Cart Blackwell
For over sixteen years, Cart Blackwell has called Mobile home—a place he cherishes for its natural beauty, rich traditions, deep history, and vibrant community. As the Curator of the Mobile Carnival Museum, he is dedicated to studying, preserving, and interpreting the city’s most beloved celebration: Mardi Gras.
Blackwell’s expertise lies in fine arts, architecture, painting, and sculpture, but his role at the Mobile Carnival Museum has expanded into textile and performing arts. “Carnival is a living art form,” he explains. “Parades unite all of the arts—literature in their themes, architecture in their floats, and performing arts in the bands, dance teams, and maskers. Even the city’s historic backdrop—its cast-iron galleries, towering steeples, and ancient oaks—becomes part of the spectacle.”