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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History for Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Wednesdays are Open Studio, First Thursdays are Art Night, plus First Fridays, First and Third Saturdays…so enjoy West Alabama’s recurring creativity! (And the Art Roundup will be back on March 20! Thanks to Jamey Grimes and Xabier Granja for the image above, and thanks to everyone for continuing to support artists. Events below are listed in order of ending date (scroll down for the bold “NOW“s). Subscribe here and forward this list to a friend!

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• NOW Group Art Exhibition Open Call to Exhibit in March and July 2024, Coleman Center for the Arts, York, Ala.
• NOW-JUN 1 Call for Artist Applications, 53rd Kentuck Festival (OCT 19-20, Snow Hinton Park, Tuscaloosa)

MARCH ART NIGHT & EXHIBITIONS

• TODAY-MAR 6 Open Studio (BYO art supplies!), Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Gary Fitts/Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 1-4 pm
• MAR 6 Exhibition opening, Deborah Hughes Paintings, Manna Grocery and Deli, 2300 McFarland Blvd (Meadowbrook), Tuscaloosa (MAR 6-31, maybe longer)
• MAR 7 Reception, Debanjaly Sen and Stephen Blades MA Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA, 5-7 pm
• MAR 7 Art Night, Repurposed: Penny Dobson, Elayne Goodman, Kerry Leasure, Debra Mager, Diana Vest, Laura Walker, and Betsy Youngquist, Museum & Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
• NOW-MAR 7 Annual Juried Foundation Exhibition, The Gallery at Bloch Hall, University of Montevallo
• NOW-MAR 7 Ashe Laughlin – Camoufler, Gallery 126 (UNA), 126 W. Tombigbee St., Florence
• NOW-MAR 8 Debanjaly Sen and Stephen Blades MA Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
• NOW-MAR 15 Faculty Exhibition, Birmingham-Southern College, Durbin Gallery, Doris Wainwright Kennedy Art Center, 900 Arkadelphia Rd., Birmingham
• MAR 16 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 9:30 am-2 pm
• MAR 18 Opening reception, Jigisha Kiran and Dillan Ladner Thesis Exhibitions, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (MAR 18-22), 5-7 pm
• NOW-MAR 19 Gail Morton: Coming into Focus, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Miss.
• MAR 20 2024 Empty Bowls Fundraiser ($), Grace Presbyterian Church, 113 Hargrove Rd., Tusca., 11 am – 1 pm
• MAR 20 Artist lecture by Sharon Butler on her solo show, Sharon Butler: March, Camellia Room, Gorgas Library, UA, 3:00 pm, reception in the SMGA, 4-6 pm
• MAR 18-22  Jigisha Kiran and Dillan Ladner Thesis Exhibitions, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
• NOW-MAR 28 Annual Tuscaloosa County School System Fine Arts Showcase, The Arts Council Gallery and Black Box Theatre, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Avenue
• NOW-MAR 29 Five Seasoned Artists plus one: Ann Betak, Sue Blackshear, Deborah Hughes, Janet Mego, Chris Metzger, Ainsley Greer, University Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Blvd., Tuscaloosa
• NOW-MAR 29 Garden Ethics: Stephen W. Evans, The University of Alabama Gallery, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• NOW-MAR 30 Defiantly Floral: Paintings by Lorrie Lane, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Gary Fitts Street (6th St.), Tuscaloosa
• NOW-MAR 30 Deborah Hughes Paintings, Manna Grocery and Deli, 2300 McFarland Blvd (Meadowbrook), Tuscaloosa  (maybe longer)

  

