• SALAMANDRINA, Artist Gary Chapman

    Alabama Center for the Arts - Visual Arts Building Main Gallery 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    SALAMANDRINA, featuring the art of Gary Chapman will open in our main gallery on Tuesday, January 6. A reception and gallery talk by Gary Chapman will be held on Thursday, February 5 at 5:00 pm in the ACA’s Main Gallery (Visual Arts Building). Gary Chapman, Professor Emeritus of Painting and Drawing at the University of […]

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  • Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibition

    Alabama Center for the Arts - Visual Arts Building Main Gallery 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    We are pleased to announce the return of the annual juried Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibit in our Walking Gallery. The show will be held in conjunction with the Friends of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Association’s annual Festival of the Cranes, which will take place January 9-11 in Decatur. The exhibit will be free […]

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  • LIGHT ON THE LAND, Paintings Inspired by the Rural South, by artist Trevor J. Thomas

    Nazaretian Alumni Welcome Center on Athens State University Campus 300 North Beaty Street, Athens, AL, United States

    Athens State University's Nazaretian Alumni Welcome Center (Athens State University campus) is in for a visual treat and you are invited! Trevor J. Thomas is an ACA/Athens State MFA candidate and his work will be featured in Athens in the Alumni Welcome Center at 300 North Beaty Street in Athens, Alabama. Trevor says, "I'm honored […]

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  • Applications are now open for “The Project Dance” 2026

    Alabama Center for the Arts 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    The Project: Student Applications are now open! The Project is an intensive, 2-week, summer camp experience, open to students ages 15 - 19 who will work with faculty from Calhoun Community College and Athens State University on a collaborative arts project using aspects of Visual and/or Performing Arts.  This program is COMPLETELY FREE to all […]

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  • Call to Artists! 8th Faculty & Alumni Art Exhibit at ACA

    Alabama Center for the Arts - Visual Arts Building Main Gallery 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    Call to Artists! 8th Juried Faculty & Alumni Show at the ACA A juried show featuring the works of faculty members, past and present (including adjuncts), and alumni of Calhoun Community College and Athens State University. The Alabama Center for the Arts (ACA) is pleased to call alumni artists and faculty/staff of Calhoun Community College […]

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  • Soda Firing Workshop with Casey Beck at ACA

    Alabama Center for the Arts 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    This four-day workshop, February 22-25, 2026, will focus on the enigmatic surfaces produced through the process of soda firing. Participants will bring bisque ware to be fired in the kiln as bare clay or with a slipped surface and learn to load with the anticipation of the flame carrying the soda ash in mind. Work […]

    $250.00
  • Wise Women by Char Baxter

    Nazaretian Alumni Welcome Center on Athens State University Campus 300 North Beaty Street, Athens, AL, United States

    Meet Char Baxter, ACA/Athens State Master of Fine Arts candidate — proof that creativity has no age limit! At 74, Char is pursuing her MFA in integrative design, devoting 40 hours a week to her art, including pieces that took more than 100 hours to complete. Her thesis series, “Wise Women,” celebrates the power, wisdom, […]

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