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…
« All Events Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet October 21 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Join us at the Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center in October for a free concert from the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet! Featuring Jamey Aebersold on sax, Wade Honey on piano, Tyrone Wheeler…
« All Events Art in Autumn: The Pumpkin Patch Parade October 22 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Celebrate the spirit of fall with a festive art experience for all ages that combines harvest history with hands-on creativity! In this textured canvas painting session, students will…
« All Events Make Your Own Tzedakah Box October 23 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Join us at the Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center to make your own Tzedakah Box, which coincides with this year's SO IN Big Read book "Night" by Elie Wiesel. Tzedakah boxes…
« All Events Art in Autumn: Faces of the World – Mask Making & Culture October 29 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Uncover the stories behind some of the world’s most iconic and expressive art forms. In this cultural arts experience for all ages, participants…
« All Events Art History Illustrated, Hieronymus Bosch: Renaissance Prophet of Surrealism November 20 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Only about 25 works survive by this master of the late Flemish Renaissance, but they occupy an outsize place in the History of Art. Bosch’s inventive…
