The Kelly

CLOSED for the Holiday
2025-11-27
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We will be closed for the holiday; thank you for your understanding!

Kelly's Kids Town (Holiday Reschedule)
2025-11-28 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-18 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Designed for school-age children, Kelly’s Kids Town is an arts-and-crafts program where we provide the supplies and activities at no charge. No pre-registration necessary, just join us every fourth Thursday of the month! Kids just need to bring to their imaginations and clothes they can get messy in!

Morning Sketch
2025-12-05 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-12 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-19 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-16 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-23 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-01-30 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-06 10:00 - 13:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Every Friday, we invite everyone and anyone to come “sketch” in the gallery and on the porch! New and experienced artists (or authors or craftsmen) alike can pull up a chair, sit on the porch, and indulge in the arts. Enjoy fellow artists’ company, enjoy the view, and come sketch with us!

Wetumpka Downtown Dickens Christmas
2025-12-05 17:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Downtown Wetumpka, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092, United States
Step into the magical holiday event, Wetumpka’s Downtown Dickens Christmas! Presented by Central Alabama Electric Cooperative in partnership with the Wetumpka Chamber and City of Wetumpka. Bring your friends and holiday spirit — and help bring the magic to life by dressing in Dickens Victorian attire for one of the most memorable Christmas events of the year, the beginning of Wetumpka’s Christmas on the Coosa season!
The Kelly will host photos with Father Christmas, as well as Santa’s Workshop for the kiddos to make Christmas ornaments for you to take home!

Paint Day with Alisa Beck
2025-12-10 10:00 - 15:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Grab your art supplies, and join us for a communal paint day, organized by Alisa Beck! Change your scenery and join your fellow artists as you draw, paint, and create your latest works of art. You may come and go any time, and it’s free to join in!
You may also opt to have personalized teacher instruction from Alisa Beck directly for $50.

Art Start
2025-12-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2026-01-21 10:00 - 11:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Art Start is a Kelly’s Kids arts-and-crafts program designed for pre-school children. We provide the supplies at no charge. No need to pre-register, just have your kiddos bring their imaginations!

Artist Deadline: "Art in Bloom" Applications Due Today
2025-12-21
Applications to apply for “Art in Bloom” are due TODAY!
Outside may be cold and grey, but at The Kelly, art is in bloom! We invite artists and collectors alike to let your creativity sprout in an art exhibition flush with the blossoms and buds of florals, flowers, botanicals, and everything that “blooms”. We welcome still lives, wildflower fields, bouquets, or even creative interpretations on flowers and blooms.

Last Day of Holiday Artist Market
2025-12-24 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
It’s the last day of our Holiday Artist Market! Need that last minute gift? Come grab some really exquisite artworks and artisan crafts made by our local and regional talents!

CLOSED for the Holiday
2025-12-25
The Kelly will be closed for the holidays. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding!

CLOSED for Exhibition Change
2025-12-26 - 2026-01-12
Pardon us as we change to the next exhibition! Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. See you soon!

"Art in Bloom" Art Exhibition
2026-01-13 - 2026-02-27 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Outside may be cold and grey, but at The Kelly, art is in bloom! We invite artists and collectors alike to let your creativity sprout in an art exhibition flush with the blossoms and buds of florals, flowers, botanicals, and everything that “blooms”. We welcome still lives, wildflower fields, bouquets, or even creative interpretations on flowers and blooms.

"Art in Bloom" Opening Reception
2026-01-15 17:00 - 19:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Join us for our opening reception for “Art in Bloom”, an art exhibition sprouting with the blossoms and buds of florals, flowers, botanicals, and everything that “blooms”! Anyone and everyone is invited to enjoy snacks, drinks, meet the artists, and enjoy these truly marvelous works of art!

3rd Annual River Region Art Summit
2026-01-17 10:00 - 16:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Back by popular demand, The Kelly will organize and host a great opportunity for novice and experienced artists alike! Artists from all over are invited to learn about art opportunities available within our River Region. Local and regional art organizations will have booths set up and discuss the opportunities they provide to artists like you. Join us for guest speakers talking about art exhibitions and shows, fellowship opportunities, art programs and classes, and everything else an artist might want to know!
Learn more << HERE >>

Tuesdays with Kelly
2026-01-20 12:00 - 13:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Join us for our monthly lunch and learn program from noon until 1:00pm at The Kelly! This month, we will have two speakers from Gallery 905. Gallery 905 is a gallery that opened in 2015 under ArtsRevive that aims to build community through art in Selma, AL. One of the speakers is the Executive Director of Gallery 905, Sarah Wagoner, who will talk about her experience working at the gallery and current events. The other speaker will be the talented artist, Stacey Edwards, who currently has a solo show up at Gallery 905! She will talk about her current solo show, “Alabama Saints” and her experience as a local artist in South Alabama. If you would like to know more about speakers, there is some information about them below.

