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Alabama Fishes and Betty Boop: Art This Week in West Alabama

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Lots of new events added and updated this week! And please send us your Dr. Gregory Clark will lecture Jan. 22, 2018.

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON

NOW-JAN 24 Kentuck Art Center Studio Artists: Artisanal QualityKentuck Art Center, Northport
JAN 25 Dr. Gregory ClarkVisiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Smith Hall, UA, 5 pm
JAN 25 Art with Friends, Alabama Fishes by Joseph TomelleriTuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Westervelt Collection, 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE (NOW-MAR 4), 5:30-7:30 pm
JAN 26 Reception, Canterbury’s Response and Action During the Civil Rights Movement: a visual exhibit, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, 5 pm
NOW-JAN 26 Multifarious: Eclectic Selections from the Blount Collection of Art, UA Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-JAN 26 Department of Art and Art History Studio Faculty Research Biennial, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

JAN 31 NEW DATE & TIME Phase (Awesome Art Installation by Malcolm Smith and Jamey Grimes), Sassafras Center for Arts and Environment, 6-9 pm
JAN 31 Talk by artist Kevin Cole on his exhibition, Beneath the Surface, 205 Gorgas Library, UA, 7 pm
NOW-JAN 31 Hallie O’Kelley Quilts, Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Court Lobby6001 12th Ave., East
JAN 19-FEB 1 Jamey Grimes and Malcolm Smith at Sassafras Park, Dec. 17, 5-8 pm

FEBRUARY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)

FEB 1 Artist Talk by Kevin Cole: “The Business of Art,” 205 Smith Hall, 427 6th Avenue, Tuscaloosa (UA), 4-5:30 pm
FEB 1 Art Night, Beth ConklinKentuck Art Center, Northport (JAN 22-FEB 23), 5-8 pm
FEB 1 Art Night, William McGavin, Teer Gallery, Kentuck (FEB 1-MAR 15), 5-8 pm
FEB 2 Artist Talk by Kevin Cole: “Working as an Art Educator,” 205 Smith Hall, 427 6th Avenue, Tuscaloosa (UA), 2-3:30 pm
FEB 2 Community Arts Conversations, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, 5:00-8:00 pm
FEB 2 Double Exposure Photography Competition Awards (Adult Division), Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, 6:30 pm
FEB 2 Lecture by Melinda Bula: “The Power and Secret of Color,” West Ala. Quilters’ Guild, Tuscaloosa Dept. of Transportation, 1000 28th Ave., 7 pm
FEB 2 Kevin Cole: Blanket Series: Beyond the Surface, UA GalleryDinah Washington Cultural Art Center (FEB 1-26), 5:30-7:30 pm
FEB 2 First Friday Reception, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 Sixth Street, 5:30-7:30 pm
FEB 2 First Friday Reception, O’Connor Art Studios, 2316 University Blvd., 5:30-8:30 pm
FEB 2 First Friday Reception, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy2124 Ninth Street, 6-9 pm

FEB 4 Opening, Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper, Salmon Library Gallery, UAH, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville (FEB 4- MAR 3)
FEB 7 Gallery walkthrough: Robert Kushner at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland, 6 pm
FEB 8 Reception, Cover of "Fishes of Alabama," Herbert T. Boschung Jr., and Richard L. Mayden, and Joseph Tomelleri. Smithsonian Books (July 8, 2004).
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. Division, Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
FEB 11, Closing Reception 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit, Jr. Division, Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, 2-3 p.m.
FEB 15 Reception, John Klosterman and Amy Smoot Master of Arts exhibitions, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, (FEB 8-22), 4-6 pm
JAN 22-FEB 19 Beth Conklin, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
FEB 8-22 John Klosterman and Amy Smoot, Master of Arts exhibitions, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-FEB 23 All that Art, All that JazzPaul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa
NOW-FEB 23 Beth ConklinKentuck Art Center, Northport
FEB 2-23 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit (Adult Div.), Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave.
FEB 1-26 Kevin Cole: Blanket Series: Beyond the Surface, UA GalleryDinah Washington Cultural Art Center
FEB 27 Wendy White Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, Gallalee Hall Room 227, UA, 6:30 pm

MARCH ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (Story in the Crimson White 1957, when the KKK threatened church members

MAR 1 Art Night: Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck Art Center, Northport (FEB 27-APR 24), 5-8 pm
MAR 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

FEB 4-MAR 3 Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper, Salmon Library Gallery, UAH, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville
MAR 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
NOW-MAR 4 Alabama Fishes by Joseph TomelleriTuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Westervelt Collection, 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE
JAN 21-MAR 9 Veiled: A Space Between, Aaron Tennessee Benson, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
MAR 12-16 UA closed for Spring Break
FEB 1-MAR 15 William McGavin, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, 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, Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (MAR 12-30)
MAR 23 March Gourd Madness, Clanton Performing Arts Center, Clanton
FEB 8-MAR 23 Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 12-30 Robert Kushner, “White Lotus Shaft of Light III"
MAR 19-30 Francesca Baldarelli Master of Fine Arts exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA

APRIL ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

APR 5 Art Night: Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck 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 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
FEB 27-APR 24 Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck Art Center, Northport
MAR 25-MAY 3 Works by Harold Lovell, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
Historic Drish House in Tuscaloosa

MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

MAY 3 Art Night, Melanie ColvinKentuck Art Center, Northport (APR 27-JUN 2), 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
MAY (TBD) Another Man’s Treasure Exhibition, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
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
FEB 22-JUN 4 Scott McQueen, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa

JUNE FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

JUN 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

APR 27-JUN 2 Melanie ColvinKentuck Art Center, Northport
APR 5-JUN 7 Kentuck Members Show, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport

JUNE ART NIGHT 

JUN 7 Art Night, Missionary Mary ProctorEllington," by Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, at Canterbury Gallery in October 2016

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 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 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, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia

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 Tobias Layman, "Gear Go Round," 2016

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 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)

SEP 1- OCT 19 Dennis ThompsonKentuck Art Center, Northport
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 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, 2016 Kentuck Courtyard
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, Kentuck Art Center, 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 SITESBlack Belt Treasures, Camden, Alabama

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/
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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