For the first time in recent memory, students in The University of Alabama’s art and art history department are studying abroad in Spain. For two weeks in May, 20 students
Black Belt Artist Project Daily Photos
Here are photos taken by Christopher Jordan’s photo students who have been photographing the artists and interviewing them during their Interim course in the Black Belt of Alabama, the Black
Art Faculty Juried Into Traveling Graphics Exhibition
Instructor Megan Moore had an art work juried into the Southern Graphics Conference International 2019-2021 Members Traveling Exhibition. The piece, titled “It Grew with Frog Legs,” combines three printmaking processes:
Art and Art History Faculty Accolades for Spring 2019
Poster Biennial Oaxaca, in Mexico. Cumberland also had a poster design accepted to the 9th Eco Poster: Climate Changes Exhibition, hosted by the Art Institute of Cieszyn, and exhibited at
UA Ceramic Students Handmake 100 Bowls for Annual Fundraiser
Tuscaloosa. – Ceramics students at UA have a tradition that goes back more than a decade of donating handmade ceramic bowls to a local Presbyterian church’s food pantry fundraiser. Grace
UA Instructor Jamey Grimes Wins Select Southern Art Award
Full-time instructor Jamey Grimes has been named the 2019 South Arts State Fellowship recipient for Alabama and awarded $5,000. The South Arts State Fellowships are awarded to one artist each in nine southern states whose
Art Historian Lucy Curzon Receives Morris L. Mayer Award
Lucy Curzon was named the faculty Morris L. Mayer Award recipient for 2019. The award, named after the late Professor Morris Mayer, is one of UA’s Premier Awards and is
UA Professor Awarded Prestigious Artist Residency
Associate Professor Pete Schulte has been awarded a prestigious artist residency at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. Founded in the late 1970s by sculptor Donald Judd, the Chinati Foundation has hosted
Digital Media Professor’s Designs Selected In Three Juried Competitions
Poster designs by competitions. In Zapopan, Mexico, his poster was one of 53 chosen from among 1,598 entries for the competition “Turn A Light On.” For the international juried competition, “Poster