Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts

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Title

Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts

Subject

Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts

Description

The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts serves as an art gallery and hosts workshops and classes. The Center for the Arts is also the headquarters for the Florence museums.
April 1, 1976 marked the opening of the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in Florence. Three houses were donated to the city of Florence for this purpose by Reverend Hiram Kennedy-Douglass, whose will stipulated the arrangement. The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the arts takes an active part in the community by promoting the arts and educating the public. The Center sponsors a festival called Arts Alive that is held in Wilson Park at Florence, Alabama and at the Center each year.

Creator

Kayla Scott, University of North Alabama

Source

www.florencal.org

Images courtesy of Kayla Scott

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

1976 to present

Format

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