bowman
• Carson Campbell
• Janet Chenault
• Becky Clemons
• Synclair Dodd
• Pearl Grigsby
• Will Hall
• Charlie Hellard
• Maggie Helms
• Lois House
• Issac Johnson
• Ann Wilson Lazenby
• Charlene Leonard
• Martha Martin
• Annabelle May
• Joseph May
• Joshua May
• Conner McClain
• Trevor McClain
• Madison McCoy
• Luke Minor
• Allie Monin
• Mary Morgan
• Allyssa Mullican
• Amber Porter
• Satvik Reddy
• Madison Reed
• Koby Richardson
• Tea Richardson
• Marilyn Sample
• Saxon Sample
• Katie Springer
• Linda Thurston
• Morgan Tollison
• Susan Trivett
• Loretta Troup
• Lizzie Truitt
• Carolyn Tweedy
• Jane Vaughan

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 and mixed-media pieces. The Carnegie presents this exhibit in coordination with area school art teachers, Rotary Club of Decatur Daybreak and the Alabama Center for the Arts. The exhibit is free to the public. Viewing hours are Monday – Thursday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM and Friday, 8:30 AM – Noon.

The following awards were presented by Rotary Club of Decatur Daybreak as part of their YEA Decatur arts program.

Styles of Yesterday & Today

The American Girl Fashion Show® is a fun-filled event for girls and their families, friends, and favorite dolls. Celebrate the experience of being a girl, whether yesterday or today, through a colorful presentation of historical and contemporary fashions. Enjoy elegant refreshments, enter to win door prizes, and learn how clothing has changed over the years to reflect history, culture, and girls’ individual styles. Click here for JLMC Fashion Show Facebook page

Shows at 10 AM and 2 PM

Tea Party with Miss Alabama, Anna Laura Bryan at Noon

Presented by the Junior League of Morgan County

Proceeds benefit the

Carnegie Visual Arts Center’s Hands-On Children’s Museum

Tickets are available at the Princess Theatre. You can go online to www.princesstheatre.org, call the box office 256.340.1778, or just stop by during business hours to purchase your reserved seating. Tickets are $25 a piece for a show and $55 each for a show and the  Tea Party.

You Can’t Drown the Blues by George Rodrigue could be yours soon. Come by the Carnegie and get you tickets for only $1 each. The drawing will be held at Fri.@ 5 on March 15th. Proceeds benefit the Carnegie Visual Arts Center.

Dr. Dan T. Carter will deliver the keynote address, Scottsboro, A Tragedy of the American South,  at the First Baptist Church’s chapel next to the Carnegie Visual Arts Center. Dr. Carter is the Education Foundation Professor at the University of South Carolina and a recipient of the Lillian Smith Award. This event is part of the Southern Literary Trail’s William Bradford Huie Lecture Series. Dr. Carter’s book, Scottsboro, A Tragedy of the American South, is considered the definitive history of the Scottsboro trials. Originally published in 1970, it was published again in 2007 with a new introduction. A reception at The Carnegie follows Dr. Carter’s lecture.
Admission is free to the public but reservations are encourage because of limited seating. RSVP at 256-341-0562 or admin@carnegiearts.org. Please enter the church chapel through the entrance on Lafayette Street.