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A-Day Stands for ‘Art Day’ in West Alabama!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, April 18, 2018. We all know what the “A” in A-Day means – and we’ve got lots of depth in the art of West Alabama, too! 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 SOON Showcard for Refocused: Patrick Hoban Master of Arts Exhibition, April 2018

APR 16-19 Canorous, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
APR 16-20 Patrick Hoban MA Exhibition, Arts Construction Building, 16th St., Tuscaloosa
APR 20 Opening reception, UA Art BFA Juried ExhibitionHarrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd. (APR 20-28), 6-9 pm
NOW-APR 20 Selections from the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at UA, University Art Gallery, University of North Alabama, Florence
APR 21 Hog Wild for Art Festival, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, 10 am- 3 pm
NOW-APR 22 Don’t Fence Me In, Stephen Smith Fine Art, 5104 Gary Avenue, Fairfield
APR 24 “The Utterly Useless” Digital Media Art Exhibition, screening on Woods Quad, 7:30-9 pm
NOW-APR 24 Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck Art Center, Northport
APR 24 Exhibition opening, Westwood Art Month at the BamaJunior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa (APR 24-MAY 10)
APR 25 West Alabama Quilters Guild Fidget Quiltmaking for Hospice of West Alabama, 3851 Loop Road, Tusca., 9 am-3:30 pm 

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)Poster for Meridian Mid Century With a Window to the World: Oils, Watercolors, and Collages by Helen Potasnic Shapiro

APR 27 Crosspollen: Outdoor Poetry, Art & Science Symposium: Paper-making workshop, 3 pm, Deerlick Creek Park Amphitheater, 12421 Deerlick Road, Tuscaloosa, register by April 20
NOW-APR 27 Tuscaloosa County School Student Art Exhibit, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-APR 27 Mecca: Atlanta, Harlem, Miami, and Beyond – Selections from the Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
APR 20-28 UA Art BFA Juried ExhibitionHarrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tusca.
NOW-APR 28 William Gorgas and the Great WarMildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
NOW-APR 30 “A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw,” Artworks from the Doug McCraw Collection, UA Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-MAY 1 Spring Flowers: Liz Lane Bryan, Pamela Hall Copeland, Lorrie Lane and Paul StewartBetak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tusca.
NOW-MAY 3 Works by Harold Lovell, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia

MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY ("The Utterly Useless" Digital Media Exhibition, April 2018

MAY 3 Graham Boettcher, “African Americans and Art,” Second Annual Savery-Tarrant Colloquium, Savery Library, Talladega College, Talladega, 9 am-4 pm
MAY 3 Art Night, Melanie ColvinKentuck 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 Opening reception, In the Belly of the Beast, Stephen Smith Fine Art, Fairfield (MAY 4-JUN 23), 5-8 pm
MAY 4 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAY 4 First Friday Reception, Color by Color, Paul R. Jones Museum, 5-7 pm
MAY 4 First Friday reception, Melissa B. Tubbs: Celebration & Preservation, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (MAY 4-25), 5-8 pm
MAY 4 First Friday Reception, (un)Wrapt: New Arts Research by Creative Campus Fellows, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, 5:00-8:00 pm
MAY 4 First Friday Reception, UA Sculpture Students, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm

APR 24-MAY 10 Westwood Art Month at the BamaJunior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa
NOW-MAY 11 Annual Juried Art Show, Coleman Center for the Arts and Sumter County Fine Arts Council, Altman Riddick Gallery, York
NOW-MAY 15 Kentuck Festival’s Call for Artist Applications
NOW-MAY 18 Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAY 4-25 Melissa B. Tubbs: Celebration & Preservation, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-MAY 31 Scott McQueen, top left: Candace von Hoffman; top right: Megan Goldman; bottom left: Alana Cammack; bottom right: Ellen Hart.
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 ColvinKentuck Art Center, Northport
JUN 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
NOW-JUN 7 Kentuck Members Show, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport

JUNE ART NIGHT 

JUN 7 Art Night, Missionary Mary ProctorKentuck Art Center, Northport, (JUN 5-JUL 24) 5-8 pm
MAY 4-JUN 23 In the Belly of the Beast, Stephen Smith Fine Art, Fairfield
MAY 1-JUN 30 New Paintings by Sharon Long, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane
JUN 30 Opening reception, Jane Cassidy: Undersea Well, solo exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (JUN 30-SEP 16)
NOW-JUN 30 Call for Entries: Water of Alabama, Juried Competition by Paperworkers Local, Birmingham
NOW-JUL 3 Meridian Mid Century With a Window to the World: Oils, Watercolors, and Collages by Helen Potasnic Shapiro, University Medical Center, 850 5th Avenue East, Tuscaloosa

JULY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

JUL 5 Art Night, Missionary Mary ProctorKentuck 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 Coleman Center for the Arts

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 ProctorKentuck 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-LesleyKentuck 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-LesleyKentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 22-AUG 31 ArtWorks 2018: TVAA Member Art Show, Ellington," by Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, at Canterbury Gallery in October 2016

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
JUN 30-SEP 16 Jane Cassidy: Undersea Well, solo exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
SEP 6-20 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport

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 5-31), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday Reception and Reunion, Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-31), 5:30-7:30 pm

Photo by Rachel DobsonSEP 1- OCT 19 Dennis ThompsonKentuck Art Center, Northport
OCT 20-21 47th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport
SEP 30-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
OCT 5-31 The Mother of Alabama 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 AllianceKentuck 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 AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport

DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck 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, 46th Kentuck Festival quilt design by Hallie O'Kelley!

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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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”