Celestia Morgan has been appointed assistant professor of art in The University of Alabama’s Department of Art and Art History. She will begin the new position on August 16, 2022, teaching courses in digital and film photography. Morgan has served as a postdoctoral research associate in the College of Arts and Sciences since the fall
Alumna Interviews Former Photo Professor for Online Publication
Photographer and UA alumna Alayna N. Pernell interviewed her former teacher and mentor, UA assistant professor Allison Grant, for Lenscratch‘s ongoing “Photographers on Photographers” series. Lenscratch is an online publication that explores and celebrates contemporary fine art photography and photographic artists. Pernell, who was named to Lenscratch’s 2021 Top 26 to Watch, was asked by
UA Alumna Photographs for New York Times’ T Magazine
UA studio art alumna Arielle Gray will begin her third year in the MFA photography program at Yale University soon and was buried in her graduate studies in New Haven, Connecticut, this summer when she was contacted by an editor at T – The New York Times Style Magazine. The editor wanted to know if Gray
UA Professor Part of 3-Artist Panel on Contemporary Photo
Assistant Professor Allison Grant will participate in an online panel conversation, “Photographic World-Building: Aimée Beaubien, Allison Grant, and Guanyu Xu,” on June 25 at 1:00 pm Central, 11 am Pacific Time, hosted by SF Camerawork in San Francisco. Registration is required. Grant said that she will be speaking about her project Unsoiled alongside SF Camerawork’s
UA Alumna’s Photography Showcased by Mental Health Advocacy Project
UA alumna Alayna Pernell’s photographic work has been recognized by the Too Tired Project (TTP), a national nonprofit arts organization advancing mental health advocacy through photography. Pernell’s work was selected by TTP’s executive director, acclaimed photographer Kelly Burgess, and featured on the pages of Lenscratch.com, a blog that explores and celebrates contemporary fine art photography
Celestia Morgan: Disparities at the Paul R. Jones Museum
The Paul R. Jones Museum is proud to present a solo exhibition, Celestia Morgan: Disparities, March 4 – May 20, 2022. The museum will host a reception for the artist on Friday, April 1 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., during downtown Tuscaloosa’s First Friday festivities. What does it mean in our society, one of the
Photo Professor Selected for 2022 Silver List
Assistant Professor Allison Grant is one of 47 early-career photographers selected for inclusion on the 2022 Silver List, compiled from the suggestions of over 125 nonprofit photography curators, scholars, publishers and critics and arranged randomly. The Silver List is a partnership between Silver Eye Center for Photography, The Black List and Carnegie Mellon University. Ten
Photo Exhibition Features Insight into Meditative Practice
Harrison Galleries in Tuscaloosa will host a solo exhibition of photography by Associate Professor Christopher Jordan opening Friday, November 5, 2021. The public is invited for a First Friday opening reception from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The exhibition will run through November 30. Masks and vaccinations are strongly encouraged. The works on display are from
Art & Art History September Faculty Accolades 2021
Assistant Professor Bryce Speed has a solo exhibition, Imagination and Crisis: New Paintings by Bryce Speed at the Creative Arts Gallery in the College of the Redwoods, Eureka, California, August 30-October 14, 2021. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Celestia Morgan’s photographic work from Redline is part of a three-person exhibition, Distances, at the Alabama Contemporary Art Center