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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Guest Speaker-Film Producer, Ben Raines Thursday, January 9, 2020 6:00pm ACA – Recital Hall, Performing Arts building Free and open to the public
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.
Event: Bank Street Players present The Lion in Winter Make your plans to join the Bank Street Players for James Goldman’s Tony/Oscar winning work, The Lion In Winter. Opens January 30 at the Alabama Center for the Arts on 2nd Ave in Decatur, in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts building. Directed by Carron […]
Sunday, February 2 at 3:30pm Tickets available at the door $25 - Adults | $5 - College Students | Students free ACA Recital Hall, Performing Arts building For more info: http://www.orchestrasulponticello.com
The Alabama Center for the Arts (ACA) will welcome artists from the Core Ensemble to perform the chamber music theatre work Of Ebony Embers: Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance in recognition of Black History Month. The event is free and open to the public and will be held on Thursday, February 20 at 2:00 p.m. […]
Calhoun Theatre has turned Shakespeare’s hilarious farce of mistaken identity, The Comedy of Errors, into a rousing pop musical. The show is filled with dancing and popular songs as two sets of identical twins cause mayhem and laughs in the zany and colorful town of Ephesus. Dates: February 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and March 5, 6 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
