Visual Arts

This show, held in conjunction with the River Clay Fine Arts Festival, features artwork by ACA student of Calhoun Community College and Athens State University. Free and open to the public. Many of the pieces of art will be for sale and the money goes directly to the student artist. ACA will have special weekend hours, October 21 & 22: Saturday, October 21 from 9am-5pm Sunday, October 22 from 10am-4pm For more information about the River Clay Fine Arts Festival visit:…

Visit the Alabama Center for the Arts during the month of November to view narrative storyboards and themed artwork from Calhoun, Athens State, and UAH students!

The Alabama Center for the Arts (ACA) is pleased to call alumni artists and faculty/staff of Calhoun Community College and Athens State University for the seventh juried faculty, staff, and alumni show. We encourage innovative and progressive works that utilize a diversity of art forms and media. There is no theme for the 2024 show, […]

The Calhoun Spring Student Art Show is featured in our Main Gallery and Walking Gallery. Awards Reception at 12:00pm-1:00pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Free and open to the public!

Please visit the Athens State University's graduating senior art students exhibition at the Alabama Center for the Arts. Opening Reception:  Friday, April 19th at 5:00pm Free and open to the public.

The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to again host the exhibit of the Junior Duck Stamp Show in our Walking Gallery in the Visual Arts building! The Junior Duck Stamp Program is a youth art contest sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that is coupled with a curriculum that is designed […]

We are pleased to again host the Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama! Come check it out... the colorful art is in our Walking Gallery (Visual Arts bldg.)! The exhibit is a traveling juried art show that displays artwork created by students throughout Alabama who have visual impairments, blindness, and/or deaf-blindness. The exhibit is free […]

Paper Canvas Clay features the art of six artists in ACA's Main Gallery. Robert Cox David Edwards Dennis Johnson Fay Littrell Paxton Mobley Doris Welch Paper Canvas Clay was thoughtfully curated by Gail Bergeron, retired Athens State/ACA art faculty. Opening Reception with Paper Canvas Clay Artists: Paper Canvas Clay Friday, July 12th 12:00 noon Light […]

Attention ACA Art Students! Students are invited (and encouraged) to enter art for the 2024 ACA Emerging Artists Exhibition! This show is in conjunction with the River Clay Fine Arts Festival which will be held for the 9th year on the grounds of Decatur’s City Hall in downtown Decatur. The festival had its inaugural event […]

The 7th Juried Faculty & Alumni Art Exhibition is on display in the ACA Main Gallery September 9 through November 8. The show features 49 works from 29 artists consisting of faculty, staff, or alumni of Calhoun Community College and Athens State University. An artist reception will be held on Friday, September 20 at 5:30 […]

We are pleased to announce the opening of the Leovis Coats Whitt Art Exhibit on Tuesday, September 10. It will remain on display in the our Walking Gallery until Friday, September 20. An Opening Reception will be held at the Alabama Center for the Arts on Tuesday, September 10 at 5:30 pm. The reception will […]

We invite you to come see the art of Athens State's seniors in the ACA Main Gallery, Visual Arts building. Featuring artists… Nathaniel Kostencki Alissa Benford Emerson Mayfield Opening Reception – Friday, November 22 at 5:30pm The ACA Gallery show is free and open to the public.