Cartledge Weeden Blackwell, III
Cartledge Weeden Blackwell, III, “Cart,” is an architectural historian and the curator of the Mobile Carnival Museum. Blackwell was born in Selma, Alabama. He obtained undergraduate degrees in art history and historic preservation from the College of Charleston in 2005. In 2008, Blackwell received his MA in Architectural History from the University of Virginia. His scholarly focus is American art and architecture, particularly that of the Southeast. Cart authored Of People and Of Place: Portraiture in Alabama (1870-1945) for National Society of Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA). His second book, Of Color and Light: The Life and Art of Artist-Designer Clara Weaver Parrish, will be published and printed by the University of Alabama Press in 2025. Blackwell’s articles have appeared in Access, Alabama Heritage, Alabama Magazine, Arris, and Mobile Bay. He is a board and/or trustee of the following institutions: Architectural Review Board (ARB) of the City of Mobile, the Cahaba Foundation, National Register (NR) Review Board of the State of Alabama, and other historic preservation-allied entities.