Visit Huntsville: LEAP Day and Wynne Home Arts & Visitor Center 

by Jessica Cuevas

In honor of LEAP year, the LEAP Ambassadors wanted to capture a leap in front of one of their favorite historic homes in the City of Huntsville – The Wynne Home Arts & Visitor Center!

And by bringing us back to this beautiful home, it reminded us of what a great Huntsville destination it is!

The Wynne Home opened to the public in 2006 after it underwent years of renovations to turn it into an arts and visitor center following its donation to the City of Huntsville by Samuella Wynne Palmer in 1998.  

This beautiful Queen Anne home is open Monday-Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturdays. It is open to the public to visit and tour. Year-round, the Wynne Home hosts a variety of art and cultural events, workshops, and classes available for the community to attend and participate in.

Recently, for example, the Wynne Home hosted Empty Bowls, which raised more than $6,000 to fight hunger while promoting the arts.

Moreover, the Wynne Home is offering the annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30^th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, and I encourage you all to attend.  

Within the home, there is also an art gallery currently featuring the work of Mary Ann Vaca Lambert, an SHSU Alum who was able to study under Charles Pebworth, and whose art was influenced by Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo. Her exhibit, Out of the Comaleros: The Art of Mary Ann Vaca Lambert, features several quilts from flowers, animals, and abstracts and will be up for you to see until the end of March! 

Note: While Mary Ann Vaca Lambert’s “Out of the Comaleros: The Art of Mary Ann Vaca Lambert” will be coming down soon, Kahne Smith’s artwork will be going up soon after. The opening reception for her work will be on April 5th from 6:00-8:00pm.