Tuscaloosa. – Dr. Catherine Zuromskis, associate professor of fine art at RIT, will present the keynote address at the 24th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History at UA on March 1, 2019. Zuromskis' talk at 4:15 p.m. is titled, “Feeling History: Evidence, Affect, and the Visual Culture of the Kennedy Assassination.” The symposium, a shared production of the departments of art and art history at The University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will take place this year at the Bryant Conference Center on UA’s campus. In her talk, Zuromskis will explore shifting perceptions of the camera’s evidentiary capabilities through an analysis of the notorious Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination. The Zapruder film is an enigmatic piece of evidence, at once allowing us to witness the crime “first hand,” through the eyes of an everyday citizen, yet failing to prove anything we don’t already know or solve the crime we see committed. Examining the film in the various contexts in which it has been presented – Life magazine’s coverage of the assassination, popular films like Oliver Stone’s JFK and Peter Landesman’s Parkland, and the didactic exhibition of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza – Zuromskis argues that the Zapruder film constitutes not so much a failure of technological representation as a move away from ideological narrative photographic or filmic truth to one of affective, first-person experience. Catherine Zuromskis is Associate Professor of Fine Art at Rochester Institute of Technology where she focuses on photography, contemporary art and twentieth-century American visual culture. Prior to coming to RIT, she taught at The University of New Mexico and University of California, Berkeley. She received her Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester in 2006. She also has an M.A. from the University of Rochester, as well as an M.A. in Art History and Criticism from State University of New York at Stony Brook. In addition to her academic experience, she has worked at Pace Gallery in New York and at the ICA in Boston. Zuromskis is the author of Snapshot Photography: The Lives of Images (MIT Press, 2013), a finalist for the College Art Association 2015 Charles Rufus Morey Book Prize; and the author and editor of The Factory (La Fabrica, 2012), the catalog for the exhibition From the Factory to the World: Photography and the Warhol Community, which she curated for PhotoEspaña 2012. Her writings on photography, film and visual culture have appeared Art Journal, American Quarterly, The Velvet Light Trap, Photography & Culture, Criticism and the edited volumes Photography: Theoretical Snapshots (Routledge: 2009) and Oil Culture (Minnesota: 2014). Her teaching interests center on histories and theories of photography, visual culture, contemporary art and critical theory. She also has taught courses such as Public Art in Twentieth-Century America, Photography and Celebrity Culture, The Snapshot Aesthetic, and Contemporary Art and New Media. This year’s symposium is generously supported by The Graduate School; Dr. Robert Olin, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Dr. Tricia McElroy, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Blount Scholars Program; New College; Department of Art and Art History; College of Continuing Studies; Harrison Galleries, LLC; Department of Modern Languages & Classics; and the Department of American Studies, of The University of Alabama. About the symposium: The Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History, sponsored and shared by the departments of art and art history at The University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, alternates campuses each year. In addition to presentations from graduate students from multiple institutions, the symposium also features poster presentations from undergraduate researchers. The symposium was begun in 1995 by faculty on both campuses to bring their students together to hear and be heard by eminent scholars working in the field of art history. Renowned scholars such as Paul Barolsky in the field of Italian Renaissance art, Allison Kettering in the field of Dutch Baroque art, and young, up-and-coming scholars like Michael Yonan, Krista Thompson, and Graham Boettcher, now director of the Birmingham Museum of Art, have been keynote speakers. The Joint Program for the M.A. in Art History began in 1987 between The University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Joint Program offered the first, and still the only, graduate degree in art history in the state of Alabama. For more information, contact: Dr. Lucy Curzon, lcurzon@ua.edu, (205) 348-6458.
Celebrate Black History Month Through the Visual Arts in West Alabama!
Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, February 13, 2019. Begin your year-round celebration of African American visual arts during Black History Month! Please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you're up to! This list is updated throughout the week on this page. HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON NOW-FEB 15 Exhibit: Black Belt Alabama, 2nd Floor Lobby & Reading Room, W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, UA FEB 15 Exhibition opening: 2019 Visual Art Achievement Awards Exhibit, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa (FEB 15-MAR 7) NOW-FEB 19 Jayne Morgan, Kentuck's Hotel Indigo Gallery, Tuscaloosa FEB 20 Artist Lecture: Ben Vida, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date) NOW-FEB 22 Exhibit in Recognition of Black History Month, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC FEB 22 Exhibition opening, Rachel Wakefield, Kentuck's Hotel Indigo Gallery, (FEB 22-MAY 19) FEB 24 Artists' reception for the opening of the Fayette Civic Center Garden Room (Sipsey Arts Alliance), 2-4 pm FEB 26 Artist Lecture: Larry Walker, Paul R Jones Lecture Series, 110 AIME Building, UA, 6:30-8 pm NOW-FEB 28 Night and Light: Photography by Mary Meares, Betak Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa NOW-FEB 28 Celebrating the Life of Frankie Taylor Thomas - UA’s First African-American Faculty Member, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library 1st Floor Lobby, UA NOW-FEB 28 Celebrating Black Artists from Alabama, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library 1st Floor Lobby, UA MAR 1 24th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History with keynote speaker Dr. Catherine Zuromskis *NOW-MAR 1 Call for Proposals: Public Art Project at Egan's Bar, The Arts Council, Tuscaloosa *NOW-MAR 1 DEADLINE for applications for Gay Burke Memorial Fellowship in Photographic Arts, Alabama State Council on the Arts *MAR 1 Applications open for 48th Kentuck Festival of the Arts (Oct 12-13) MAR 1 Opening of the Sipsey Arts Alliance Artists' Collective, 117 Columbus St. East, Fayette FEB 26-MAR 1 Tuscaloosa Can! sculptures on display, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center MAR 1 2019 Tuscaloosa Can! Awards, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 5:45 pm (Donations here) MARCH FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide) MAR 1 11th Annual Empty Bowls, Grace Presbyterian Church, 11 am-2 pm MAR 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary) MAR 5 Artist Lecture: Iva Gueorguieva, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm MARCH ART NIGHT (gallery guide) NOW-MAR 5 Forty Oils by Cooper French, UA Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Drive, Tuscaloosa MAR 7 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, 5-8 pm MAR 7 Awards ceremony and reception: 2019 Visual Art Achievement Awards Exhibit, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, 6th Street, Tusca.(NOW-MAR 7), 5:30-6:30 pm MAR 7 Art Night Reception,Alabama, Then and Now, Alabama Plein Air Artists traveling exhibition (Bicentennial event), Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm NOW-MAR 8 Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu , Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA MAR 14 Ribbon cutting for the Sipsey Arts Alliance Artists' Collective, 117 Columbus St. East, Fayette, Time TBA MAR 21-28 Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition (TBA), Sella-Granata Art Gallery MAR 28 23rd Druid Arts Awards, The Arts Council, Bama Theatre, 7 pm ($$) MAR 7-28 Alabama, Then and Now, Alabama Plein Air Artists traveling exhibition (Bicentennial event), Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC APRIL FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (gallery guide) APR 4 Art Night reception, George Jones, Jr., Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (APR 6-19), 5-8 pm APR 4 Art Night reception, Missy Miles, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (APR 3-27), 5-8 pm APR 5 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary) APR 5 First Friday Reception Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition: Nasrin Iravani, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa (APR 1-30) APR 5 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 5-10 pm APR 6 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-5 pm APR 8-11 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition (TBA), Sella-Granata Art Gallery APR 13 Rooster Day, Marengo County Historical Society, Demopolis APR 5-26 Madelyn Bonnett Photography Exhibit, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC APR 27 Hog Wild for Art Festival, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, 