Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, July 25, 2018. It’s our own kind of carpe diem. There’s lots of positive creative energy available to us all, so enjoy art and make some, too! Please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to. This list is updated throughout the week on this page.
HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON
JUL 25 Exhibition opens: Jim Morris Photographs, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa (JUL 25 – OCT 24)
NOW-JUL 26 Missionary Mary Proctor, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-JUL 27 Tony Brock, The Story So Far…, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
JUL 28 Annual Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, 9 am-4 pm
JUL 12-JUL 29 Everywhere and There, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham
NOW-JULY 31 Paintings by Christine Metzger, Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Court Lobby, 6001 12th Ave., East
NOW-JUL 31 Ann Betak’s Painting Class Exhibit, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
AUGUST ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
AUG 2 Art Night, Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (JUL 27-AUG 29), 5-8 pm
AUG 3 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
AUG 3 
Tuscaloosa (AUG 3-SEP 28), 5-8 pm
AUG 3 Jim Morris exhibit reception and artist talk, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa (AUG 3-OCT 24), 6 pm
AUG 3 The Functional Sculpture of Emil Milan, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa (AUG 3-31), 6-9 pm
NOW-AUG 10 The Immigrant Life – Paintings by Juan López-Bautista, Ayers LRC Art Gallery, Anniston, Ala.
NOW-AUG 11 Insect Photography by Kendra and John Abbott, Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
NOW-AUG 15 Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
AUG 23 Exhibition opens, Com-bine – Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, (AUG 23-SEP 28)
AUG 23 Reception and awards, Water of Alabama Juried Exhibition, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave. S., Birmingham (AUG 23-OCT 11), 5-7 pm
NOW-AUG 24 BAM! Black Panther and the Black Arts Movement in the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth St., Tuscaloosa
JUL 27-AUG 29 Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-AUG 31 The Modernization of Tuscaloosa’s Built Environment: The Architecture of Don Buel Schuyler, 1937 – 1964, Bryant Conference Center, UA
JUL 22-AUG 31 ArtWorks 2018: TVAA Member Art Show, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (
SEP 6 Art Night, Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (SEP 1- OCT 26) 5-8 pm
SEP 6 Art Night, Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (SEP 6-20), 5-8 pm
SEP 6 Art Night Reception, Graduate Student Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall, UA (SEP 4-27), 4-6 pm
SEP 6 Art Night Reception, Com-bine – Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, (AUG 23-SEP 28), 5-7 pm
SEP 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
SEP 7 Artist Reception, First Friday, University of Alabama Graduate Alumni Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (both galleries), Tuscaloosa (AUG 3-SEP 28), 5-8 pm
SEP 11 Dr. Richard K. Emmerson, art history lecture: “Apocalypse Illuminated,” Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6:30 pm
NOW-SEP 16 Jane Cassidy: Undersea Well, solo exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
SEP 6-20 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, 
SEP 4-27 Graduate Student Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
AUG 3-SEP 28 University of Alabama Graduate Alumni Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (both galleries), Tuscaloosa
AUG 23-SEP 28 Com-bine – Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
JUL 20-SEP 29 B18: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan
OCTOBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
OCT 4 Art Night, Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (SEP 1- OCT 19), 5-8 pm
OCT 4 Art Night, Kentuck’s Permanent Collection, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (OCT 4-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
OCT 4 Exhibition opening, Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue with Artist Edgar Heap of Birds, Exhibition and events, Sella-Granata Art Gallery (OCT 4-25)
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, Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-26), 5:30-7:30 pm
AUG 23-OCT 11 Water of Alabama Juried Exhibition, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave. S., Birmingham
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 20-21 47th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport
OCT 22 Artist lecture by Edgar Heap of Birds, Gorgas Library 205, 6:00 p.m.
OCT 23 Gallery talk with Edgar Heap of Birds, in conjunction with Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue, reception following, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 4:00 p.m.
JUL 25-OCT 24 Jim Morris Photographs, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa
OCT 4–25 Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue with Artist Edgar Heap of Birds, Exhibition and events, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
SEP 1- OCT 26 Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
OCT 5-26 
OCT 5-26 Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC
SEP 30-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
NOV 1 Art Night, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 30-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
NOV 2 Jayne Morgan Exhibit Opening, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa
NOV 1 Exhibition opens, Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton (NOV 1-30)
SEP 16-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
OCT 4-NOV 24 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, 
OCT 30-NOV 24 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck 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)
NOV 5-29 Foundations and Introductory Classes Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall, UA
NOV 1-30 Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center and Teer Gallery, Northport, (DEC 4-FEB 7) 5-8 pm
DEC 7 
DEC 4-FEB 7, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center and Teer Gallery, Northport
JANUARY 2019
NOV 29-JAN 11 2019 Works by Alice Hohenberg Federico, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
JAN 24 – MAR 8, 2019 Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu , Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
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/
http://alwca.weebly.com/ (Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art)
http://alabama.travel/upcoming-events/search?q=Tuscaloosa
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)
http://bryantmuseum.com/
http://www.artsbma.org/exhibitions/current/
http://cac.tuscarts.org/cacgallery.php (Arts Council 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/
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://tuscaloosamoa.org/calendar-2/
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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