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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

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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

Bank Street Players present The Lion in Winter

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

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 […]

$15

Orchestra Sul Ponticello with Dr. Granville Oldham & Calhoun Chorale

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

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  

$25

Of Ebony Embers: Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance

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

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. […]

Free

Calhoun Theatre presents The Comedy of Errors – The Pop Musical

Alabama Center for the Arts – Studio Theatre 133 2nd Avenue, Decatur, AL, United States

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 […]

$12

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 […]

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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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2020 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama

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

ACA Summer Hours: Mon-Wed, 8am-5pm Thurs, 8am-8pm Fri, 8am-12pm The 2020 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama 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 show will be displayed through Wednesday, August 26 in the Walking Gallery. The exhibit is […]