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Celebrate Fall with October Art Night & First Friday!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, October 3, 2018. Join us for Art Night and First Friday in Northport and Tuscaloosa this week! Send us your Silver gelatin photo by Gay Burke.

OCTOBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

OCT 4 Art Night, Dennis ThompsonKentuck Art Center, Northport (SEP 1- OCT 19), 5-8 pm
OCT 4 Art Night, “A Heaven of a Place”: Selections from the Kentuck Permanent Collection, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (OCT 4-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
OCT 5 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
OCT 5 First Friday Reception and Reunion, The Mother of Alabama Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-26), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday Reception and Reunion, Butterfly Effect: Honoring the Legacy of Gay BurkeUA Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-26), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday EventMy Spot in the Sunlight – An Exhibition from the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (NOW-OCT 29), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday Event, O’Connor Art Studios, 2316 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday Reception, Monster Makeover IX Preview Show, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm
OCT 5 For Freedoms at First Friday! Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, 2124 9th St., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON

OCT 3-6 Moundville Native American Festival, Moundville
OCT 8 Exhibition opening, Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue with Artist Edgar Heap of BirdsExhibition and events, Sella-Granata Art Gallery (OCT 8-24)
OCT 8 Exhibition opening:  Small Craft Advisory Press: A Decade of Collaboration, Fifth Floor Gallery, Gorgas Library, UA (OCT 8-NOV 30)
NOW-OCT 11 Water of Alabama Juried Exhibition, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave. S., Birmingham

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)Black Warrior Outpost For Freedoms at First Friday Oct 2018

OCT 11 RESCHEDULED: Art Lecture: Anne Keener, Curator of Pattern Thinking: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Tom and Cynthia Schneider, 4 pm, LOCATION TBD
OCT 11 Exhibition opening, Pattern Thinking: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Tom and Cynthia Schneider, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (OCT 11-NOV 16)
OCT 11 Reception, Pattern Thinking: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Tom and Cynthia Schneider, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 5-7 pm
OCT 19 Opening reception, Marking Time & Space – John DeMotte and Michael Merry, Paperworkers Local, 2702 7th Avenue S, suite 203, B’ham, 5-8 pm
OCT 20-21 47th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport
OCT 22 Artist lecture by Edgar Heap of Birds, Gorgas Library 205, 6 pm
OCT 23 Gallery talk with Edgar Heap of Birds, in conjunction with Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue, reception following, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 4 pm
NOW-OCT 24 Jim Morris Photographs, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa
OCT 8-24 Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue with Artist Edgar Heap of BirdsExhibition and events, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
OCT 25 Monster Makeover IX Art Auction and Festival, Historic Drish House, 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa
OCT 22-26 Edgar Heap of Birds poster for Spirit Citizen exhibition and events, 2018.
NOW-OCT 26 Dennis ThompsonKentuck Art Center, Northport
OCT 5-26 The Mother of Alabama Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
OCT 5-26 Butterfly Effect: Honoring the Legacy of Gay BurkeUA Gallery, DWCAC
OCT 27 For Freedoms event, Sassafras Center for Arts and Environment, Tuscaloosa, TIME TBA
OCT 27 ART STALK: Montevallo Artwalk, Main Street, Montevallo, 1-6 pm
NOW-OCT 29 My Spot in the Sunlight – An Exhibition from the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
NOW-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
NOW-OCT 31 Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest, all over Alabama

NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

NOV 1 Art Night, Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 30-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
NOV 1 Exhibition opens, Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton (NOV 1-30)
NOV 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
NOV 2 First Friday reception, Visual Surprises: Hiding in Plain Sight, Warren Simons, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (NOV 2-30), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 Jayne Morgan Exhibit Opening, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa
NOV 2 West Alabama Woodworkers Association Annual Show, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm

NOW-NOV 2 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
OCT 11-NOV 16 Pattern Thinking: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Tom and Cynthia Schneider, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOV 17-18 Sipsey Arts Alliance Christmas Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, 10 am-4 pm (17th), 1-5 pm (18th)Historic Drish House in Tuscaloosa
OCT 4-NOV 24 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
OCT 30-NOV 24 Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport
NOV 27 Lecture: Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6-8 pm
NOV 28 Artist Lecture by Alice Hohenberg Federico, Gorgas 205, 6 pm
NOV 29 Exhibition opening, Works by Alice Hohenberg Federico, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (NOV 29-JAN 11 2019)
NOW-NOV 30 Small Craft Advisory Press: A Decade of Collaboration, Fifth Floor Gallery, Gorgas Library, UA
NOV 1-30 Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
NOV 2-30 Visual Surprises: Hiding in Plain Sight, Warren Simons, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
DEC 2 5th Street Vintage Market, 4150 Fifth Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
DEC 3 Entries Accepted for 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Competition (DEC 3-10)

 

DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck Art Center and Teer Gallery, Northport, (DEC 4-FEB 7) 5-8 pm
DEC 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
DEC 7 Opening reception, Kentuck Festival of the Arts, 2012

DEC 7-21 Annual West Alabama Juried Show, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
DEC 17 Entries Accepted for 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Competition (DEC 17-21)

JANUARY 2019

NOV 29-JAN 11 2019 Works by Alice Hohenberg Federico, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
JAN 18 Exhibition opens, 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Exhibition, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa (JAN 18-FEB 10)
JAN 24 Artist Lecture: Michi Meko, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm

FEBRUARY FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (gallery guide

FEB 1 Awards Presentation and Opening Reception, 2019 Double Exposure – Adult Division Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (FEB 1-22), 5-8 pm

FEB 7 Art Night at Kentuck Art Center, Northport
DEC 4-FEB 7, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck Art Center and Teer Gallery, Northport
JAN 18-FEB 10 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Exhibition, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa
FEB 10 2019 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 15 Exhibit: Black Belt Alabama, 2nd Floor Lobby & Reading Room, W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, UA
FEB 20 Double Exposure Statewide Photography Exhibit
FEB 1-22 2019 Double Exposure – Adult Division Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa

MAR 5 Artist Lecture: Iva Gueorguieva, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm
JAN 24-MAR 8, 2019 Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu , Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA

APR TBA, 2019 Hog Wild for Art Festival, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden
APR 13, 2019 Rooster Day, Marengo County Historical Society, Demopolis

MAR 21-MAY 3, 2019 Confluence by Jerry Uelsmann, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

ANYTIME: Stroll between galleries through our Woods Quad Sculpture Garden with five outdoor sculptures, plus other sculptures in adjoining campus lawns.

CALENDARS, EVENT LISTS & VISUAL ARTS SITES

https://art.ua.edu/category/roundup/ Always the latest Roundup!
https://art.ua.edu/about/calendar/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/smga/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/prj/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/361599977234696/ (Alabama Art Post)
http://www.alabamacenterforthearts.org/
Anne Keener, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017.
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/
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/

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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”