In UA’s award-winning graphic design program, students can make real impacts— and earn real money— before ever leaving the classroom. This semester, students in GDS 433 gained career experience through a partnership with a local coffee shop. Turbo Coffee, a growing brand with five locations across Alabama and Florida, will soon begin roasting its own coffee beans at its new roastery in Florence. When owners Jerica and Scott Whittle needed an eye-catching bag for retail use, they turned to Jonathan […]
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Graduate Students Present Group Show in New Orleans
Graduate students in the Department of Art & Art History’s MFA studio art program presented One Place to Another, an exhibition at the U.N.O. Gallery in New Orleans. The gallery’s website notes the show “brings together a diverse range of media and artistic practices, highlighting the breadth and creativity of the program’s student body.” This exhibition is part of an exchange between LSU New Orleans and the University of Alabama. Origins, the corresponding show featuring work by MFA students from […]
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Art Roundup: October 2026
The UA Department of Art & Art History is pleased to share a variety of events and exhibitions around West Alabama. This month, the work of UA students, alums, and other talented artists will be on display in on- and off-campus spaces. We hope to see you out on the town! Have an event you’d like to share? Email Communications Specialist Ben Reynolds at bjreynolds3@ua.edu. The Answers to Your Questions: Drawings and Paintings by Laylah Ali WHERE: Sarah Moody Gallery […]
Department, CARI Sponsor October 19 Lecture by Jeremy Bolen
Join CARI and the Department of Art & Art History for a visiting artist lecture by Jeremy Bolen! This lecture is scheduled for Monday, October 19 at 3 p.m. in Maxwell Hall. View this event on the CARI calendar. Jeremy Bolen is an artist, researcher, filmmaker and educator interested in speculative planetary futures. His work has been exhibited internationally at numerous locations including Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Origins Centre Museum, Johannesburg; Kunstlerhaus […]
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Transcendental Slacker: William A. LawLer’s Solo Exhibition Opens at UAG
Transcendental Slacker, a solo exhibition featuring the work of UA faculty member William A. LawLer, opens in The University of Alabama Gallery on October 2. The show’s opening reception is scheduled for First Friday, October 2, 2026, from 5-7 p.m. William A. LawLer is a Birmingham-based visual artist and professor. His practice is concerned with experimentation, the alchemy of paint, and the passing of time. Through unique processes, his paintings are brought to life over lengthy periods of time. Rich […]
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Visiting Artist: Raymond Thompson Jr. to Deliver September 24 Lecture
The department’s Visiting Artist and Scholar Committee welcomes Raymond Thompson Jr. to campus on September 24. His free public lecture is slated for 5:30 p.m. in Smith Hall 205. Raymond Thompson Jr. is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and visual journalist based in Austin, Texas. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin. Thompson holds an MFA in Studio Art from West Virginia University, an MA in Journalism from the […]
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The Answers to Your Questions: Drawings and Paintings by Laylah Ali
The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art invites the public to the opening of The Answers to Your Questions: Drawings and Paintings by Laylah Ali. This solo exhibition of visual artist Laylah Ali opens October 14 with a reception from 4:30-6 p.m. and runs through December 11. A selection of works spanning nearly three decades that highlight the figurative inquiries made by the artist in drawing and painting comprise this exhibition. Laylah Ali is a visual artist whose focus over her career has been paintings […]
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Faculty Feature: Pete Schulte Opens Show at McKenzie Fine Art
Professor Pete Schulte’s solo exhibition Neither-Nor Stone or Not Not-a-Rock opened September 9 in McKenzie Fine Art, a New York City-based gallery. The exhibtion, Schulte’s fourth in the space, opens the gallery’s 25th year in existence. In a September 2026 press release, the gallery announced: In his fourth solo outing with the gallery, Schulte presents his most streamlined, intimate, and succinct body of work. Ranging in scale from just under 3 inches square, to the largest at 13 inches, Schulte’s […]
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Department Announces Robust Fall Lecture Schedule
UA’s Department of Art & Art History is fortunate to welcome five outstanding artists to campus this semester. Each guest lecture is free and open to the public. Learn more about each artist below! Jerry Siegel September 17, 4 p.m. Paul R. Jones Museum Pictured: Jerry Siegel converses with a museumgoer at the opening reception of Uncommon Lens at the Paul R. Jones Museum. In conjunction with his show Uncommon Lens, the Paul R. Jones Museum is pleased to present […]
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