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 Artists Roundtable October 31 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…
« All Events Mothering Me Gallery Talk November 2 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Join us at the Cultural Arts Center to hear from the artists in our current exhibition, Mothering Me. Selected artists will walk you through the galleries, speak briefly about their work,…
« All Events The Printed Bird Curator’s Talk November 7 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Join exhibit curator Albertus Gorman for a gallery talk in the exhibition The Printed Bird: Five Hundred Years of Birds in Fine Books, on display through January 16, 2025 in…
« All Events Art History Illustrated: Art in the Totalitarian Age (c. 1918-1945) November 14 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm The fine arts are no longer a key component of most political media campaigns, but in the early 20th century, world leaders took painting, sculpture,…
« All Events Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet November 19 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Enjoy songs from America’s most famous composers with the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet on Tuesday, November 19th at the Cultural Arts Center. Featuring Jamey Aebersold on sax, Wade Honey on piano,…