APRIL EXHIBITIONS

• APR 4 Kat Murray MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (MAR 29-APR 9), 5-7 pm
• APR 4 Art Night, Repurposed: Penny Dobson, Elayne Goodman, Kerry Leasure, Debra Mager, Diana Vest, Laura Walker, and Betsy Youngquist), Museum & Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
• NOW-APR 5 Sharon Butler: March, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Garland 103, UA
• APR 5 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• APR 5 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) opens, Government Plaza, downtown Tuscaloosa (APR 5-6), 5-9 pm
• APR 5 First Friday Reception, Nathan Childers: MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (APR 5-MAY 3), 5-7 p.m.
• APR 5 Paper Lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., 5-7 pm
• APR 5 First Friday reception, Eugene Martin: The Creative Act – An Exhibition from the LSU Museum of Art, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2310 Gary Fitts (6th) St., Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• APR 5 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Gary Fitts Street (6th St.), Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• APR 5 Lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), DCAF, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm
• APR 6 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, downtown Tuscaloosa (APR 5-6), 10 am-5 pm
• APR 6 Lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-5 pm
• FEB 29-APR 6 Extinction & Resilience (featuring PWL members), Paperworkers Local, Birmingham
• MAR 29-APR 9 Kat Murray MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
• MAR 8-APR 12 The Feminine I, Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art, Alabama A&M, Morrison Fine Arts Building, Huntsville
• APR 13 Rooster Day, Marengo County Historical Society arts and crafts fair, main square, downtown Demopolis, 9 am-4 pm
• NOW-APR 13 Every Fiber, Bells Gallery, Dothan, Ala.
• APR 16 Opening reception, Annual Exhibition and Competition: MCC Fine Arts and Graphics Students, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian (MS) Community College (APR 16-MAY 7), 4-5:30 pm
• APR 19 Sunset gathering and lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), Hurricane Creek Park, Hwy 216, 5-9 pm
• APR 20 Cleanup and and lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), Hurricane Creek TBA, 8 am-noon
• APR 20 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 9:30 am-2 pm
• APR 20 Flow Tuscaloosa: Riverwalk Walking Lantern Parade, Riverwalk & Parker-Haun Park, 5-9 pm
• NOW-APR 30 SGA Student Artwork Exhibition: Abi Brewer, Emily Rabbideau, Cecily Downey, Aisley Walaitis, Gorgas Library 6th Floor, UA
• NOW-APR 30 Repurposed: Penny Dobson, Elayne Goodman, Kerry Leasure, Debra Mager, Diana Vest, Laura Walker, and Betsy Youngquist), Museum & Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport

  

MAY EXHIBITIONS

• MAY 2 Art Night with Ardith Goodwin, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
• MAY 2 Art Night with Rachel Wakefield, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
• MAY 3 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• MAY 3 First Friday event, Eugene James Martin-The Creative Act: An Exhibition from The LSU Museum of Art, Paul R. Jones Museum, Gary Fitts (Sixth) Street, Tuscaloosa (MAR 1-MAY 3), 5-8 pm
• MAY 3 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Gary Fitts (Sixth) Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• NOW-MAY 3 Eugene James Martin-The Creative Act: An Exhibition from The LSU Museum of Art, Paul R. Jones Museum, Gary Fitts (Sixth) Street, Tuscaloosa
• APR 5-MAY 3 Nathan Childers: MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• APR 16-MAY 7 Annual Exhibition and Competition: MCC Fine Arts and Graphics Students, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Miss.
• MAY 18 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 9:30 am-2 pm
• NOW-MAY 30 Janet Mego: Recovery Series Paintings, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• MAY 2-30 Ardith Goodwin, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
• MAY 2-30 Rachel Wakefield, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
• NOW-MAY 30 Selections from Kentuck’s Permanent Collection, SoNo Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport

  

