11th annual juried regional artist Exhibit at the Carnegie

The Carnegie Visual Arts Center presents the exhibit Embracing Art - A Coming Together of

Area Amateur and Professional Artists on exhibit August 13 - September 21, 2013.

Embracing Art is an annual juried exhibit featuring works by North Alabama connected artists. This is the eleventh annual presentation of this exhibit. Embracing Art was the inaugural exhibit for the Carnegie Visual Arts Center in April of 2003. The exhibit includes works in multiple media including pencil, charcoal, pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic, clay, and mixed media. The Art Selection Committee chose artists to be included in the exhibit from their submitted applications including photographs of up to three piece of their art. From the 70 piece exhibit the Exhibit Judge will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place winners and a number of Honorable Mention awards, and Executive Director Kim Mitchell will select the Director’s Choice award.

 

Embracing Art XI artists include:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Kathryn Silvestri, Exhibits & Marketing

Phone: 256-341-0562
Fax: 256-341-0713www.carnegiearts.org

Carrie Alderfer

McKenzie Armstrong
Beth Bachuss
Sherman Barnes
Amita Bhakta
Mary Nelle Black
Carolyn Burks
Julia Lee Carter
Lily Champion
Michael Clark
Tammie Clark
Cheri Crawford
Connie Edwards
David Edwards/ Alan Davis
Patricia Eldridge
Susan Estes
Gayle Franklin
Mik Goben
Michelle Gray
Lynne Hartmann
Mark David Hembree
Rick Henry
Baily Higgins
Rickie Higgins
Donald Housler
Wally Inscho
Karen Kern
James Lambert
Spencer Laws
Linda Sanders Lee
Charles Leverett
Doris Leverett
Janet Lindsay
Johanna Littleton
Linda Livingston
Robyn Locke
Michael Lott
Joyce Lowery
K.M. McWhorter
Lee Nabors
Mary H. Reed
Liz Scott
Hollen Seay
Judy Seymour
Alan Silvestri
Shannon Silvestri
Mavis Stephens
Ann Steverson
Richard Thompson
Kathryn Lansing Vaughn
Maureen Wallace
Beth Walldorf
Jere Weaver
Joanne Wheat
Rick White

 

Artist interviews are available upon request.

Regular museum hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 AM – 5 PM And Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM.

The Carnegie is located at 207 Church St. NE Decatur, Alabama. The mailing address is P. O. Box 1591 Decatur, Alabama 35602