Bring your lunch, and The Kelly will provide drinks and a dessert. We hope to see you there!

Sarah Wagoner is the Executive Director of Gallery 905. A 1988 Auburn graduate in education, she is a self-taught Black Belt artist. Her father bought her first paints and told her she could paint flowers. In high school, Sarah began a calligraphy side-hustle. Since 2016, Sarah has dabbled in clay, watercolor, oil, and acrylic. Sarah’s work is inspired by faith and nature. Sarah also enjoys being around her family with a candle lit nearby. You can find both Sarah and her artistic work at Gallery 905!

Stacey Edwards is a South Alabama painter, mixed media artist, and art educator with over 15 years of experience. During her 13 years in art education at Greenville High School, her students earned state and national recognition, including Congressional Art Awards and honors from the Alabama State council on the Arts. Since leaving Greenville High School, she has continued to be involved with art education through the Alabama State Council on the Arts collaborative Artist Program where she is teaching in rural and central schools in Alabama. You can find her work currently featured at Gallery 905 through February in her solo show “Alabama Saints”!

If you would like to learn more about past programs, you can find information here at https://thekelly.org/twk/

Art Start: Pre-School Art Program
2026-01-21 10:00 - 11:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092

Circle of Painters
2026-01-21 10:00 - 15:00, 2026-01-31 10:00 - 15:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
A guided painting practice with Alisa Beck, Circle of Painters is a small, supportive group of artists who gather to paint, learn, and grow together. Open to oil, acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media, each session offers guided instruction, shared conversation, and time to work in a spacious gallery setting (here at The Kelly!). This is a place for returning to your practice, deepening your voice, and painting in community.
$50 per session – Payable directly to Instructor

The Path to Intentional Intuitive Art: 2-Day Intermediate Oil Painting Workshop
2026-01-26 08:30 - 15:00, 2026-01-27 08:30 - 15:30 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
This course is designed to help you find your way through a plethora of rules and instinctively working out your path on your art journey. The goals of this class is to help you learn the rules so well that painting becomes instinct and to find your style and your goal for your work for your artistic path. So bring your subject matter to paint from – something you genuinely want to paint – to this intermediate oil painting class and unlock your style!

Recommended Skill Level: Intermediate
Cost: $125 for Kelly members OR $150 for non-members
Basic Supplies included (Limited Color Palette) – Instructor’s Palette is below, in case you wish to bring your own oils and supplies.
Class Size: Minimum 6 – Maximum of 16

<<Register Here>>
Interested in Kelly member discounts on classes? Membership starts at only $50 for an entire year!

Instructor Jill Holt Portfolio:

Instructor’s Palette:

Mars Black (from Master’s Touch)
Permelba White (from Weber)
Lemon (Windsor Newton)
Cad Yellow Light (Winsor Newton)
Cadmium Medium (Winsor Newton)
Shiva Orange (Richeson)
Ultramarine Blue (Richeson)
Prussian (Michael Harding)
Magnesium (Gamblin)
Red Oxide Transparent (Richeson)
Capucine Red Deep (Vasari)
Permanent Rose (Winsor Newton)
Alizarin Crimson (Williamsburg)
Yellow Ochre Light (Rembrandt)
Transparent Yellow Oxide (Lucas)
Adobe (Vasari)
Viridian (Gamblin)

Silversmithing: Level 1 Workshop
2026-01-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-01-30 10:00 - 16:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Learn the basics of silversmithing from Morning Sherrod, who has 16 years of experience! Learn how to use a butane hand torch and flex shaft, and pick up new skills such as paillon, sweat and pick soldering, cutting with shears, hammering, texturing, stamping, and bezel stone setting. Don’t know what a patina is or what any of these skills are? Or maybe you dabbled before and want to shake off the dust? Then this is the class for you!
Space is very limited — sign up early to reserve your spot!

Recommended Skill Level: Beginner (Any) – Due to materials and tools, 18 years and older only
Cost: $200 for Kelly members OR $215 for non-members
Supplies Included and take home at least 2 projects
Class Size: Minimum 4 – Maximum of 6

<<Register Here>>
Interested in Kelly member discounts on classes? Membership only starts at $50 a year!
