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Solo Senior art show featuring Rachel Jackson. Show dates: August 5-26 Reception: Friday, August 16, 6:00-7:30pm ACA Walking Gallery, Visual Arts building

Wink! Reception

Solo Senior art show featuring Rachel Jackson. Show dates: August 5-26 Reception: Friday, August 16, 6:00-7:30pm ACA Walking Gallery, Visual Arts building

2019 Emerging Artists Exhibition

See the art created by students of Calhoun Community College and Athens State University at the Alabama Center for the Arts.

Free

Forgotten Alabama: Photography Exhibit by Glenn Wills

The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of “Forgotten Alabama” in the Main Gallery on Monday, December 2, featuring photography by Glenn Wills. Wills, a self-proclaimed explorer, photographer, author, and preserver of history, made it his mission to capture thousands of images of neglected places in Alabama before they disappear. […]

Free

Book Reading & Artist Talk: “An All New Light” by Prentiss Douthit

Decatur native, artist, author, and photographer Prentiss Douthit returns from Austin, Texas to share his first book! Come see a little of the world and a lot of our shared humanity through his paintings, photographs, and stories. Thursday, December 12 at 5:30pm ACA Visual Arts building – Main Gallery Art Profiler review of "An All […]

Free

Forgotten Alabama: Reception & Guest Lecture

The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of “Forgotten Alabama” in the Main Gallery on Monday, December 2, featuring photography by Glenn Wills. Wills, a self-proclaimed explorer, photographer, author, and preserver of history, made it his mission to capture thousands of images of neglected places in Alabama before they disappear. […]

Free

2020 Festival of the Cranes Exhibition

Come see an art exhibit of works by the students, alumni and faculty of the Alabama Center for the Arts in conjunction with Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Festival of the Cranes which is held the second weekend of January. January 9 – February 21, 2020 ACA – Visual Arts building, Walking Gallery Free and open […]

Free

Film Screening of America’s Amazon

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

Guest Speaker-Film Producer, Ben Raines Thursday, January 9, 2020 6:00pm ACA – Recital Hall, Performing Arts building Free and open to the public

Free

Forgotten Alabama: Lunch & Learn + Book Signing with Glenn Wills

Lunch and Learn with Forgotten Alabama photographer and author Glenn Wills. Mr. Wills will be available to sign copies of his book. Tuesday, January 21, 2020 12:00noon Alabama Center for the Arts, Visual Arts building 3M Room Free and open to the public. Bring your own lunch.

Free

Athens State University Senior Art Exhibition “LOOK” Spring 2020

Athens State University faculty, staff, and students at the Alabama Center for the Arts have had to adjust to a “less-than-ideal” ending to the spring semester thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. On-ground classes transitioned to online formats, and all in-person events were cancelled. This consequently affected the bi-annual “LOOK” senior art exhibit, which was planned […]

Free

Guadalupe Lanning Robinson “Continuation” Exhibit

“Continuation” features the uniquely artistic talents of Guadalupe Lanning Robinson, a native of Mexico City, who has lived in Alabama for more than 30 years with her husband, an Alabama native. Robinson’s pottery is a blend of her Mexican culture and tradition with the culture and tradition of the Deep South. She also creates quilts […]

Passages: 2015-2020 featuring Brooke P. Alexander

Main Gallery Exhibition Passages: 2015-2020 (Brooke P. Alexander, Artist) Dates: July 8 – August 26, 2020 Brooke P. Alexander, born and raised in Athens, Alabama, attended both Calhoun Community College and Athens State University, representing a tremendous success story for the Alabama Center for the Arts. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art […]

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