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Upcoming Events

Closing Reception for “Collective Imagination”

ACA's first art exhibition featuring only ACA full-time faculty in the visual arts and performing arts There will be a short program by Dr. Donna Estill, Dean of Humanities & Social Sciences (Calhoun) and Dr. Stephen Spencer, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences (Athens State) plus the introduction of our faculty. Most faculty will be […]

Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama

Alabama Center for the Arts – Walking Gallery 133 2nd Ave NE, Decatur, AL, United States

The 2021 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama is a traveling juried art show that displays artwork created by students throughout Alabama who have visual impairments, blindness, and/or deaf-blindness. The show will be displayed through Wednesday, September 15 in the Walking Gallery. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Focus on the Arts – Annual Appreciation Breakfast

High School Counselors, Career Coaches, and Art Educators and your staff are invited to the Annual Appreciation Breakfast to be held at the Alabama Center for the Arts hosted by Calhoun and Athens State. This year we’ll “Focus on the Arts” taught at the Alabama Center for the Arts. You’ll get to meet our Art […]

Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibition

Alabama Center for the Arts – Walking Gallery 133 2nd Ave NE, Decatur, AL, United States

The ACA is hosting our 8th annual juried Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibition in the Walking Gallery of our Visual Arts building. This show is in conjunction with the Friends of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Festival of the Cranes. ACA’s Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibition features art by students, alumni, faculty, and staff […]

Festival of the Cranes – Fingerprint Critters

Join students and faculty from the Alabama Center for the Arts as we help kids of all ages create animals, plants, and flowers from their thumbprints. All supplies will be provided, just bring yourself and your imagination. This is a come-and-go event, so stop by and make some nature-inspired art with us!

Festival of the Cranes – Jr. Duck Stamp Sketching Workshop

Alabama Center for the Arts – Visual Arts Building 3M Room 133 2nd Ave NE, Decatur, AL, United States

Students K-12 are welcome to join Art Educator Tammie Clark in a 1.5 hour workshop guiding them through participating in the Jr. Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Contest. Students will receive drawing tips, composition ideas, and contest entry guidelines. Supplies will be provided and entry forms are available in this “One-Stop-Shop” for contest entry.

“Lunch & Learn” Art History Gallery Talk

Live Stream

Guest lecturer, Stephen Humphreys will share insightful information about the art in his private collection from his travels in Vietnam. He will answer questions submitted through the comments section during the live event. Meet us on Alabama Center for the Arts Facebook account on Tuesday, Feb. 8th at 12:00pm! The "Faces of Vietnam" exhibition is […]

2022 Junior Duck Stamp Art Show

Alabama Center for the Arts – Walking Gallery 133 2nd Ave NE, Decatur, AL, United States

We are so happy to have the 2022 JUNIOR DUCK STAMP ART SHOW with us again this year! The Junior Duck Stamp Program is a youth art contest sponsored by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that is designed to teach youth about waterfowl and their habitat needs. The annual contest is held in each […]

“stillness in action” featuring Tiril Benton

The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of “stillness in action” by Tiril Benton. Award-winning artist Tiril Benton’s newest show will open in the Center’s Main Gallery on Monday, May 16. Tiril was born in London, England and now lives in Huntsville, Alabama. Primarily self-taught, she began painting following the […]