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Designer Jeff Hinchee Visits UA for October 28 Lecture

Award-winning illustrator and designer Jeff Hinchee will visit campus for a talk on October 28 at 5:30 p.m. in ten Hoor Hall 30. Hinchee’s talk is sponsored by the department’s Visiting Artist and Scholar Committee as part of the Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series. Hinchee has also created special illustrations and featured graphics for television shows, including Showtime’s Yellowjackets and Ziwe, HBO Max’s Search Party, Amazon’s Transparent, and AppleTV’s Little America. He is formerly the production graphic designer of the […]

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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 […]

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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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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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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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Art Roundup: September 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. Cat & Mouse WHERE: Maxwell Hall WHEN: September 2-3, 2-8 p.m. Join CARI Fellow Dr. Sergio […]

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Art Roundup: April 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. Art History Visiting Scholar Lecture: Dr. Kyunghee Pyun WHERE: Gorgas Library WHEN: April 2, 4:30 […]

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Artist Amanda Ross-Ho to Deliver Lecture January 30

The Department of Art and Art History Visiting Artist and Scholars Committee is delighted to welcome artist Amanda Ross-Ho to The University of Alabama. The public is invited to a lecture on Thursday, January 30, at 5:00 pm in Smith Hall Room 205. Amanda Ross-Ho is an interdisciplinary artist and a Professor of Sculpture at the University of California, Irvine. Her work reshapes the complex collateral of time into experimental archives and memorials. Driven by conflicting impulses to commemorate and objectively analyze, she […]

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Sculptor Alejandra Ortiz de Zevallos to Give Lecture November 11

The Department of Art and Art History Visiting Artist and Scholars Committee is delighted to welcome Peruvian textile sculptor Alejandra Ortiz de Zevallos to The University of Alabama. The artist will present a public talk on her work in Garland Hall 203 at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 11. Ortiz de Zevallos will discuss her work, projects, fundamental vision as a weaver, and will show examples of plant fibers brought from Peru to the attending public. Alejandra Ortiz de Zevallos […]

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