Carnegie Arts Center creates arts opportunities to enrich our diverse communities through partners, programs and collaborations .
Our expertise includes art classes for seniors, after-school musicals, in-school educational arts ( fine or performing arts) classes in-line with current educational standards, after-school enrichments that enhance curricular goals and professional musical theatre. Whether we work in our home community of East Chicago or across Northwest Indiana, Carnegie Arts Center brings professionalism, passion and a commitment to offer the best.

LATEST NEWS!  Golden Palette starts on May 15, 2013. REGISTER HERE FOR SPRING 2013
Check out Upcoming Performances for our latest collaboration! We are seeking a director, singers, actors, dancers and musicians – send your resume in today!

Also, a new page – Now Hiring. Take a look!

Check us out on Facebook, and follow the progress of our building renovation or just look for information.

Take a look at some of our work!  South Shore Orchestra, Carnegie Arts Center and South Shore Dance Alliance took Rhapsody In Swing! to China.

Carnegie Arts Center is a private 501c3 non-profit organization that is located in East Chicago, IN. Carnegie Arts Center in partnership with the city of East Chicago Redevelopment is renovating an historic Carnegie library into an arts center that plans to  include over 13,000 SF on two levels – a theatre, a gallery, recital or lecture space, a computer lab for film editing & animation classes, classroom space, a rehearsal/dance space, and more.