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Welcome to a New Year for Art in West Alabama!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, January 3, 2018. Happy New Year from the UA Art Roundup! Thank you to all our readers for your feedback and contributions over the past year – we’re looking forward to what the new year brings. Please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to! This list is updated throughout the week on this page.

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOONSalmagundi at Wellness Wall for Art, University Medical Center

NOW-JAN 31 HELD OVER! Explorations by Anna Sella, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel
JAN 1 Submission deadline, Druid City Arts Festival 2018 (APR 7)
JAN 9 Deadline Extended: Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art Juried Exhibition: Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper

NOW-JAN 3 Kentuck Red Dog Potters ExhibitionArts Council Gallery, DWCAC (check holiday dates)

NO JANUARY ART NIGHT or FIRST FRIDAYJamey Grimes installing sculpture

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

NOW-JAN 9 Salmagundi: Sue Pieri, Karen Jacobs, Chris Metzger, Janet Mego and Deborah Hughes, University Medical Center, 850 5th Avenue East, Tuscaloosa
NOW-JAN 12 A Life With Dolls: The Dolls of Susan Hodgson, Gorgas House Museum, UA
JAN 18 Art with Friends, Alabama Fishes by Joseph TomelleriTuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Westervelt Collection, 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE, 5:30-7:30 pm
NOW-JAN 21 Uncommon Territory: Contemporary Art in Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
NOW-JAN 22 Anthony TavisKentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
NOW-JAN 24 Kentuck Art Center Studio Artists: Artisanal QualityKentuck Art Center, Northport
JAN 25 Dr. Gregory Clark, Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Smith Hall, UA, 5 pm
NOW-JAN 26 Multifarious: Eclectic Selections from the Blount Collection of Art, UA Gallery, DWCAC (check holiday dates and hours)
JAN 3-26 continued: Department of Art and Art History Studio Faculty Research Biennial, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (check holiday dates and hours)
NOW-JAN 31 Hallie O’Kelley Quilts, Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Court Lobby6001 12th Ave., East

FEBRUARY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (work by Anna Sella

FEB 1 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
FEB 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
FEB 2 Community Arts Conversations, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-7:30 pm

FEB 4 Opening, Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper, Salmon Library Gallery, UAH, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville (FEB 4- MAR 3)
FEB 8 Opening, Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (FEB 8-MAR 23)
NOW-FEB 10 Call for Entries, Juried Exhibition, A Look At Us, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham
JAN 22-FEB 11 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit (Jr. Div.), Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
FEB 2-23 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit (Adult Div.), Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave.
FEB 27 Wendy White Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, Gallalee Hall Room 227, UA, 6:30 pm
FEB 4-MAR 3 Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper, Salmon Library Gallery, UAH, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville

MARCH ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (Hallie O'Kelley's quilts at the Juvenile Court Lobby

MAR 1 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
MAR 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

MAR 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
MAR 21 Dr. Rebecca Zorach, “The Black Arts Movement in Chicago,” Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Gorgas Library, UA, 6:30 pm
MAR 22 Reception, Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (MAR 12-30)
FEB 8-MAR 23, Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 12-30 Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa

APRIL ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (Tobias Layman, "Gear Go Round," 2016

APR 5 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 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 7 Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa
APR 12 Karl Haendel, Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Smith Hall, UA, 6:30 pm

MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

MAY 3 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
MAY 4 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

MAY Creative Campus Arts Research Projects Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, Tuscaloosa (More TBA!)
APR 5-MAY 18 Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
JUN 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm

SEP 11 Dr. Richard K. Emmerson, “Apocalypse Illuminated,” Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6:30 pm

ANYTIME: Stroll between galleries through our Big Red Dog at Kentuck Courtyard

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://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre)
http://www.kentuck.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Lorrie-Lane-Studio-322780188223/
http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/ (Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum)
https://www.montevallo.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/the-gallery/
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.

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“Gathering West Alabama’s Visual Arts Events since September 2013”