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.
Join us on Thursday, September 4th from 5-7 PM at the Cultural Arts Center for the Opening of “Threads of Industry: Labor and Life in New Albany’s Textile Factories”, an exhibit that explores the rise and fall of New Albany, Indiana’s textile and garment industries…
The Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center is proud to present our next exhibition, Estuary: a Staff and Community Artist Showcase. In nature, the brackish waters of estuaries create highly productive ecosystems in the shallows and along the shore, providing fertile ground for diverse…
« All Events Stories and Art with Ms. Ashley January 12 10:30 am - 11:30 am Join us for stories, songs, movement activities in the Jane Barth Anderson Meeting Room! We will end each session with an art activity to take home! No registration is…
« All Events Baby’s Afternoon Out January 14 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Join us for an afternoon of early literacy fun for babies! There will be stories, songs, and sensory activities for babies to interact with at the end of the program. No registration…
« All Events Make & Take: Watercolor Snowman January 15 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Join us for a creative afternoon of crafting and socializing. This month we will be dabbling in watercolors to create a festive snowman painting. All supplies are provided free, and…
« All Events Art History Illustrated, Hieronymus Bosch: Renaissance Prophet of Surrealism January 15 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm **If you were signed up for the original date of Thursday, November 20, 2025, your registration has been carried over to this new date - you…
« All Events Tails and Tales with Mia the Therapy Dog January 17 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Join us at the Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center to read to Mia, the Therapy Dog. She also does work at Mt. Tabor Elementary School. She loves…
