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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Brush away that yellow pollen; spring art season is here! Everybody, please send us your West Alabama visual arts events – we want to know what you are up to!

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON! 

TONIGHT: MAR 30 Reception, Digital Media Student Exhibition, Ferguson Art Gallery, UA, 5-7 pm (MAR 30-APR 8)
NOW-MAR 31 So Long As I Am: Liam Ward MA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
NOW-MAR 31 Familiarity: New Photographs by Chip Cooper, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
MAR 31 DEADLINE: Artist applications for the Montevallo Arts Festival (APR 16)
APR 1 DEADLINE: Call for Entries, Intimate Spaces, Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art, Huntsville
NOW-APR 1 On the Rocks – Paintings by Deborah Hughes, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-APR 1 The Artist’s Studio, Inside and Out, Wellness Walls for Art, University Medical Center, Tuscaloosa

APRIL FIRST FRIDAY (APR 1) 

APR 1 First Friday Reception, Karina Salazar Senior Art Exhibition, Wynn Center Art Gallery, Stillman College (APR 1-MAY 7), 5-7 pm
APR 1 First Friday Reception, Intersections: Josh Whidden MFA Thesis Exhibition,  Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm
APR 1 First Friday Reception, (Re)Pair: Heather Whidden MFA Thesis Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm
APR 1 First Friday, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa
APR 1 First Friday, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, Guest Artist: Neel Alexander, Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

APR 2 11th Annual Fountain City Arts Festival, Pratt Park, downtown Prattville, 9 am- 5 pm
APR 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 11 am-4 pm
APR 3 Yellowhammer Festival, Tuscaloosa River Market, 2:00-8:30 pm

APRIL ART NIGHT (APR 7)

APR 7 Art Night Reception, EXIT 2016: BA Group Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 5-7 pm (MAR 28-APR 7)
APR 7 Art Night, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Main Avenue Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
APR 7 Art Night, Etruscan Dreams/Black Warrior Days: Terrell Taylor and Lorrie Lane, Clarke Gallery, Kentuck

NOW-APR 7 
MAR 30-APR 8 Digital Media Student Exhibition, Ferguson Center Art Gallery, UA
APR 9 Seventh Annual Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-6 pm
NOW-APR 10 In This House: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
APR 13 ARTIST LECTURE: Artist Phoebe Beasley: Connecting Textured Roots and Routes, Paul Jones Lecture Series, DWCAC, 5:30 pm
APR 14 ARTIST LECTURE: William Downs, 203 Garland Hall, UA
APR 14-MAY 13 William Downs drawing installation, Fuel & Lumber Company, Tuscaloosa
APR 16 Sipsey Arts Alliance Spring Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, 10 am-4 pm
APR 16 Montevallo Arts Festival, Montevallo, Ala., 10 am-5 pm (application deadline MAR 31)
APR 1-16 Intersections: Josh Whidden MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harrison Galleries
APR 19 Reception, UA Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (APR 19-MAY 27), 6-8 pm
APR 22 Reception, 2016 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm
APR 1-29
NOW-APR 29 Black is Beautiful, Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa
APR 18-30 2016 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa (Reception APR 22)
NOW-APR 30 New Paintings – Lorrie Lane, Gallery at Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa
APR 30 Hog Wild for Art Festival, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, Alabama
NOW-APR 30 For the Love of Mardi Gras Exhibition, Daniel Day Gallery, Birmingham
APR 18-MAY 3 Turner Williams MFA Exhibition | Celestia Morgan MA Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
MAY 7 Art in the Park 2016, Jasper
APR 1-MAY 7 Karina Salazar Senior Art Exhibition, Wynn Center Art Gallery, Stillman College
MAY 14 Early Bird Deadline, 45th Kentuck Festival
NOW-MAY 15 Haitian Flags from the Cargo Collection, Birmingham Museum of Art
MAY 21 Reception, 
APR 19-MAY 27 UA Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
JUN 1 DEADLINE: Final Application Deadline, 45th Kentuck Festival
MAY 21-JUL 2 Intimate Spaces, Union Grove Gallery, UAH