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West Alabama Art – Like Mushrooms After a Rainstorm!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, July 18, 2018. Stay out of those summer pop-up showers inside West Alabama galleries and museums! Please send us your Tuscaloosa Museum of Art by Jake Stevens CW

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON

JUL 19 Art with Friends, Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE, 5:30-7:30 pm
JUL 19 Opening reception, B18: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan (JUL 20-SEP 29)
NOW-JUL 22 Missionary Mary ProctorHotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa
JUL 25 Exhibition opens: Jim Morris Photographs, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa (JUL 25 – OCT 24)
NOW-JUL 26 Missionary Mary ProctorKentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-JUL 27 Tony Brock, The Story So Far…, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
JUL 28 Annual Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, 9 am-4 pm
NOW-JULY 31 Paintings by Christine MetzgerTuscaloosa County Juvenile Court Lobby6001 12th Ave., East
NOW-JUL 31 Ann Betak’s Painting Class ExhibitBetak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa 

AUGUST ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

AUG 2 Art Night, Leanna Leithauser-LesleyPoster of Tony Brock exhibition, 2018
AUG 3 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
AUG 3 University of Alabama Graduate Alumni Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (both galleries), Tuscaloosa (AUG 3-SEP 28), 5-8 pm
AUG 3 Jim Morris exhibit reception and artist talk, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa (AUG 3-OCT 24), 6 pm

NOW-AUG 10 The Immigrant Life – Paintings by Juan López-Bautista, Ayers LRC Art Gallery, Anniston, Ala.
NOW-AUG 11 Insect Photography by Kendra and John AbbottWarner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
NOW-AUG 15 Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
AUG 23 Exhibition opens, Com-bine – Selections from the Permanent CollectionSarah Moody Gallery of Art, (AUG 23-SEP 28)
AUG 23 Reception and awards, Water of Alabama Juried Exhibition, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave. S., Birmingham (AUG 23-OCT 11), 5-7 pm
NOW-AUG 24 BAM! Black Panther and the Black Arts Movement in the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth St., Tuscaloosa
JUL 27-AUG 29 Leanna Leithauser-LesleyKentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-AUG 31 The Modernization of Tuscaloosa’s Built Environment: The Architecture of Don Buel Schuyler, 1937 – 1964, Bryant Conference Center, UA
JUL 22-AUG 31 ArtWorks 2018: TVAA Member Art Show, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia

SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

SEP 6 Art Night, Dennis Thompson, Painting by Missionary Mary L Proctor at Kentuck Art Center ("My Grandma Penny Story...")
SEP 6 Art Night, Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (SEP 6-20), 5-8 pm
SEP 6 Art Night Reception, Graduate Student Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall, UA (SEP 4-27), 4-6 pm
SEP 6 Art Night Reception, Com-bine – Selections from the Permanent CollectionSarah Moody Gallery of Art(AUG 23-SEP 28), 5-7 pm
SEP 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
SEP 7 Artist Reception, First Friday, University of Alabama Graduate Alumni Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (both galleries), Tuscaloosa (AUG 3-SEP 28), 5-8 pm

SEP 11 Dr. Richard K. Emmerson, art history lecture: “Apocalypse Illuminated,” Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6:30 pm
NOW-SEP 16 Jane Cassidy: Undersea Well, solo exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
SEP 6-20 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
SEP 4-27 Graduate Student Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
AUG 3-SEP 28 University of Alabama Graduate Alumni Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (both galleries), Tuscaloosa
AUG 23-SEP 28 Com-bine – Selections from the Permanent CollectionSarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
JUL 20-SEP 29 B18: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan

OCTOBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

OCT 4 Art Night, Dennis ThompsonKentuck 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 and Reunion, The Mother of Alabama Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-26), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday Reception and Reunion, Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-26), 5:30-7:30 pm

AUG 23-OCT 11 Water of Alabama Juried Exhibition, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave. S., BirminghamLeanna Leithauser-Lesley, "Thelonious Monk," needlepoint mounted on a hand stitched and beaded crazy quilt, 30”X30”
OCT 20-21 47th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport
JUL 25-OCT 24 Jim Morris Photographs, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa
SEP 1- OCT 26 Dennis ThompsonKentuck Art Center, Northport
OCT 5-26 The Mother of Alabama Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
OCT 5-26 Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC
SEP 30-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia

NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

NOV 1 Art Night, Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 30-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
NOV 2 Jayne Morgan Exhibit Opening, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa
NOV 1 Exhibition opens, Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton (NOV 1-30)

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 24 Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport
NOV 27 Lecture: Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6-8 pm
NOV 5-29 Foundations and Introductory Classes Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 109 Woods Hall, UA
NOV 1-30 Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton

DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck Art Center and Teer Gallery, Northport, (DEC 4-FEB 7) 5-8 pm
DEC 7 Gay Burke. Photo by Rachel Dobson

DEC 4-FEB 7, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck Art Center and Teer Gallery, Northport

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://stephensmith.gallery/exhibitions.html
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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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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