News

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON

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

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date) 

NOW-AUG 29 Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-AUG 31 Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, 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
NOW-AUG 31 ArtWorks 2018: TVAA Member Art Show, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
NOW-AUG 31 The Functional Sculpture of Emil Milan, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa
SEP 4 Art Lecture: Morten Sonnenborg: “How Architecture is Created in Denmark,” Smith Hall 205, 4 pm
SEP 5 Artist Sheila Pree Bright: A Community Conversation, Warner Presentation Rm, Wynn Fine Arts Ctr, Stillman College, 6-7:30 pm

SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide) 

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 Art Center, 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 6 Reception, Unnatural Response: Contemporary Art by Claire Lewis Evans, Anne Herbert, Kelly Parvin, and Kelly Shannon, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus (AUG 16-SEP 18), 5:30-7 pm
SEP 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
SEP 7 Poets and Painters Show, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel
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 7 First Friday event, O’Connor Studios, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm

SEP 9 5th Street Vintage Market, 4150 Fifth Street, Northport, 10 am-4 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
NOW-SEP 18 Unnatural Response: Contemporary Art by Claire Lewis Evans, Anne Herbert, Kelly Parvin, and Kelly Shannon, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
SEP 6-20 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
SEP 4-27 Graduate Student Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
NOW-SEP 28 University of Alabama Graduate Alumni Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (both galleries), Tuscaloosa
NOW-SEP 28 Com-bine – Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOW-SEP 28 Women of the Tide: 125 Years of Women at The University of Alabama, Gorgas House Museum, UA
NOW-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 4-24)
OCT 5 
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

NOW-OCT 11 Water of Alabama Juried Exhibition, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave. S., Birmingham
OCT 10 Art Lecture: Anne Keener, Curator of Pattern Thinking: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Tom and Cynthia Schneider, Lloyd Hall 226, UA, 3 pm
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.
NOW-OCT 24 Jim Morris Photographs, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa
OCT 4-24 Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue with Artist Edgar Heap of Birds, Exhibition and events, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
OCT 25 Monster Makeover IX Art Auction and Festival, Historic Drish House, 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa
SEP 1-OCT 26 Dennis Thompson, 
OCT 5-26 The Mother of Alabama Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
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, Kentuck, Northport
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 1-30 Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
DEC 2 5th Street Vintage Market, 4150 Fifth Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm

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 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

DEC 4-FEB 7, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio Artists, 

JANUARY 2019

NOV 29-JAN 11 2019 Works by Alice Hohenberg Federico, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
JAN 24 Artist Lecture: Michi Meko, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm
FEB 20 Artist Lecture: Ben Vida, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm
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
MAR 21-MAY 3, 2019 Confluence by Jerry Uelsmann, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
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

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://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://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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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”