Woods Quad Sculpture Garden – Department of Art & Art History

UA Sculptor Hopes Work Will Encourage Peace, Mindfulness

November 8, 2021

Graduate student in sculpture Molly Lay has been awarded a Small Grant by The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa for a Fellowship Project. Lay proposed to create a cast bronze public sculpture on the Riverwalk along the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa. The work will be of a pair of human feet placed together, with a message engraved below them: “Be at Peace.” Lay created similar outdoor sculptures during the summer of 2021 and installed them around Woods Quad Sculpture Garden […]

Flourishing in the Heart of Woods Quad

November 5, 2021

The UA Department of Art and Art History is pleased to announce the newest addition to the Woods Quad Sculpture Garden. The eight-foot-tall cast bronze crescent of camellias (Alabama’s state flower) is titled “Flourish,” and was designed and created by 2020 BFA major Ringo Lisko. Lisko’s design was selected to be the first created for the McMahon-Pleiad Public Art Trail initiative, a collaborative public sculpture project between The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham and The University […]

UA Art Museum, Galleries Open to the Public

September 4, 2020

The University of Alabama’s museums and galleries are an essential part of the education and development of UA students and the enrichment of the wider community. During the COVID-19 pandemic, UA’s art havens, both on-campus and in downtown Tuscaloosa, welcome visitors who wear masks and practice safe distancing. The Paul R. Jones Museum is open Mon.-Fri., 9 am – 5 pm.. Call (205) 345-3038 or email the director. The museum is located at 2308 Sixth Street in downtown Tuscaloosa, one block […]

Two Major Art Exhibits Open UA’s School Year

August 15, 2019

Two defining exhibitions, one showcasing UA faculty and one, UA graduate students, in the department of art and art history, open Thursday, September 5 with receptions beginning at 4 pm and running through 7 pm. The Annual Graduate Student Exhibition reception, in the Sella-Granata Art Gallery, begins at 4 pm and runs through 6 pm, with gallery talks by the artists at 4:30 pm. The Department of Art and Art History 2019 Faculty Biennial Exhibition reception, in the Sarah Moody […]

Two Receptions Hosted for September Art Night

August 7, 2018

Woods Hall was the first building to be built on UA campus after the Civil War, completed in 1868. Now, it overlooks six sculptures in the Woods Quad Sculpture Garden.

Start your semester off with a double-feature Art Night on Woods Quad! The UA Department of Art and Art History will host two receptions in our two Woods Quad art galleries, Thursday, September 6, beginning at 4 p.m. and lasting until 7 p.m. At 4 p.m., in Woods Hall, the Sella-Granata Art Gallery hosts a reception for our annual Graduate Student Exhibition, showcasing work by our current and new graduate students in studio art. Works presented will be in ceramics, digital […]

New Sculpture in the Garden

June 15, 2018

"Mobius and Borromean Rings," by Paget Kern, welded steel, just before installation in the Woods Quad Sculpture Garden.

Like an exotic flower that blooms overnight, a new sculpture has recently appeared in the Woods Quad Sculpture Garden. Mobius and Borromean Rings was designed and created in steel by marketing major and studio art minor Paget Kern. Kern, who has taken sculpture courses for her art minor and makes jewelry at home, designed the work in a collaborative project with students in the departments of Math and Art and Art History. She linked two complex mathematical ideas together in a massive […]

Metal Artists Featured at UA Gallery in June

June 13, 2018

John Stewart Jackson at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham

Metal artists John Stewart Jackson and Joe McCreary (UA MFA 2011) will showcase their work at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, June 1-29, 2018. Between them, the artists have almost four decades of experience in the art and craft of working in metal. During the last 20 years, Joe McCreary has exhibited his work in solo and group shows and been included in several permanent collections. McCreary was artist-in-residence at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark […]

Art Night in Woods Quad

September 21, 2016

Everyone is cordially invited to two receptions in our two Woods Quad art galleries, Thursday, October 6, 2016, beginning at 4 p.m., presented by the UA Department of Art and Art History. At 4 p.m., in Woods Hall, the Sella-Granata Art Gallery hosts a reception for a dual exhibition, Matt Ziemke | Melissa Stern, until 6 p.m. At 5 p.m., the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art hosts a reception for the exhibition, Pinkney Herbert: Distilled – The Narrative Transformed, in Garland Hall, until 7 p.m. Join us for ART […]

AROUND THE QUAD: Woods Quad Dedication

May 19, 2015

Desktop News photo: aerial view of Woods Quad

In the 1870s, Woods Quad was a drill field for military cadets in training; in the 1970s it was a hangout for students and faculty. Since the mid-1990s, Woods Quad has been home to a growing number of outdoor sculptures, some definitely temporary, some possibly permanent. This past summer, Dean of Arts and Sciences Robert Olin officially dedicated the quadrangle as the Woods Quad Sculpture Garden. Billy Lee’s Homage to Brancusi has made the southeast corner of the little quad […]

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