Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, February 28, 2018. That was a quick month and it’s already time for a new Art Night and First Friday! Please send us your
HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON
FEB 28 (final day) Canterbury’s Response and Action During the Civil Rights Movement: a visual exhibit, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tusca.
FEB 28 Opening day, William Gorgas and the Great War, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa (NOW-APR 28)
FEB 28 Paul R. Jones Lecture Series: Willie Mae Brown: “‘I Am Glad I said YES! Thank you Mr. Jones’: Reflections on a friendship between an artist and a collector,” Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm
MAR 1 DEADLINE for Applications: Bicentennial Quilt Artist Group for Yvonne Wells, Tuscaloosa Bicentennial Commission
MARCH ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
MAR 1 Art Night: Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè Juneau, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (FEB 27-APR 24), 5-8 pm
MAR 2-3 West Alabama Quilters’ Guild 2018 Quilt Show, Taylorville United Methodist Church, 640 Bear Creek Rd., Tuscaloosa (9-5, 9-4)
MAR 1-2 Tuscaloosa Can! Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Paul R. Jones Museum, Harrison Galleries, Monarch Espresso Bar and UPerk, Tuscaloosa
MAR 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAR 2 First Friday Reception,
MAR 2 First Friday Reception, Mecca: Atlanta, Harlem, Miami, and Beyond – Selections from the Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street (MAR 2-APR 27), 5:30-7:30
MAR 2 First Friday Event, O’Connor Art Studios, 2316 Univ. Blvd., upstairs, 5:30-8:30 pm
MAR 2 First Friday Event, Art by Jayne Morgan, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, 2124 9th St., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
MAR 2 First Friday Reception, Tuscaloosa Can! Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm
ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)
MAR 3 Opening reception, Rachel Ann Wakefield: Paintings, Druid City Brewing Company, 607 14th St, Tuscaloosa, 3-6 pmNOW-MAR 3 Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper, Salmon Library Gallery, UAH, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville
MAR 2-3 West Alabama Quilters’ Guild 2018 Quilt Show, Taylorville United Methodist Church, 640 Bear Creek Rd., Tuscaloosa (9-5, 9-4)
MAR 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
NOW-MAR 4 Alabama Fishes by Joseph Tomelleri,
NOW-MAR 9 Veiled: A Space Between, Aaron Tennessee Benson, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
MAR 9 Don’t Fence Me In, Stephen Smith Fine Art, 5104 Gary Avenue, Fairfield (MAR 9-APR 22), 5-8 pm
MAR 12 Exhibition opens: Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (MAR 12-30)
CANCELLED MAR 15 Art with Friends, Tuscaloosa Museum of Art (museum closed for 2 weeks)
MAR 13-16 ARTIST ENTRY DATES Annual Juried Art Show, Coleman Center for the Arts and Sumter County Fine Arts Council, Altman Riddick Gallery, York (times at the link)
MAR 12-16 UA closed for Spring Break
NOW-MAR 15 William MacGavin, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
MAR 2-16 Taking a Second Look: Following the Path of William Christenberry & Beyond, Greensboro Opera House, Greensboro
MAR 19 Exhibition opens: Leftovers: Checa Baldarelli Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery (MAR 19-29)
MAR 19 Deadline, Call for Submissions, Members Only Exhibit, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
MAR 21 Dr. Rebecca Zorach, “The Time is Now! The Black Arts Movement in Chicago, circa 1968,” Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Gorgas Library, UA, 6:30 pm
MAR 22 Reception, Leftovers: Checa Baldarelli Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery (MAR 19-29), 4-6 pm
MAR 22 Reception, Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (MAR 12-30)
MAR 22 Opening Reception, Annual Juried Art Show, Coleman Center for the Arts and Sumter County Fine Arts Council, Altman Riddick Gallery, York (MAR 22-MAY 11), 6-8 pm
MAR 23 March Gourd Madness, Clanton Performing Arts Center, Clanton
MAR 23 UA Book Arts Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa (details TBA)
NOW-MAR 23 Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 23 Reception, UA Book Arts Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm
MAR 19-29 Leftovers: Checa Baldarelli Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
MAR 12-30
NOW-APR 3 Nature’s Bounty Distilled – Paintings and Images by Bethany Windham Engle, University Medical Center, 850 5th Ave., East, Tuscaloosa
APRIL ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
APR 5 Art Night: Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè Juneau, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (FEB 27-APR 24), 5-8 pm
APR 5 Art Night, Kentuck Members Show, Teer Gallery, Kentuck (APR 5-JUN 7), 5-8 pm
APR 5 Art Night reception, Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (APR 5-MAY 18)
APR 6 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
APR 6 First Friday, Historic Drish House, Tuscaloosa
APR 6 Scott McQueen Artist Talk, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, 6 pm
APR 6 First Friday Reception, Oliver Reed, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm
APR 7 Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-5 pm
APR 12 Karl Haendel, Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Smith Hall, UA, 6:30 pm
APR 13 Empty Bowls Soup Lunch Fundraiser, Grace Presbyterian, 113 Hargrove Road, Tuscaloosa, 11 am-2pm
APR 16-20
APR 16-20 UA Art BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd.
