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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, March 6, 2019. After all the fun of Mardi Gras, we still have Art Night in Northport to go!  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 Cooper French

NOW-MAR 5 Forty Oils by Cooper FrenchUA Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Drive, Tuscaloosa
NOW-MAR 6 Advanced Scholarship ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery
NOW-MAR 7 Median: Michael Lorsung, Bloch Hall, University of Montevallo
NOW-MAR 8 Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu , Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA

MARCH ART NIGHT (gallery guide

MAR 7 Art Night opening, George Jones Jr., and Kentuck studio artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 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
MAR 7 Art Night Reception,Alabama, Then and Now, Alabama Plein Air Artists traveling exhibition (Bicentennial event), Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)Image credit: Julie Mehretu, Entropia (review), 2004, lithograph and screenprint 29 x 40 inches. Excavations: the Prints of Julie Mehretu is organized by Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis.

MAR 14 Ribbon cutting for the Sipsey Arts Alliance Artists’ Collective, 117 Columbus St. East, Fayette, Time TBA
NOW-MAR 27 Illegal Substitution: Paintings by Lorrie Lane, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa
MAR 21-28 John KlostermanAmy Smoot MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
MAR 21 Opening reception, Confluence by Jerry Uelsmann, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (MAR 21 – MAY 3), 5-7 pm
MAR 23 Bookmaking Workshop + Potluck, Coleman Center for the Arts, York, Ala., 1-3 pm
MAR 22 Reception, Space Between the Ears: Katie Adams MA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., (MAR 21-31) 5-7 pm
MAR 28 Closing reception, John KlostermanAmy Smoot MFA Thesis ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery (MAR 21-28), 5-8 pm
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
MAR 21-31 Space Between the Ears: Katie Adams MA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa
NOW-APR 2 Flora & Java: Yazmyn Rozier, Martin Campus Cadence Bank Art Gallery, Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa

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 Lorrie Lane Studio flower painting
APR 5 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
APR 5 First Friday Reception, Madelyn Carr Bonnett: Fine Art Photography Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa (APR 5-26), 5-8 pm
APR 5 First Friday Reception, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
APR 5 First Friday Reception, Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition: Nasrin Iravani, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa (APR 3-30), 5-8 pm
APR 5 First Friday Reception, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, 2124 9th St., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
APR 5 First Friday Reception, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
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 6 2019 Spring Arts & Crafts Show, 140 Cane Creek Rd., Warrior, 10 am-4 pm
APR 8 Reception, Jude AnogwihJuan López-BautistaUlrike Franz MA Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery (4-11)
APR 4-11 Jude AnogwihJuan López-BautistaUlrike Franz MA Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
APR 13 Rooster Day, Marengo County Historical Society, Demopolis
*APR 19 DEADLINE: Harpo Foundation Grants for Visual Artists applications (FEB 25-APR 19)
APR 16-23 Dana Tokarzewski, Caroline Rothschild, Samantha Joslin & Jonathan Lanier BFA Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-APR 26 Beverly Buchanan-Habitat for Humanity, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St. Tuscaloosa
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 3-30 Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition: Nasrin Iravani, UA Gallery, DWCAC, TuscaloosaJohn Klosterman
*MAY 1 Deadline extended! Call for Proposals: Public Art Project at Hudson Poole Fine JewelersThe 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)

MAY 5 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
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

JUN 2 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
NOW-JUN 15 Fe(male), Kress on Dexter, 39 Dexter Ave., Montgomery

OCT 6 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
OCT 12-13 Beverly Buchanan-Habitat for Humanity, Paul R Jones Museum

NOV 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
DEC 1 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
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

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/
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)
Juan López-Bautista, "Caravans of Reflections," acrylic on panel, 2018, 12 x 16 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
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/
Nasrin Iravani, ceramics work.
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)
Ulrike Franz, "Dropdots," 2019, screenprint and watercolor painting on paper, ca. 19 x 19 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
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”