10 am-3 pm APR 1-30 Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition: Nasrin Iravani, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa *MAY 1 Deadline extended! Call for Proposals: Public Art Project at Hudson Poole Fine Jewelers, The Arts Council, Tuscaloosa MAY FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (gallery guide) MAY 2 Art Night Kentuck Art Center, 5-8 pm MAY 3 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary) MAR 21-MAY 3, 2019 Confluence by Jerry Uelsmann, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art NOW-MAY 18 Tuscaloosa and the Capital Period, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Pkwy, Tuscaloosa FEB 1-JUN 15 Fe(male), Kress on Dexter, 39 Dexter Ave., Montgomery OCT 12-13 48th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport NOW-DEC 31, 2019 ‘Of This Goodly Land:’ Celebrating Alabama's Bicentennial, 1819-2019, Gorgas Library: Pearce Lobby, Williams Collection; M.H. Bryant Hall: Hoole Special Collections ANYTIME: Experience the Monsters that Tookover Tuscaloosa or stroll through UA's Woods Quad Sculpture Garden with six outdoor sculptures, plus other sculptures in adjoining campus lawns and four galleries/museums in the heart of campus. CALENDARS, EVENT LISTS & VISUAL ARTS SITES http://art.ua.edu/category/roundup/ Always the latest Roundup! http://art.ua.edu/about/calendar/ http://art.ua.edu/gallery/smga/ http://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/ http://art.ua.edu/gallery/prj/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/361599977234696/ (Alabama Art Post) http://www.alabamacenterforthearts.org/ http://alwca.weebly.com/ (Alabama Women's Caucus for Art) http://alabama.travel/upcoming-events/search?q=Tuscaloosa http://artsrevive.com/ (Selma) http://arts.alabama.gov/gallery.aspx http://www.artsbham.com/visual-arts/ http://www.artsnautism.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/artnighttuscaloosanorthport/ http://canterburychapel.dioala.org/Ministries/art-at-canterbury.html (Betak Frangoulis Gallery) http://www.bethanywindhamengle.com/ http://www.blackbelttreasures.com/ (Camden, Wilcox County) https://usdac.us/tuscaloosa (Black Warrior Outpost of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture) http://bryantmuseum.com/ http://www.artsbma.org/exhibitions/current/ http://cac.tuscarts.org/cacgallery.php (Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC) http://cac.tuscarts.org/uagallery.php (University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC) http://www.chiltoncountyartscouncil.com/ (Chilton County Arts Council) http://colemanarts.org/ (Sumter County) http://creativecampus.ua.edu/ http://www.druidcityartsfestival.com/ https://www.ua.edu/events/category/8/ (arts events at UA) http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/events.eventsmain http://fayetteal.org/sipsey-arts-alliance/ (Fayette County) http://fayetteal.org/residents/art-museum/ (Fayette County) http://firstfridaytuscaloosa.com/ http://gorgashouse.ua.edu/ http://graceaberdean.com/ http://www.firstfridaytuscaloosa.com/art-galleries/harrison-galleries-llc https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County) http://www.hooverlibrary.org/galleries http://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre) http://www.kentuck.org/ https://www.facebook.com/lorrieslane/ http://stephensmith.gallery/exhibitions.html http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/ https://www.montevallo.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/the-gallery/ http://www.oconnorartstudios.com/ https://www.facebook.com/riverportgallerynorthport http://scfac.uwa.edu/default.htm (Sumter County Fine Arts Council) http://www.themakersmarketalabama.com/ http://www.tuscarts.org/calendarofevents.php http://www.tuscarts.org/artnight.php http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/entertainment (no visual arts) http://www.tvaa.net/ (Tennessee Valley Art Association) http://visittuscaloosa.com/events/ http://www.waqg.com/ (West Alabama Quilters Guild) http://wilcoxcountyartscouncil.org/ ——————— Look for this e-list each week, a service of the UA Department of Art and Art History. We hope to provide a more or less comprehensive list of exhibits and visual arts events in West Alabama (and sometimes a wider net, esp. if West Alabama folks are showing), with hyperlinks. Follow the links to get more information. To send your exhibition info, unsubscribe to this email, or to change or add an email address, please email: rachel.dobson@ua.edu. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Thank you for supporting ALL of the arts all over West Alabama! "Gathering West Alabama's Visual Arts Events since September 2013"
Dual Art Night Exhibits Foreshadow Heart Nights to Come!
Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, February 6, 2019. A double exhibition for Art Night in Northport is the perfect prelude for "Heart Night" events to come! See below for details. Please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you're up to! This list is updated throughout the week on this page. FEBRUARY ART NIGHT FEB 7 Art Night reception, Art work by Charlotte Wegrzynowski, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm FEB 7 Art Night reception, Paintings by Tom Wegrzynowski, Kentuck Museum, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON FEB 8 H ART Night - exhibition and valentine making event, Lorrie Lane Studio/Liz Lane Gallery, 910 31st Avenue, Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm FEB 8 My Heart through Art, West Ala. artists and Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Liz Lane Gallery, 1923 29th Ave South, Homewood, 5:30-7 pm FEB 9 Fe(male), Kress on Dexter, 39 Dexter Ave., Montgomery (FEB 1-JUN 15), 7-9 pm NOW-FEB 10 Foundations and Introductory Classes Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA NOW-FEB 10 2019 Double Exposure - Junior Division Exhibition, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa FEB 10 Awards Presentation and Closing Reception, 2019 Double Exposure - Junior Division Exhibition, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa (JAN 18-FEB 10), 2-3 pm NOW-FEB 11 Design Posters Art Show, Martin Campus Cadence Bank Art Gallery, Shelton State Community College, 9500 Old Greensboro Rd, Tusca. ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date) NOW-FEB 15 Exhibit: Black Belt Alabama, 2nd Floor Lobby & Reading Room, W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, UA FEB 15 Exhibition opening: 2019 Visual Art Achievement Awards Exhibit, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa (FEB 15-MAR 7) NOW-FEB 19 Jayne Morgan, Kentuck's Hotel Indigo Gallery, Tuscaloosa FEB 20 Artist Lecture: Ben Vida, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm FEB 24 Artists' reception for the opening of the Fayette Civic Center Garden Room (Sipsey Arts Alliance), 2-4 pm FEB 26 Artist Lecture: Larry Walker, Paul R Jones Lecture Series, 110 AIME Building, UA, 6:30-8 pm NOW-FEB 28 Night and Light: Photography by Mary Meares, Betak Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa *NOW-MAR 1 Call for Proposals: Public Art Project at Egan's Bar, The Arts Council, Tuscaloosa *NOW-MAR 1 DEADLINE for applications for Gay Burke Memorial Fellowship in Photographic Arts, Alabama State Council on the Arts *MAR 1 Applications open for 48th Kentuck Festival of the Arts (Oct 12-13) MAR 1 Opening of the Sipsey Arts Alliance Artists' Collective, 117 Columbus St. East, Fayette FEB 26-MAR 1 Tuscaloosa Can! sculptures on display, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center MAR 1 2019 Tuscaloosa Can! Awards, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 5:45 pm (Donations here) MARCH FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (gallery guide) MAR 1 11th Annual Empty Bowls, Grace Presbyterian Church, 11 am-2 pm MAR 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary) MAR 5 Artist Lecture: Iva Gueorguieva, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm NOW-MAR 5 Forty Oils by Cooper French, UA Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Drive, Tuscaloosa MAR 7 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, 5-8 pm MAR 7 Awards ceremony and reception: 2019 Visual Art Achievement Awards Exhibit, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, 6th Street, Tusca., 5:30-6:30 pm FEB 15-MAR 7 Exhibition opening: 2019 Visual Art Achievement Awards Exhibit, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, 6th Street, Tusca. NOW-MAR 8 Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu , Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA MAR 14 Ribbon cutting for the Sipsey Arts Alliance Artists' Collective, 117 Columbus St. East, Fayette, Time TBA MAR 21-28 Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition (TBA), Sella-Granata Art Gallery MAR 28 23rd Druid Arts Awards, The Arts Council, Bama Theatre, 7 pm ($$) APRIL FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (gallery guide) APR 4 Art Night Kentuck Art Center, 5-8 pm APR 5 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary) APR 5 First Friday Reception Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition: Nasrin Iravani, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa (APR 1-30) APR TBA, 2019 Hog Wild for Art Festival, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden APR 8-11 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition (TBA), Sella-Granata Art Gallery APR 13, 2019 Rooster Day, Marengo County Historical Society, Demopolis APR 1-30 Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition: Nasrin Iravani, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa *MAY 1 Deadline extended! Call for Proposals: Public Art Project at Hudson Poole Fine Jewelers, The Arts Council, Tuscaloosa MAY FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (gallery