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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, April 5, 2017. We’re a little under the weather today, but wanted to put in a plug for April Art Night, First Friday and sunny Saturday! Please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to! This list is updated throughout the week.

APRIL ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY  ("Jones Projection" First Friday, April 2017

APR 6 Opening Reception, For Home and Country:  America’s Entry into the Great War, Pearce Lobby, Gorgas Library 2nd floor, 10 am-12 noon (NOW-MAY 31)
APR 6 Art Night Reception, EXIT 2017 BA Group ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA, 4-7 pm
APR 6 Art Night with Charlie Lucas and Kelly Shannon, Sydney Gruber, Lorrie Lane, Main and Clarke galleries, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
APR 6 Art Night Reception, EXIT 2017 BA Group ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-7 pm
APR 7 First Friday reception, Publicly Identified Exhibition, UA Gallery and Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (MAR 7- APR 14), 5-8 pm
APR 7 Paintings by Terrell Taylor: Moon Dreams, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa, 5-7 pm
APR 7 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa 5:30-8:30 pm
APR 7 First Friday EXIT 2017 Senior Exhibition
APR 7 First Friday reception, Moment|Momento: Jamie Reschke BFA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (APR 7-16)
APR 7 April First Friday: Eric Coleman Upstairs Exhibit, Black Warrior Brewing Co., Tuscaloosa, 6-10 pm
APR 7 Justin Hines BA Exhibition, Wynn Center Art Gallery, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa

ONGOING AND UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

APR 8 8th Annual Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-5 pm
NOW-APR 12 Mel Kendrick: Woodblocks Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOW-APR 12 SCFAC Juried Show 2017, Coleman Center for the Arts, York
APR 12 Lisa Farrington lecture: “The World Before Racism: Blacks in Western Art,” Gorgas Library 205, 7-8:30 pm
APR 13 Artist Lecture: Cosmo Whyte, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 7 pm
Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) April 8, 2017APR 13 Lisa Farrington lecture: “21st Century Black Feminism,” Ferguson Forum, Ferguson Student Center, UA, 4-5:30 pm
NOW-APR 14 Publicly Identified Exhibition, UA Gallery and Arts Council Gallery,  DWCAC
NOW-APR 15 Digital Media Exhibition, Ferguson Center Gallery, UA
APR 7-16 Moment|Momento: Jamie Reschke BFA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries
APR 6-20 EXIT 2017 BA Group ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
APR 21 Show opening, MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Kelsey Windham and Celestia MorganSarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (APR 21-MAY 26), 9:30 am
APR 21 Reception, 2017 BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (APR 17-30)
NOW-APR 22 26th Annual People’s Choice Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, MS (Deadline updated to Apr 22)
APR 24 Opening Reception, Out of Eden, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA, 6-8 pm (APR 24-27)
NOW-APR 25 Charlie Lucas, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa
NOW-APR 26 Charlie Lucas, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
APR 27 Opening, Lorrie Lane, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave (APR 27-JUL 7)
APR 24-27 Out of Eden, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-APR 28 Freedom? Selections from the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Gallery, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
APR 28-29 SAA Spring Art Market, Fayette, ALSAA art market flyer april 2017
APR 17-30 2017 BFA Juried ExhibitionHarrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
APR 6-MAY 4 Kelly Shannon: celle, Clarke Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport

MAY 4 Art Night, Chris “Chub” Hubbard, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (MAY 4-27), 5-8 pm
MAY 5 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa 5:30-8:30 pm
MAY 5 First Friday Reception, Jack Leigh Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm
MAY 7 5th Street Vintage Market, 4150 5th St., Northport, 11 am-4 pm
APR 21-MAY 26 MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Kelsey Windham and Celestia MorganSarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAY 4-27 Chris “Chub” Hubbard, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
NOW-MAY 31 For Home and Country:  America’s Entry into the Great War, Pearce Lobby, Gorgas Library 2nd floor

JUL 6 Art Night, Myrna Gates, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (JUL 6-AUG 22), 5-8 pm
APR 27-JUL 7 Lorrie Lane, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa
MAY 17-JUL 22 People’s Choice Art Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
JUL 6-AUG 22 Myrna Gates, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL

SEP 7 Art Night, Yvonne Wells, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (SEP 7-OCT 20), 5-8 pm
NOW-SEP 29 William C. Gorgas and the Great War, Gorgas House Museum, UA
NOW-SEP 29? “Lafayette, We Are Here!” America Enters The First World War, Hauser Hall, UA
AUG 23-OCT 7 43rd Annual Bi-State Art Juried Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
SEP 7-OCT 20 Yvonne Wells, 46th Kentuck Festival quilt design by Hallie O'Kelley!
OCT 21-22 46th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, AL

NOV 2 Art Night, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (NOV 2-30), 5-8 pm
NOV 7-8 5th Annual Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, AL, 9 am-3 pm
NOV 2-30 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL

DEC 5 Art Night, Kentuck Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (DEC 5-JAN 12, 2018), 5-8 pm
DEC 5-JAN 12, 2018 Kentuck Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL

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://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Bama Theatre galleries)
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://gorgashouse.ua.edu/
http://graceaberdean.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County)
http://www.kentuck.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Lorrie-Lane-Studio-322780188223/
http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/ (Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum)
http://www.montevallo.edu/fine-arts/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/
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.

Thank you for supporting ALL of the arts all over West Alabama!
“Gathering West Alabama’s Visual Arts Events since September 2013”