APR 20 Reception, UA Art BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm
MAR 9-APR 22 Don’t Fence Me In, Stephen Smith Fine Art, 5104 Gary Avenue, Fairfield
NOW-APR 24 Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè Juneau, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
MAR 2-APR 27 Mecca: Atlanta, Harlem, Miami, and Beyond – Selections from the Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
NOW-APR 28 William Gorgas and the Great War, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
MAR 2-APR 30 “A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw,” Artworks from the Doug McCraw Collection, UA Gallery, DWCAC
MAR 25-MAY 3 Works by Harold Lovell, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
MAY 3 Art Night, Melanie Colvin, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (APR 27-JUN 2), 5-8 pm
MAY 3 Art Night, Members Only Exhibition, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
MAY 4 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAY 4 First Friday Reception, Creative Campus Arts Research Projects Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, 5:30-8:00 pm
MAY 4 First Friday Reception, UA Sculpture Students, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm
MAR 22-MAY 11 Annual Juried Art Show, Coleman Center for the Arts and Sumter County Fine Arts Council, Altman Riddick Gallery, York
APR 5-MAY 18 Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOW-MAY 31 Scott McQueen, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
MAY 1-31 Another Man’s Treasure Exhibition, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
JUNE FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
JUN 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
JUN 1 First Friday Reception, New Paintings by Sharon Long, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane (MAY 1-JUN 30), 5-7 pm
APR 27-JUN 2 Melanie Colvin, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
JUN 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
APR 5-JUN 7 Kentuck Members Show, Teer Gallery,
JUNE ART NIGHT
JUN 7 Art Night, Missionary Mary Proctor, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (JUN 5-JUL 24) 5-8 pm
MAY 1-JUN 30 New Paintings by Sharon Long, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane
JULY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
JUL 5 Art Night, Missionary Mary Proctor, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (JUN 5-JUL 24), 5-8 pm
JUL 5 Art Night, Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (JUL 5-AUG 15), 5-8 pm
JUL 6 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAY 20-JUN 28 Gulf Coast Contemporary: Artists in Lower Alabama, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
JUN 1-JUN 30 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
JUN 5-JUL 24 Missionary Mary Proctor, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 28 CCAC Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, Clanton
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)
JUL 5-AUG 15 Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
JUL 27-AUG 29 Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 22-AUG 31 ArtWorks 2018: TVAA Member Art Show,
SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
SEP 6 Art Night, Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (SEP 1- OCT 19) 5-8 pm
SEP 6 Art Night, Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (SEP 6-20), 5-8 pm
SEP 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
SEP 11 Dr. Richard K. Emmerson, “Apocalypse Illuminated,” Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6:30 pm
SEP 6-20 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
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 5 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
OCT 5 First Friday Reception, The Mother of Alabama Fine Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-31), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday Reception, Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-31), 5:30-7:30 pm
SEP 1- OCT 19 Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
SEP 30-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
OCT 5-31 The Mother of Alabama Fine Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
OCT 5-31 Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC
NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
NOV 1 Art Night, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 30-NOV 27), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
NOV (dates TBA) Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
SEP 16-NOV 2 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
OCT 4-NOV 24 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
OCT 30-NOV 27 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (DEC 4-JAN 19) 5-8 pm
DEC 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
DEC 4-JAN 19, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Museum and Teer Gallery,
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/
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://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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