guide) MAY 2 Art Night Kentuck Art Center, 5-8 pm MAY 3 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary) MAR 21-MAY 3, 2019 Confluence by Jerry Uelsmann, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art NOW-MAY 18 Tuscaloosa and the Capital Period, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Pkwy, Tuscaloosa FEB 1-JUN 15 Fe(male), Kress on Dexter, 39 Dexter Ave., Montgomery OCT 12-13 48th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport NOW-DEC 31, 2019 ‘Of This Goodly Land:’ Celebrating Alabama's Bicentennial, 1819-2019, Gorgas Library: Pearce Lobby, Williams Collection; M.H. Bryant Hall: Hoole Special Collections ANYTIME: Experience the Monsters that Tookover Tuscaloosa or stroll through UA's Woods Quad Sculpture Garden with six outdoor sculptures, plus other sculptures in adjoining campus lawns and four galleries/museums in the heart of campus. CALENDARS, EVENT LISTS & VISUAL ARTS SITES http://art.ua.edu/category/roundup/ Always the latest Roundup! http://art.ua.edu/about/calendar/ http://art.ua.edu/gallery/smga/ http://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/ http://art.ua.edu/gallery/prj/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/361599977234696/ (Alabama Art Post) http://www.alabamacenterforthearts.org/ http://alwca.weebly.com/ (Alabama Women's Caucus for Art) http://alabama.travel/upcoming-events/search?q=Tuscaloosa http://artsrevive.com/ (Selma) http://arts.alabama.gov/gallery.aspx http://www.artsbham.com/visual-arts/ http://www.artsnautism.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/artnighttuscaloosanorthport/ http://canterburychapel.dioala.org/Ministries/art-at-canterbury.html (Betak Frangoulis Gallery) http://www.bethanywindhamengle.com/ http://www.blackbelttreasures.com/ (Camden, Wilcox County) https://usdac.us/tuscaloosa (Black Warrior Outpost of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture) http://bryantmuseum.com/ http://www.artsbma.org/exhibitions/current/ http://cac.tuscarts.org/cacgallery.php (Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC) http://cac.tuscarts.org/uagallery.php (University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC) http://www.chiltoncountyartscouncil.com/ (Chilton County Arts Council) http://colemanarts.org/ (Sumter County) http://creativecampus.ua.edu/ http://www.druidcityartsfestival.com/ https://www.ua.edu/events/category/8/ (arts events at UA) http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/events.eventsmain http://fayetteal.org/sipsey-arts-alliance/ (Fayette County) http://fayetteal.org/residents/art-museum/ (Fayette County) http://firstfridaytuscaloosa.com/ http://gorgashouse.ua.edu/ http://graceaberdean.com/ http://www.firstfridaytuscaloosa.com/art-galleries/harrison-galleries-llc https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County) http://www.hooverlibrary.org/galleries http://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre) http://www.kentuck.org/ https://www.facebook.com/lorrieslane/ http://stephensmith.gallery/exhibitions.html http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/ https://www.montevallo.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/the-gallery/ http://www.oconnorartstudios.com/ https://www.facebook.com/riverportgallerynorthport http://scfac.uwa.edu/default.htm (Sumter County Fine Arts Council) http://www.themakersmarketalabama.com/ http://www.tuscarts.org/calendarofevents.php http://www.tuscarts.org/artnight.php http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/entertainment (no visual arts) http://www.tvaa.net/ (Tennessee Valley Art Association) http://visittuscaloosa.com/events/ http://www.waqg.com/ (West Alabama Quilters Guild) http://wilcoxcountyartscouncil.org/ ——————— Look for this e-list each week, a service of the UA Department of Art and Art History. We hope to provide a more or less comprehensive list of exhibits and visual arts events in West Alabama (and sometimes a wider net, esp. if West Alabama folks are showing), with hyperlinks. Follow the links to get more information. To send your exhibition info, unsubscribe to this email, or to change or add an email address, please email: rachel.dobson@ua.edu. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Thank you for supporting ALL of the arts all over West Alabama! "Gathering West Alabama's Visual Arts Events since September 2013"
Acclaimed Atlanta Artist To Speak at UA
Artist and educator Larry Walker will offer a presentation on his six decades of artwork and experiences in the art world as part of the Paul R. Jones Lecture Series, Tuesday, February 26, 2019, in the AIME Building on UA campus. Walker's art has been featured in over 200 exhibitions, including a two-part retrospective – Larry Walker: The Early Years and Larry Walker:The Later Years – at Atlanta's Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in 2018. He also possesses decades of experience as an art educator in the Detroit school system, the University of the Pacific, and Georgia State University. This event is sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences.
