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A Painter, a Potter, and a Poet: Mary Reed, Pam Brock, and Kay McWhorter

Admin — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:17:49 +0000

December 4, 2007

January 12, 2008

Features three well known Decatur artists

Wildlife in Woods by Dyrc Sybrans

Admin — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:14:32 +0000

November 2, 2007

November 24, 2007

Dyrc Sibrans, retired Decatur physician, has made painting and wood carving his new profession. His works reflect his love for wildlife and the great outdoors.

See the Music by Brian Evans

Admin — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:13:15 +0000

September 21, 2007

October 27, 2007

Brian Evans, Tuscaloosa artist and musicologist, creates abstract art through digital reproduction of sound waves. The artist states, “In “time slice” a temporal expression (an abstract animation) is sliced in time. Thus we see, in a static image, the score of a visual nusic (an exquisite esquisse?)…We hear the colors. We listen with our eyes. In “green pods” and others in this series (sonic maps) there is frozen music. The pattern is caught in the moment and there is visible sound.”

2007 Annual Sidewalk Sale

Admin — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:22:12 +0000

Local artists display and sell their work, also featuring an On-Site Iron Pour by Alabama Art Casting, sponsored by Nucor of Alabama.

8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

What I Did During Summer Vacation: Works by Young Artists

Admin — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:11:29 +0000

August 10, 2007

August 25, 2007

Local art studios and Camp Carnegie collections of local talented young artists

Garden Views of Decatur and Morgan County, Alabama

Admin — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:27:10 +0000

If you’ve ever wanted to see how people of the South who love the land make gardens for themselves and their friends, pick up this book and look through it. Garden Views of Decatur and Morgan County, Alabama was created as a fund-raiser for the City’s Carnegie Visual Arts Center by Charles Seifried & Jim Felder. On these pages, you’ll see ideas and passion spring forth as color and line, light and form. Here are gardens raised from the ancient banks of the Tennessee River in an old north Alabama town with a deep reverence for the land and all it provides. This book will introduce you to the Southern ways of gardening where every drop of pigment and drama is squeezed from plants that must endure the legendary heat of Alabama summers, and others that prosper and bloom through the unpredictable winters. Garden Views of Decatur and Morgan County, Alabama offers a glimpse into the creative gardening minds of nearly every walk of life here. Even public gardens are represented. Floral beauty is a year-round pursuit here, practiced for many reasons, as you will learn from these pages. Support the Carnegie, and at the same time treat your senses with this wonderful book. It can be purchased from many local merchants, or pick one up at the Carnegie for $34.95.

2007 Camp Carnegie a huge success!

Admin — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:46:53 +0000

This year at the 5th annual Camp Carnegie, art campers explored the different types of sculpting and 3-dimensional art in a variety of mediums. Tammie Jacob returned for her 3rd year as Camp Director. She is an elementary art teacher for the Decatur City School system during the school year. Camp dates started at the end of June, finish the beginning of August, and are divided into sessions by age. Each regular session is three hours per day for 5 days running Condensed Camp Carnegie sessions, for our older campers, covers the same curriculum in three, 6 hour days. This year campers learned about artists such as Alexander Calder and Dale Chihuly while creating their own masterpieces. Also, we studied the sculpture of Dennis Brickell, whose work was on exhibit at the Carnegie throughout the camp.

Carnegie Kicks Off Community Service Project: Luv Luggage

Admin — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:01:02 +0000

The Carnegie Visual Arts Center, in partnership with Decatur Heritage Christian Academy, is pleased to announce an exciting new community outreach project designed to meet a specific need for foster children in Morgan County and the surrounding areas-Luv Luggage. Children come into foster care with very few possessions-and those are often carried in plastic sacks or boxes. The Luv Luggage project will team donors, volunteers and social services together to provide each child in transition a hand painted piece of luggage that they can call their own. Students (as well as adult volunteers) will hand-paint custom designs on donated, hard or soft sided luggage; which will then be given to foster children in our area. This opportunity to express care and concern for a child experiencing separation from their family is at the heart of this project. Luv Luggage is slated to kick-off in the early fall of 2007. There are many ways in which you can help with this project: ~Donate hard or soft sided, gently used luggage ~Make financial gifts ~Volunteer to clean and paint luggage Donations will be accepted during regular museum hours throughout the summer or monetary gifts may be mailed to the Carnegie Visual Arts Center, 207 Church Street NE, Decatur, AL 35601. A gallery exhibit of the painted luggage will take place later in the year.

Sentell Donation of Folk Art to Start Carnegie Permanent Collection

Admin — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:50:09 +0000

The Carnegie was recently given ten paintings by Mose Tolliver and Jimmie Lee Suddeth. These pieces, donated by Mr. Lee Sentell, director of the Alabama Tourism Bureau, are significant examples of Alabama folk art. The donation was announced at the Annual meeting in April. Because of this generous gift, the Carnegie will now seek to add to the collection through donations and acquisition of the other works by Alabama folk artists. The collection will be exhibited throughout the year at the Carnegie.