This exhibit guides visitors through Lucy Higgs Nichols' life, from 1838 — 1915. Period documents and letters detail her life as a slave in Tennessee, a nurse during the Civil War, and her post-war life in freedom.
This moving exhibition draws the national phenomenon of the Underground Railroad into sharp focus by revealing the contributions of ordinary people, both free and enslaved, whose courageous acts on both sides of the Ohio River helped overthrow the institution of slavery.
« All Events Lunch and Learn: Getting to Know Bourbon August 27 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm All bourbon is whiskey – but not all whiskey is bourbon. Learn the difference in our next Lunch and Learn when our speaker, Cliff Travis, discusses his new…
« All Events Artists Roundtable August 29 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm Would you like to share your artwork and ideas with other artists? Join us at the Cultural Arts Center for Artists Roundtable, a visual art feedback group, to receive personalized feedback on your…
This exhibition explores the history of bird imagery and ornithology through outstanding book plates produced through the fine art of printmaking. Drawing upon works in the collections of the Floyd County Library and the private collections of Raymond Graf and Albertus Gorman this will be…
« All Events Make & Take: Scarecrow Decoration September 12 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Join us for a creative afternoon of crafting and socializing for adults. This month, participants will be making a wooden scarecrow. Paint, fabric, silk leaves and wood will be used…
« All Events Opening Reception for The Printed Bird Exhibit September 12 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Join us in the Sally Newkirk Gallery at the Cultural Arts Center on Thursday, September 12, 2024 as we open The Printed Bird: 500 Hundred Years of Birds…
Mothering Me is an annual exhibition celebrating artists who are mothers and exploring what it means to create art while navigating motherhood. This year’s exhibition, hosted by the Cultural Arts Center, features 60 artists making work throughout Indiana and Kentucky. In 2022, Marcia Holloway Ross…
« All Events Art History Illustrated: Illuminated Zoology September 19 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Intelligent Design is a late 20th-century term, but it applies nicely to medieval natural philosophy. The intricacies, patterns, correspondences and flourishes of beauty in Nature were understood as signatures left…