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 renowned and emerging artists including Ingólfur Arnarsson, John Newman, John Wesley and Karl Haendel. Schulte, who was the recipient of the South Arts State Fellowship for Alabama in 2017, said that this is one of the more prestigious residencies for visual artists. "I am quite honored to have received it," he said. Now a mecca for artists, the town of Marfa is located in the Chihuahuan Desert of west Texas. The Chinati Foundation provides resident artists with a furnished apartment on the grounds of the Foundation's museum as well as a studio in Marfa. Artists have unlimited access to Chinati's art collection and archive, and the museum staff and interns are available to assist in securing materials and preparing exhibitions. A stipend of $1,000 is provided to assist with travel and art materials. Pete Schulte has taught drawing at The University of Alabama since 2011. He received the MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Iowa. Schulte has held solo exhibitions at Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson New York; Whitespace, Atlanta; Luise Ross Gallery, New York City; Biggin Gallery at Auburn University; and UAB Visual Arts Gallery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His work has been in recent group exhibitions at Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville; Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta; Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn; Galerie Look&Listen in Saint-Chamas, France and Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York City. Schulte has been awarded art residencies at the Hambidge Center, Yaddo, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Atlantic Center for the Arts and Threewalls. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, World Sculpture News, Burnaway and New Art Examiner, among other publications. In 2013 he co-founded The Fuel And Lumber Company curatorial initiative with artist Amy Pleasant. His work is represented by Jeff Bailey Gallery in Hudson, New York and by Whitespace in Atlanta. For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go here: https://art.ua.edu/academics/.
Artist and Composer Ben Vida to Visit UA
Tuscaloosa. —The Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series and Sonic Frontiers are proud to present renowned visual artist and composer Ben Vida in two appearances. Vida will deliver a public lecture Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in Gorgas Library 205 and give a performance Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Recital Hall of Moody Music Building. On Wednesday, Feb. 20, Vida will talk about his work in sound and visual art. On Thursday, Feb. 21, he will present a piece for live and fixed electronics that examines the physical dimensionality of sound. Utilizing analog and digital synthesizing systems, Vida's work foregrounds the spacialization, morphology and mutability of sound objects through the use of psycho-acoustic processes. (Scroll down the page for links to videos of Vida's work.) Ben Vida lives and works in New York, where he is a visual artist, composer and musician working in sound, performance, video, installation and 2D work. He has been an active member of the international experimental music community for two decades. In the mid-1990s, Vida co-founded the minimalist quartet Town & Country and released solo records under the moniker Bird Show. He has released records on numerous labels including Alku, PAN, Future Audio Graphics and Kranky, and his most recent LP Damaged Particulates was released on Shelter Press. His work has been featured in Artforum, Modern Painters, The Paris Review, The New York Times, Art Review, The Wire, The Creators Project, and WIRED, among others. In addition to his musical endeavors, Vida has exhibited his work as a visual artist with recent solo exhibitions at Lisa Cooley Gallery in New York and 356 S. Mission Rd. in Los Angeles. His work has also been presented at the Guggenheim Museum; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London; PRESENCES électronique, GRM/INA, Paris; The Kitchen, New York; Performa Biennial, New York; EMPAC, Troy, New York; LEAP Gallery Berlin; Lampo, Chicago; Cricoteka, Kraków, Poland; The Artist’s Institute, New York; Sydney Opera House, Australia; LiveArtsWeek at Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna; the Borderline Festival, Athens, Greece; and the Royal Festival Hall as part of the Meltdown Festival in London. He received his MFA from Bard College in Vermont. Videos of Ben Vida's sonic works: https://vimeo.com/302325475 https://vimeo.com/300010356 https://vimeo.com/88381427 https://vimeo.com/search/sort:latest?q=%22Ben+Vida%22 For more information about these events, contact Pete Schulte (pschulte@ua.edu). Ben Vida’s lecture and concert are a collaboration of the Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series and the Sonic Frontiers Concert Series. They are sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History, New College, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Continuing Studies at The University of Alabama. Sonic Frontiers is a cutting-edge concert series of innovative and experimental music that enriches the cultural life of West Alabama and invites creative exchange between world-class performers of adventurous music, students, and the greater community through public performances and lively post-concert discussions. The 2018-2019 season is the ninth and final season for Sonic Frontiers. All Sonic Frontiers events are free and open to the public. For more information: http://sonicfrontiers.ua.edu. Intrinsic to our mission of outreach to the university community and beyond, the Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series works in conjunction with the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, the Sella-Granata Art Gallery and other UA departments, organizations and individuals to bring to campus vanguard artists and scholars who represent the entire spectrum of art. To see past and future visiting artists and scholars, go to: https://art.ua.edu/resources/visiting-artists/. Gorgas Library is a five-minute walk from the Campus Drive Parking Deck and Bus Hub on Hackberry Lane. (Map here: http://bit.ly/BusHub2Gorgas ) Information about visitor parking is available here: http://bamaparking.ua.edu/visitor-information/. For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go here: https://art.ua.edu/academics/.