AREA GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS

• Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala., events announced on Facebook
• Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), 1221 10th Ave S. (UAB), Birmingham
• The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 1-3 pm, First Fridays 1-7 pm
• Bells Gallery, 1861 Main St., Ste. #1, Dothan, Hours: Thurs.-Fri., 11 am-6 pm, Sat. 10 am-2 pm
• Ben’s Bread, bakery, cafe and gallery, 3510 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, Fri., Sat., 7 am-12 noon (call to check hours)
• Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
• Casteel Gallery (formerly Miller Art Gallery), Ivy-Scaggs Hall, Meridian (Mississippi) Community College, Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-4 pm
• Coleman Center for the Arts, Altman Riddick Museum & Gallery, 630 Avenue A, York, Ala., Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-2 pm, and by appointment (Enter through the Hightower Memorial Library)
• Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
• Durbin Gallery, Birmingham-Southern College, Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham
• Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
• Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, 615 N. Pine St., Florence (UNA campus)
• Fire Horse Pottery (Kerry Kennedy)
• Gadsden Museum of Art, 515 Broad St, Gadsden
• Gallery at 126, 126 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, Ala.
• Gallery 905, Arts Revive, 3 Church Street, Selma
• Gallery VOX, 1623 Pinson Street, Tarrant City, Ala.
• Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. S., Birmingham, Sat. 1-4 pm, and First Thursdays, 5-7 pm
• Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, First Friday receptions, 6-9 pm, and by appointment.
• Heritage Hall Museum and Art Center, 200 South Street East, Talladega, Ala., Tues-Fri, 10 am-4 pm
• Hoover Public Library Galleries, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, Ala. (check the website for locations and hours)
• Intercultural Diversity Center exhibition space, 2nd floor, Student Center, UA campus
• Johnson Center for the Arts, 300 East Walnut, Troy, Ala., Mon-Fri: 10 am – 5 pm
• Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, downtown Northport, Mon-Fri: 9:30 am-5:30 pm; Sat-Sun: 12 pm-4 pm (Museum Gallery, Teer Gallery, Kentuck at Indigo, Art Night)
• Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Gary Fitts Street (6th St.), Tuscaloosa, Mon-Fri, 10 am-6 pm
• Meridian Museum of Art, 628 25th Ave., Meridian, Mississippi, Tues.-Sat., 11 am-4 pm
• Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Parkway, Tues.-Sat., 10 am-4:30 pm
• Moundville Archaeological Park Museum, Moundville, Ala., Seven days a week, 9:00 am- 5:00 pm
• Paperworkers Local printmaking coop and gallery, 2717 7th Ave., S., Suite 203, B’ham, Sat. 11 am-4 pm
• Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 Gary Fitts Street (6th St.), Tusca., Mon.-Fri. 9 am-5 pm and 12-8 pm First Fridays
• Paul W. Bryant Museum, 300 Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, Tues.-Sun., 9 am-4 pm
• Samford Art Gallery, 153 Swearingen Hall, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, 9 am-4 pm
• Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA campus, Mon.-Fri. 9 am-4:30 pm
• Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham
• Sella-Granata Art Gallery, check hours on the website, 109 Woods Hall, UA campus
• Sunheart Metalworks Studio & Sculpture Garden, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, First Sat. 8 am- 12 noon and other times by chance or appointment

  

• Stephen Smith Fine Art, ​5104 Gary Ave., Fairfield
• Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia
• The Gallery at 103 Broad St., Camden (Wilcox Artworks)
• The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm; First Fridays, noon-7 pm
• University Medical Center Exhibitions: Wellness Walls for Art, 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa, M-F, 8 am-5 pm
• Vinegar, 701 37th Street, South, Birmingham: 10 am–2 pm on Saturdays, and by appointment
• Walker County Arts Alliance, 1411 Indiana Ave., Jasper: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 10 am-3 pm
• Walnut Gallery, 806 Walnut St, Gadsden
• Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama, W-F 10 am-5 pm, Sat. 10 am- 3 pm, +check website

ART ANYTIME – Online Exhibitions Around West Alabama

• Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts, Ala. Dept. of Archives & History and Montgomery MFA digital exhibition
• Kentuck Art Center’s Online Artist Exhibitions
• An online tour of the Monster Takeover and other public sculptures in downtown Tuscaloosa and Northport.
• Stroll through UA’s Woods Quad Sculpture Garden, the Alabama Biennial and public sculpture throughout UA campus.
• Browse over 250 more Online Exhibitions of UA Art & Art History Exhibitions and Events
• For more art links, visit our Visual Arts Calendars, Venues & Websites page.

ABOUT THIS CALENDAR

Look for the Art Roundup e-list almost every week, a service of the UA Department of Art & Art History. We hope to provide a more or less comprehensive list of free exhibits and visual arts events in West Alabama (*and sometimes a wider net, esp. if West Alabama folks are showing), with hyperlinks. Very occasionally, non-profit events asking for a nominal entry fee or donation will be included. 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.

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