• 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 […]

    Free
  • Make and Take Art Activity – Paper Plate Birds

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

    Come and make some colorful feathered friends with the ACA Art Instructors. Let your imaginations take flight with paper plates and colors! Ages 5+ (FREE) Saturday, January 10, 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (this is a come and go event) Room #113, Visual Arts building

  • Make and Take Art Activity: Thumbprint Critters

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

    Come create adorable thumbprint critters with the ACA Art Instructors! Saturday, January 10, 2026 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (this is a come and go event) Visual Arts building, Lobby

    Free
  • Festival of the Cranes Painting Workshop with Tracy Roberts McCann

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

    Festival of the Cranes Art Workshop! Room 113, ACA Visual Arts bldg. (main level) You must pre-pay to register! Let Tracy walk you through a 6x6 Whooping Crane painting honoring our Wheeler Wildlife Refuge. Class fee is $60 per person. A portion of the proceeds will be given back to the Sonny Craig scholarship fund […]

    $60
  • 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 […]

    Free
  • Arts Huntsville’s Artist Mixer at ACA

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

    We are proud to host Arts Huntsville's upcoming Artist Mixer! We'll mix, mingle, and enjoy the current gallery exhibit, Salamandrina, featuring the art of Gary Chapman. All area artists, musicians, and arts organizations are invited to attend. It is FREE to attend, but we do ask that you register using this link https://artshuntsville.wufoo.com/forms/sxv85py0h0cpdc/ We can't wait […]

    Free
  • Reception and Gallery Talk with Gary Chapman, artist, SALAMANDRINA

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

    A reception with light refreshments and gallery talk by artist Gary Chapman will be held on Thursday, February 5th at 5:00 pm in the ACA’s Main Gallery (Visual Arts Building). Gallery talk will begin at 5:30pm. Gary Chapman, Professor Emeritus of Painting and Drawing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has an extensive career […]

    Free
  • 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
  • Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs

    Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs
    Alabama Center for the Arts - Black Box Theatre 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    Puffs or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic February 26 - March 1Show times (5 performances):Thursday & Friday, February 26 & 27 at 7 pmSaturday, February 28 at 2 pm and 6 pm (note 6pm, not 7pm)Sunday, March 1 at 2 pm Tickets:General Admission Adult - $15General Admission Student […]

    $12 – $15
  • Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs

    Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs
    Alabama Center for the Arts - Black Box Theatre 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    Puffs or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic February 26 - March 1Show times (5 performances):Thursday & Friday, February 26 & 27 at 7 pmSaturday, February 28 at 2 pm and 6 pm (note 6pm, not 7pm)Sunday, March 1 at 2 pm Tickets:General Admission Adult - $15General Admission Student […]

    $12 – $15
  • Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs

    Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs
    Alabama Center for the Arts - Black Box Theatre 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    Puffs or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic February 26 - March 1Show times (5 performances):Thursday & Friday, February 26 & 27 at 7 pmSaturday, February 28 at 2 pm and 6 pm (note 6pm, not 7pm)Sunday, March 1 at 2 pm Tickets:General Admission Adult - $15General Admission Student […]

    $12 – $15
  • Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs

    Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs
    Alabama Center for the Arts - Black Box Theatre 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    Puffs or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic February 26 - March 1Show times (5 performances):Thursday & Friday, February 26 & 27 at 7 pmSaturday, February 28 at 2 pm and 6 pm (note 6pm, not 7pm)Sunday, March 1 at 2 pm Tickets:General Admission Adult - $15General Admission Student […]

    $12 – $15
  • Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs

    Calhoun Theatre presents Puffs
    Alabama Center for the Arts - Black Box Theatre 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

    Puffs or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic February 26 - March 1Show times (5 performances):Thursday & Friday, February 26 & 27 at 7 pmSaturday, February 28 at 2 pm and 6 pm (note 6pm, not 7pm)Sunday, March 1 at 2 pm Tickets:General Admission Adult - $15General Admission Student […]

    $12 – $15