Digital Media Professor’s Designs Selected In Three Juried Competitions
Poster designs by Assistant Professor Jonathan Cumberland were recently selected in three international juried 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 for,” in New York, NY, Cumberland's poster was recognized in the top 10 in the Climate Change category. The competition received 5,863 posters from 45 countries. Cumberland also had a poster design accepted to the Third International Poster Biennial Oaxaca. The winning posters will be displayed at the Institute of Graphic Arts of Oaxaca in Oaxaca, Mexico, through March 1, 2019. Before coming to The University of Alabama in 2018 to teach digital media and graphic design, Jonathan Cumberland taught at Mississippi University for Women. Cumberland has an active practice in design and illustration. Select clients include: Johns Hopkins Magazine, Scholastic Magazine, Mississippi Tourism Association, Mississippi University for Woman, Marin Magazine and Charleston Magazine. His illustrations and posters often employ bold colors and play on visual puns. Cumberland has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally. For more information about The University of Alabama’s programs in studio art and art history, go here: https://art.ua.edu/academics/.
Sella-Granata Gallery Vital Resource for UA Art Students
Have you visited the surprising little gallery, tucked away in Woods Hall? The Sella-Granata Art Gallery features student exhibitions and special exhibitions, including visiting artists. It is also a favorite space for concerts, readings and receptions for campus organizations. Click here to find out what's showing right now. Founded in 1998 as the Woods Hall Gallery, in 2009 the gallery was officially named for two longtime professors, Alvin Sella (painting) and Angelo Granata (sculpture). Foundations and introductory students, bachelor of fine arts senior exhibitions, master of arts exhibitions, thesis exhibitions for master of fine arts candidates, and a variety of solo, small and larger group exhibitions run throughout the regular school year, from August through May. The gallery is also the site of scholarship reviews, graduate reviews and other departmental events. The Sella-Granata is a vital learning resource for the department of art and art history. In the video below, featuring graduate students from this year's show, Assistant Professor Allison Grant talks about how important it is for students to learn how to talk about their work: Funding support for the Sella-Granata Art Gallery comes from the Department of Art and Art History and the College of Arts and Sciences. Admission to the gallery is always free. Hours are Monday through Wednesday 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The gallery is located at 109 Woods Hall in the heart of the UA campus on Woods Quad. Information about visitor parking is available here: http://bamaparking.ua.edu/visitor-information/. For more information, contact the gallery at (205) 348-2783 or go to https://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/. Sella-Granata press releases and news Sella-Granata past exhibition photos on Flickr Sella-Granata archived exhibitions
Philosophy Professor to Exhibit Paintings at UA Gallery
The UA Gallery will feature the work of Richard Richards in an exhibition of paintings, Tinted Grounds, February 1-23, 2019. The public is invited to an opening reception on Friday, February 1st (First Friday), 5-8 p.m. "Tinted Grounds" refers to the underpainting and backgrounds Richards uses in his work. "Painters have long used tinted grounds, at least since the Italian Renaissance, but typically they have restricted the grounds to earth tones. While this can help produce a color coherence, we might wish for something brighter, livelier and more intense. So we can instead use a more intense color and let it “pierce” or “bleed” through the top layers of paint, lending an overall coherence to the colors and generating dynamic color interactions at their points of contact. This can sometimes be surprising or unexpected given what is being represented," Richards says of his approach in making his work. Richard Richards, professor and chair of The University of Alabama Department of Philosophy, has served as artist-in-residence at Yosemite National Park (1990-1991), exhibited artwork as part of the Arts-in-Embassies program and has been represented by commercial galleries in Washington D.C.; Jackson Hole, Wyo.; and Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. Richards' philosophical research focuses on aesthetics and the history and philosophy of biology. He has just finished his third book with Cambridge University Press, The Biology of Art, which is currently in-press. Prior to his graduate study in philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, he was a professional ballet dancer, performing with major companies in Europe and the United States. The University of Alabama Gallery is located at Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. and Noon to 8 p.m. on First Fridays of the month. Closed Saturday and Sunday. For more information about the exhibition, contact Daniel White, gallery director at (205) 342-2060.