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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Lots of new exhibition listings here into the spring and summer! Everybody, please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to! This list is updated throughout the week.

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON Anthony Tavis at Grace Aberdean, February 2017

NOW-JAN 26 Jim Graham and Laura Tanner | Morgan PriceSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-JAN 27 Kentuck Studio Artists Exhibition, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
JAN 28 Possum Town Quilters, Meridian, MS
NOW-JAN 30 James Rodger Alexander and Pamela Ann Venz: A Shared Individuality, UA Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-JAN 31 Chris Horton Exhibition, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa
NOW-JAN 31 Amy Keen Art Exhibit, Sipsey Arts Alliance, Missy’s Taste of Home, Fayette
NOW-FEB 2 Community Conversations at the DWCAC
NOW! – our new issue of The Loupe, with news about UA art students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends – check it out!

FEBRUARY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY

FEB 2 Art Night Reception, Francesca Baldarelli and Tobias Layman MA Exhibitions, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA (FEB 2-16), 4-6 pm
FEB 2 Art Night Reception, Sloane Bibb, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL, 5-8 pm (FEB 2-25)
FEB 2 Monthly Gallery Opening and Reception, Columbus (MS) Arts Council, 5:30-7 pm
FEB 3 First Friday Event: Community Arts Conversations, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, 5-7:30 pm
FEB 3 First Friday, Burning Love – Anthony Tavis, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, 2124-9th St., Tuscaloosa, 5 pm
FEB 3 Reception, 2017 Double Exposure Photography Competition Adult Division , Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm (FEB 3-24)
FEB 3 Awards, Double Exposure Photography Competition (Adult Division), DWCAC, 6:30 pm
FEB 3 Checa Baldarelli's work in Clay Review 3
FEB 3 First Friday Reception, Freedom? Selections from the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Gallery, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa (NOW-APR 28), 5-8 pm
FEB 3 First Friday Opening Reception, QUICKTURNAROUNDUA Sculpture Students Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm (FEB 1-28)
FEB 3 Sweet Metal and the Road – Anne Herbert and Wade MacDonald, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (FEB 3-28)

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

FEB 9 Public lecture: Wassan al-Khudhairi, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art,“Curating Contemporary Art,” Birmingham Room, Bryant Conference Center, 6-7 pm
FEB 10 Opening reception, In Progress – Canterbury student community art exhibition, Betak/Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel (FEB 10-28), 5-7 pm
FEB 10 Public lecture: Wassan al-Khudhairi, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, BMA, “Exploring The Ecology of the Art World,” Garland Hall 203, UA, 1:30 pm
FEB 11 Reception and Gallery Talks, Dale and Mamie Joe Rayburn Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, 6-8 p.m.
FEB 2-16 Sipsey Arts Alliance

NOW-FEB 17 Echoes along the Syrian Border: Family Archeology and the Sound of Distant Gunfire: Works by James Emmette NeelSarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOW-FEB 20 Extended! Made in Alabama: Kathleen Fetters Photography, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa
FEB 22 "Freedom?" Paul R. Jones Gallery
FEB 3-24 14th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
FEB 2- 25 Sloane Bibb, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
NOW-FEB 25 The Modernization of Tuscaloosa’s Built Environment: the Architecture of Don Buel Schuyler, 1937 – 1964Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
NOW-FEB 27 Basil Ede ExhibitionTuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Westervelt Collection
NOW-FEB 28 Amy Keen art exhibition, DCH Medical Center lobby, Fayette
FEB 1-28 Susan Nabors art exhibition, Sipsey Arts Alliance, Missy’s Taste of Home, Fayette
FEB 1-28  QUICKTURNAROUNDUA Sculpture Students Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
FEB 3-28 Sweet Metal and the Road – Anne Herbert and Wade MacDonald, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
FEB 10-28 In Progress – Canterbury student community art exhibition, Betak/Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa
MAR 2 Art Night, Charlie Lucas, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (MAR 2 – APR 26), 5-8 pm
MAR 3 First Friday Reception, Liam Ward MFA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
MAR 4-5 15th Annual Jerry Brown Arts Festival, Hamilton, Ala.
NOW-MAR 10 Herb Rieth Solo Exhibition, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia
MAR 15 DEADLINE: 2017 Statewide Student Juried Art Exhibition (Alabama high school students)
MAR 23 Reception, Joani Inglett MFA ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm
FEB 8-MAR 25 Jim Neel installation view, SMGA, 2017
MAR 20-30 Joani Inglett MFA ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-MAR 31 Judson College Students Exhibition, Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Court Lobby, 6001 12th Ave E, Tuscaloosa
NOW-MAR 31 Metaphysics in Almost Black and White, Wellness Walls for Art, University Medical Center, Tuscaloosa
APR 8 8th Annual Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am – 5 pm
MAR 2-APR 12 Mel Kendrick: In and Out of PaperSarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA 
APR 6-20 EXIT 2017 BA Group ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
APR 21 Reception, 2017 BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (APR 17-30)
MAR 2-APR 26 Charlie Lucas, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
NOW-APR 28 Freedom? Selections from the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Gallery, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
APR 17-30 2017 BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
MAY 4 Art Night, Chris “Chub” Hubbard, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (MAY 4-27), 5-8 pm
APR 21-MAY 26 MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Kelsey Windham and Celestia MorganSarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAY 4-27 Chris “Chub” Hubbard, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
JUN 1 Art Night, William “Willie Willie” Lamendola, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (JUN 1-28), 5-8 pm
JUN 1-28 William “Willie Willie” Lamendola, Tobias Layman, "Gear Go Round," 2016
JUL 6 Art Night, Myrna Gates, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (JUL 6-AUG 22), 5-8 pm
MAY 3-JUL 22 People’s Choice Art Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
JUL 6-AUG 22 Myrna Gates, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
SEP 7 Art Night, Yvonne Wells, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (SEP 7-OCT 20), 5-8 pm
AUG 23-OCT 7 43rd Annual Bi-State Art Juried Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
SEP 7-OCT 20 Yvonne Wells, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
OCT 21-22 46th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, AL
NOV 2 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (NOV 2-30), 5-8 pm
NOV 2-30 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
DEC 5 Art Night, Kentuck Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (DEC 5-JAN 12, 2018), 5-8 pm
DEC 5-JAN 12, 2018 Kentuck Studio Artists, 2016 Kentuck Courtyard

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://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Bama Theatre galleries)
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://gorgashouse.ua.edu/
http://graceaberdean.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County)
http://www.kentuck.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Lorrie-Lane-Studio-322780188223/
http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/ (Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum)
http://www.montevallo.edu/fine-arts/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/
http://www.oconnorartstudios.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Renaissance-Gallery-Inc-129254000418041/
https://www.facebook.com/riverportgallerynorthport
http://www.chiltoncountyartscouncil.com/rose-gallery.html (Rose Gallery, Clanton)
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
https://www.facebook.com/ttownwawa/ (Woodworkers Association of West Alabama)
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://weldbham.com/blog/category/art-culture/
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”