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.
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…
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…
« All Events Opening Reception for Mothering Me Exhibition September 21 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm The Cultural Arts Center is pleased to host Mothering Me, the third year of an annual group exhibition celebrating artists who are mothers throughout Indiana and Kentucky. Whether speaking…
« All Events Third Saturday Concert Series: A Celtic Afternoon September 21 2:00 pm - 4:15 pm Enjoy an afternoon of Celtic music at the Cultural Arts Center. This concert will feature 2 family-friendly music performances, one hour each with a 15-minute intermission in between.…
« All Events Lunch & Learn: The Printed Bird, with curator Albertus Gorman September 24 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Join exhibit curator Albertus Gorman for an overview of the new exhibition, The Printed Bird: Five Hundred Years of Birds in Fine Books, on display…
« All Events Artists Roundtable September 26 5:00 pm - 6:30 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…
