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.
201 E Spring St, New Albany, IN
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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… 
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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…
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« All Events Family Movie: Home Alone December 29 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Join us at the Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center for a Family Movie event showing of Home Alone. We will watch the film and then make a golden tooth and garland… |
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« All Events New Year’s Eve Eve Party December 30 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Join us at the Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center to celebrate the end of 2025 and bring in 2026. You will make your own New Year's crown, play minute to… |
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« All Events Meet & Make Mondays: Slow Stitch Studio – A Month of Mindful Making January 5 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Start the new year with calm, creativity, and cozy textures with Meet & Make Mondays: Slow Stitch Studio, a month-long exploration of… |
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« 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… |
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« 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… |
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« 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…
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« 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… |
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« 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… |
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« All Events All About Art for Elementary Students January 20 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm If you're in elementary school (Grade K-4), join us at the Cultural Arts Center to learn about different art techniques and artists each month. For the month of January,… |
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« All Events Watercolor Open Studio January 21 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Join us at the Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center to learn the basic techniques of watercolor painting. All supplies included. We hope to see you there! Register Online Categories: Events Tags: Event… |
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« All Events Artists Roundtable January 22 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… |
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« All Events STEAM: Snowflake Salt Art January 27 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Join us at the Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center for afterschool fun making snowflake salt art. Create salt art and learn how to paint snowflakes with salt. Simple supplies, accessible science,… |
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« All Events Sketchbook Saturdays: From Line to Life. A Progressive Skill-Building Course in Drawing & Visual Thinking January 31 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Ready to unlock your inner artist? This engaging drawing course invites you to slow down, observe the world with fresh… |