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Art in Remembrance, Art for the Present, Art for the Future

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Today, in remembrance of one of Alabama’s deadliest storm days five years ago, we link to Tanya Mikulas, image 5252, "My House," 2011.

Everybody, please send us your West Alabama visual arts events – we want to know what you are up to!

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON! 

APR 27 Jasper Lee (hammer dulcimer), Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA, 6 pm
APR 28 Open Artist Studio: April Bachtel, Woods Hall 119, UA
APR 28 Rodger Stella (theremin & synthesizer)Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA, 7 pm
NOW-APR 29 Heather Whidden, "unseen forces," detail
NOW-APR 29 Black is Beautiful, Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa
APR 30 Andrew Dewar & Brad Davis (reeds & electronics)Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA, 7:30 pm
APR 30 Reception with Congresswoman Terri Sewell, Congressional Art Competition exhibition, DWCAC, 11 am
APR 30 Hog Wild for Art Festival, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, Alabama
NOW-APR 30 2016 Annual BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
NOW-APR 30 New Paintings – Lorrie Lane, Gallery at Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa
NOW-APR 30 Hog Wild for Art Festival, April 30, 2016
NOW-APR 30 For the Love of Mardi Gras Exhibition, Daniel Day Gallery, Birmingham

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

MAY 1 LaDonna Smith (viola), Davey Williams (guitar), Gerard Assayag (laptop) and Andrew Dewar (reeds)Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA, 7:30 pm
MAY 1 5th Street Vintage Market, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 11 am-4 pm
MAY 1 Opening reception, Troika: Cuba Soul Deep, Karen Graffeo, Chip Cooper and Julio Angel Larramendi, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, 1-3 pm
MAY 1 Gallery talk, Troika: Cuba Soul Deep, Karen Graffeo, Chip Cooper and Julio Angel Larramendi, 2016 May 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport, RoundupTennessee Valley Museum of Art, 1:30 pm
NOW-MAY 3 Passage: Celestia Morgan MA Exhibition | Turner Williams MFA ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery

ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
MAY 5 Art Night at Kentuck Art Center, Northport
MAY 6 First Friday Reception, After Eighteen Forty Two – Sarah Ann Austin MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm
MAY 6 First Friday Reception, The B Side Group Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 5-8 pm
NOW-MAY 6 Jason Guynes: Unrealistic Expectations, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia

MAY 7 Art in the Park 2016, 1072 Gamble Avenue, Jasper
NOW-MAY 7 Installation view, 2016 UA Faculty Biennial, work by Adrienne Callander in foreground.
MAY 14 Early Bird Deadline, 45th Kentuck Festival
NOW-MAY 15 Haitian Flags from the Cargo Collection, Birmingham Museum of Art
MAY 20 Reception, Flora and Fauna Exhibition, Daniel Day Gallery, Birmingham
MAY 21 Reception, Intimate Spaces, Union Grove Gallery, UAH, 6-9 pm
NOW-MAY 27 UA Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
MAY 6-27 The B Side Group Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
MAY 6-30 After Eighteen Forty Two – Sarah Ann Austin MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harrison Galleries
JUN 1 DEADLINEFinal Application Deadline, 45th Kentuck Festival
NOW-JUN 25 Made in Alabama, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
MAY 21-JUL 2 Sarah Ann Austin

AUG 5-SEP 30 UAB/UA Faculty Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
AUG 15-SEP 1 2nd Annual Alabama National Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
SEP 2 First Friday Reception, UAB/UA Faculty Exhibition, DWCAC, 5-8 pm

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://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://www.blackbelttreasures.com/
http://www.bethanywindhamengle.com/
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/
http://creativecampus.ua.edu/
http://dcaf.ua.edu/
http://events.ua.edu/category/8/ (Arts events at UA)
http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/events.eventsmain
http://fayetteal.org/sipsey-arts-alliance/
http://fayetteartmuseum.vpweb.com/
http://galleryontheboulevard.com/Home.html
http://gorgashouse.ua.edu/
http://graceaberdean.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County Arts Council)
https://www.facebook.com/MontevalloArtDepartment
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
http://www.tuscwawa.com/ (West Alabama Woodworking Assn.)
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/section/ent
http://www.tvaa.net/exhibitions/view-current-exhibit.html
http://www.waqg.com/ (West Alabama Quilters Guild meets 2nd Saturdays)
http://weldbham.com/blog/category/art-culture/

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Look for this e-list each week from 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”