The Kelly

Artist Associates: Studio Day
2023-02-27 11:00 - 15:00, 2023-03-27 11:00 - 15:00, 2023-04-24 11:00 - 15:00, 2023-07-24 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
This event is restricted to Artist Associate-level members only.
Grab your art supplies, and join your fellow Kelly artists here at the gallery!
Our monthly “Studio Day” event is part of our Artist Associates program, where we open the doors for you to come draw, paint, and create art together. Join your local community of artists, and you are free to simply chat as you create, or give and get feedback from each other, and network. We’ll be open for you from 11:00am until 3:00pm, and you may come and go at any time during this block.
We’ll provide refreshments, so please feel free to bring your lunch.
Details:

Closed to the public, however guests are welcome.
Still-life displays (and possible live figure models) available upon request.
Tables, chairs, drop cloths, and easels provided.

Field Trip to the "7th Annual Festival of Tulips"
2023-03-08 09:00 - 17:00 | American Village, 3727 Highway 19, Montevallo, AL, 35115
Join us for a trip to American Village to see their 7th Annual Festival of Tulips! We will meet here at The Kelly (124 Company Street, Wetumpka, AL 36092) at 9:00am and carpool together to American Village in Montevallo.

“Stroll through a field of 100,000 tulips, in all the colors of the rainbow. Pick the ones you want to keep – tulips are $2.00 each, and include both flower and bulb. Bring your family and friends and don’t forget your camera… Admission to the Festival of Tulips is $5 per person, free to veterans, active military and children ages 4 and under.”

For more information about the festival, please visit American Village’s website here: https://www.americanvillage.org/festival-of-tulips/

Kelly CLOSED For Exhibition Change
2023-03-11 - 2023-03-16 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
The Kelly will be de-installing the Chromatics exhibition and installing the Collectors & Collections III exhibition. During this transition, The Kelly will be closed to the public. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding.
The Kelly will open again on March 17, 2023 at 10:00 am. See you soon!

Collectors and Collections III
2023-03-17 - 2023-05-19 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Exhibition Opens: March 17, 2023
Exhibition Reception: March 23 from 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Exhibition Closes: May 19, 2023
Our next art exhibition will be “Collectors and Collections III,” where private collectors will display their beautiful and notable collections for the public eye!

Tuesdays with Kelly
2023-03-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-05-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-15 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. Learn more about this month’s program at https://thekelly.org/twk/
Bring your lunch, and The Kelly will provide drinks and a dessert. We hope to see you there!

Exhibition Reception - Collectors and Collections III
2023-03-23 17:30 - 20:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Thursday, March 23rd
5:30pm – 8:00pm
Join us for snacks, drinks, great conversation, and see our next art exhibition “Collectors and Collections III”! This exhibition features private art collectors displaying their beautiful and notable collections for the public eye.

4x6 Day
2023-04-06 10:00 - 17:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Join us for a one-day special sales event where we will be selling 4″x6″ artworks for $46 this April 6th! Wonderful artworks at a one-time special, affordable price—you won’t want to miss this!

Support your local artists and swing on by!

Kelly's Kids at Community Market
2023-04-06 16:00 - 19:00 | Merchants Alley in Downtown Wetumpka, 301 Orline St, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
“Art has the role in education of helping children become like themselves instead of more like everyone else.”
– Sydney Gurewitz Clemens
On the first Thursday of the month, The Kelly will host a “Kelly’s Kids” arts and crafts activity program during Wetumpka’s Community Market Day. We provide the supplies at no charge. Just have your kiddos bring their imaginations!

For more information about Community Market, visit Main Street Wetumpka here.

Tuesday with Kelly
2023-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
This month, TWK will be led by Burgin Mathews. He is a writer, radio host, and director of the Southern Music Research Center, a new nonprofit devoted to the preservation and presentation of the many diverse music histories of the American South. He will share with us details and a virtual tour of Southern Music Research Center’s new website, an online archive of rare photos, rescued recordings, and oral history interviews from a variety of southern music traditions.
His book Magic City: How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Changed the Sound of America, is due from the University of North Carolina Press this fall. So be sure to join us for our monthly lunch and learn program from noon until 1:00pm at The Kelly. Bring your lunch, and The Kelly will provide drinks and a dessert. We hope to see you there!

Field Trip with Kelly: Sylacauga's Marble Festival
2023-04-20 09:00 - 15:30 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
It’s time for another Field Trip with Kelly. This time, we’re off on a road trip to Sylacauga’s Magic of Marble Festival on Thursday, April 20th! Come join us for an exciting trip meeting sculptors and touring amazing marble works of art!

