Workshops at the Art Center

We host artist workshops for all ages at KD Art Center. With the completion of the Southall House renovation and the Carriage House Ceramic Studio, we hope to offer a dynamic community art space where we can host classes, workshops, and artist gatherings.

Found Object

Ikebana

with Abraham Rowe

Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is pleased to present a workshop opportunity with Abraham Rowe, entitled “Found Object Ikebana”, on Sunday, November 17th from 2:00- 4:00 p.m.

Ikebana is the Japanese art of arranging flowers, a centuries old art form in which humanity and nature are brought together. In traditional Ikebana there are many rules and coded meanings. Join Abraham Rowe and learn the basics of the practice; let found objects from a short walk, along with seasonal blooms, branches, and weeds, guide your construction of a work of art; and explore the exercise of seeking beauty in the mundane. Learn more about creating thought, attention, and balance from discarded, ignored, or lost objects.

This workshop is free, but space is limited—so register today by either stopping by in person at the KDAC or by calling (256) 760-6379.

Abraham Rowe is a photographer and artist, based in Florence, Alabama. He is passionate about documenting culture in real time and collecting stories of the South through the experiences of everyday people. Some of his projects include Hidden Spaces, Folks of Florence, Found Object Ikebana, The Highway 72 Project (oddities and life along the Hwy 72 corridor of North Alabama), as well as documenting the local music and art scene.

Abraham works alongside his wife Susan Rowe in commercial, portrait, and editorial photography. They offer expertise in photo styling, product, and lifestyle photography for manufacturing companies, artisans, musicians, e-commerce businesses, and food brands. Editorial work has been printed in Elle Decor, Local Palate, Bitter Southerner, Rolling Stone, The National, Garden & Gun, Southern Living, Relix, No-Ala Magazine, and Business Alabama as well as online at Kinfolk, Paste, and The New York Times T Magazine.

Current projects include photographing Jackson's Military Road for Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area and a grant from the Alabama Folklife Association documenting tornado shelters as folk architecture in Northwest Alabama. For more information, go to www.abrahamrowephotography.com/