Art for everyone
Our mission is to support emerging and established local and traveling artists, poets, and musicians in a diversity of genres—elevating new ideas and underrepresented voices.
We envision a vital, inclusive arts hub—a creative engine expanding opportunity and shaping Alabama’s cultural landscape for generations.
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EVA Purchases Historic Building!
Thanks to the generosity of our creative arts community, EVA is taking a huge step forward in securing our creative future. We bought our historic building! Now we need your support as we launch a capital campaign to support renovations that will transform our shared space and move us into the future.
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Call For Artists: The Fire We Share
There is a fire we share—an ember that refuses to die, even in the wind of tyranny. It burns for freedom, for one another, for the right to live and create without fear. This exhibition invites artists to kindle that flame through their work—to confront oppression with courage and support resilience through love.
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Village Voices R.I.S.E.
Village Voices RISE for Resilience, Imagination, Story, and Expression features quarterly multidisciplinary events and is made possible in part by Alabama State Council on the Arts. The fall curator is Craig Legg; winter is LaDonna Smith; spring is Laura Secord; summer is Clifford McPeek.
EVA’s Capital Campaign: A permanent home for creativity and community
Revitalizing Our Historic Birmingham Theater Building & District
East Village Arts has made the step of purchasing our building, the historic East Lake Theater Building, built in the 1920’s, and frequented by the students of Howard College, which would become Samford University in Birmingham.
Join Our Creative Community
Are you looking for a community of artists in the Birmingham area? Do you have ideas for a performance, workshop, or exhibit?
Reach out to us. Stop by for a tour. Attend an event. Learn more about joining our community in a way that works for you.
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