9:00am – We will meet here at The Kelly at 9:00am and head over.
10:30am – We will first go to the BB Comer Memorial Library for a video and tour.
Afterwards we will walk around the festival grounds and watch the sculptors.
1:00pm – We’ll have lunch at Purcell Farms before heading back.

**Please RSVP!**
You may call us at 334-478-3366 or the coordinator Cookie directly at 334-531-6930 or email us info@TheKelly.org.
Thank you and hope to see you there!
For more information about the festival, feel free to visit their website: https://magicofmarblefestival.com/

Artist Associates: Plein Air Studio Day
2023-05-20 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
This event is restricted to Artist Associate-level members only.
Grab your art supplies, and join your fellow Kelly artists for a Plein Air Studio Day! This time, we’ll be out in a beautiful landscape next to a creek, and you sure won’t want to miss this one. The “doors” open at 8am, so stay a while and enjoy the scenery with friends! Please contact us if you did not receive the location details of this special Plein Air Studio Day.
Our monthly “Studio Day” event is part of our Artist Associates program, where we “open the doors” for you to come draw, paint, and create art together. Join your local community of artists, and you are free to simply chat as you create, or give and get feedback from each other, and network.
Closed to the public, however guests are welcome.

CLOSED for the Move!
2023-05-20 - 2023-06-28 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
At last! We will close and pack our 124 Company Street location and begin moving into our new location at:

301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL 36092
Interested in volunteering to help move? Please contact us! The more the merrier!

Grand Opening
2023-06-29 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
At long last, construction is done, renovations are complete, and everything has been moved to the new building! The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts will hold the grand opening of our new location at:
301 Hill Street,
Wetumpka, AL 36092
Our doors will open at 10:00am, and we will celebrate our grand opening with a ribbon cutting at 5:30pm, immediately followed by a reception until 8:00pm. Everyone–volunteers, staff, the Board, and our visual arts community–worked so hard to make this dream possible, and we invite you to celebrate everyone’s successful efforts with us! The reception will also be punctuated with its new art exhibition “Bridges and Rivers,” a homage to its passionate riverside community.

"Rivers and Bridges" and Grand Opening Reception
2023-06-29 17:30 - 20:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092

Morning Sketch
2023-07-07 09:00 - 12:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
The new 301 Hill Street building has a fantastic view, and we are inviting all artists to share it with us today! Come by anytime from 9am to noon, and bring your sketch pads, canvases, and cameras. Set up on our beautiful porch and enjoy your fellow artists’ company!
Drinks and snacks provided

Kelly's Kids - Art Start
2023-07-12 10:00 - 11:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092

Kelly's Kids Town
2023-07-27 16:00 - 17:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092

8x10 Day
2023-08-10 10:00 - 17:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
This is a one day sale event on 8/10 that you won’t want to miss! All participating 8″ x 10″ art pieces will be $81. There will be beautiful original works of art created by talented and local Alabama artists for sale for a great price, so be sure to join us!
8″ x 10″ Original Artworks For $81!

Morning Sketch
2023-08-11 09:30 - 12:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Every Friday morning, we will now be hosting “Morning Sketch”, where artists of all skill levels are invited to join us in the gallery and the porch to sketch, draw, and create art. Enjoy fellow artists’ company and get your weekly sketch on!

No-Sew Fused Fabric Art with Libby Christensen
2023-08-15 13:30 - 14:30 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Paper-backed fusible web, sample patterns and fabric scraps provided (but pillow cover $10 extra). You might want to bring your own iron and non-stick ironing sheet if you have one. Use a sample pattern or get creative!
Suitable for adults and ages 12+.

Machine-Sewn Thread Bowls Class by Libby Christensen
2023-08-15 15:00 - 16:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Make a small coiled rope bowl using zigzagged thread. Thread, macrame cord and magic provided. (Bring sewing machine, extra machine needles and scissors.)

Art Start
2023-08-16 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. Just have your kiddos bring their imaginations!

Hand-Sewn Fabric YoYos Class with Libby Christensen
2023-08-17 13:00 - 14:00 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Make fabric yoyos for quilts, scarves, or embellishment. Fabric scraps, thread and needle, buttons, bias tape, scissors, template, and fabric glue included. (Optional—bring a garment to embellish.)
Suitable for adults and ages 12+.

Quilting 101 with Libby Christensen
2023-08-17 15:30 - 17:30 | The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, 301 Hill Street, Wetumpka, AL, 36092
Introduction to MACHINE PIECING: tips on choosing fabrics, using rotary cutter and ruler, piecing squares, rectangles and half-square triangles, and pressing. Students will make two basic quilt blocks. (Bring sewing machine with new needle, pins, scissors and optionally, any specific fabrics or threads though irons and a selection of fabric and thread will be furnished).
Suitable for ages 12 + —beginners welcome!
