Art in West Alabama: Unique, Traditional, Improvised, Historical and Local!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, September 11, 2019. Discover something new from the many different kinds of art in West Alabama! Thanks to Philip Henry Gosse for our featured image. Send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you’re up to. This list is updated throughout the week on this page.

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON

September

SEP 13 Reception and improv performance, Hank Lazer: Images from Slowly Becoming Awake, with Holland Hopson, Manna Grocery & Deli, 2350 McFarland Blvd E., Tuscaloosa (SEP 1-30), 3-5 pm
SEP 13 Reception, Tuscaloosa & Me – Local Writers & Artists, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa (SEP 13-OCT 30), 5-7 pm
SEP 14 Lecture event in conjunction with Philip Henry Gosse: A Naturalist’s Sojourn in Alabama, Smith Hall, UA campus (SEP 14-NOV TBA), 4 pm
SEP 17 Exhibition opening, Tuscaloosa Bicentennial Exhibit: Bank of the State, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa (SEP 17-FEB 1, 2020)
SEP 17 What It Is: A Talk on Creativity By Lynda Barry, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa, 7-8 pm
NOW-SEP 19 Annual Graduate Student Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
NOW-SEP 19 Shadowtime: Wade Folger MacDonald, Bloch Hall, University of Montevallo
SEP 20 Opening reception, Root, Branch and Star: Doug Baulos, EBSCO Fine Art Gallery, Old Mill Square, Columbiana, Ala., 6-8 pm
SEP 22 Art Frazier Sr. and Rhonda Landry Exhibition, Garden Room, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette (NOW-SEP 30), 2-4 pm
SEP 26 Lecture: Smokey Bear: 75 Year of Art and History, Alabama Museum of Natural History, Smith Hall, 6-7:30 pm

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

Moths by Philip Henry Gosse https://birminghamaudubon.org/gosse/

NOW-SEP 24 Rik Long Exhibition, Kentuck’s Hotel Indigo Gallery, downtown Tuscaloosa
NOW-SEP 25 Opening reception, Wilcox ArtWorks Photography Exhibition 2019, The Gallery, 103 Broad Street, Camden, Ala.
NOW-SEP 27 Al Sella: For the Record, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
NOW-SEP 27 Susan Vitali: One Thing Follows Another, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
NOW-SEP 30 Full House – When An Artist Collects the Work of Other Artists, Wellness Walls for Art, University Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Boulevard, Tuscaloosa (8am-5pm)
NOW-SEP 30 “Trash Quilts” by Ana Schuber, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Tuscaloosa, 6400 New Watermelon Rd., Tuscaloosa
NOW-SEP 30 Hank Lazer: Images from Slowly Becoming Awake, Manna Grocery & Deli, 2350 McFarland Blvd E., Tuscaloosa
NOW-SEP 30 Art Frazier Sr. and Rhonda Landry Exhibition, Garden Room, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette
NOW-SEP 30 Jonathan Lanier BFA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa

October

large assortment of pottery outside a shed — Miller Pottery in Brent, Ala. On exhibit in the Kentuck Art Center’s Museum Gallery September 5 through October 10.

OCT 1 DEADLINE for Applications for Small Grants Program for Tuscaloosa County artists and non-profits, The Arts Council
OCT 1 Deadline for submitting photographs for Tuscaloosa Photography Club Fall 2019 Exhibit
OCT 1 ART LECTURE: Meditations on Ink: Identities and Expressions in East Asia, Great Hall, Ferguson Center, UA campus, 6:30 pm
OCT 3 Art Night Reception, Andrew & Etta McCall Exhibition, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
OCT 3 Art Night Reception, Miller Pottery Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
OCT 4 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
OCT 4 First Friday reception, Purvis Young: Born in Liberty, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa (SEP 6-OCT 25), 5-8 pm
OCT 4 First Friday reception, Faculty Book Show, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 4-31), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 Meridian Art Walk, Union Station, 1901 Front St, Meridian, Miss., 8 am-1 pm
NOW-OCT 5 INK ONLY II: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, Paperworkers Local, UAB’s Project Space, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham
OCT 6 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
OCT 10 Reception, UA Art Clubs Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus (OCT 10-25), 4-6 pm
NOW-OCT 10 Miller Pottery Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-OCT 11 Andrew & Etta McCall Exhibition, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-OCT 11 Department of Art and Art History 2019 Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
NOW-OCT 11 Woman in a Dress: Amelia Gayle Gorgas Fashion Exhibition, Gorgas House Museum, UA campus
OCT 12 48th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, 9 am-5 pm
OCT 13 48th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, 9 am-4 pm
OCT 23 Artist lecture by William Paul Thomas, in conjunction with SMGA exhibition, Location TBA, 5-6 pm
OCT 24 Opening reception, William Paul Thomas: Breathin’ Different, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (OCT 24-DEC 12), 5-7 pm
NOW-OCT 25 Purvis Young: Born in Liberty City, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
OCT 10-25 UA Art Clubs Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus
OCT 26 Montevallo ArtStalk 2019, 885 Main Street, Montevallo, 1 pm-6 pm
SEP 13-OCT 30 Poets and Painters 2, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
OCT 4-31 Faculty Book Show, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-OCT 31 Paintings by Faulcon Fitts and Billy Luu, Lobby Gallery for Tuscaloosa Juvenile Court, 6001 12th Ave., East, Tuscaloosa
OCT 3-31 Snapshots, Stitches & Selma Blues: needlepoint artist Leanna Leithauser-Lesley and Roger Stephenson Photography exhibition, Arts Revive Carneal Building, 3 Church St, Selma, Ala.

November

5th St Vintage Market in Northport - art and handmade crafts — 5th St Vintage Market in Northport – art and handmade crafts

NOV 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
NOV 1 First Friday Reception, Women of the Bible: Lashonda Robinson, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa (NOV 1-30), 5-7 pm
NOV 1 First Friday Event, Public Charge: Diasporic Immigrant Artists, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa (NOV 1-DEC 13), 5:30-7:30 pm
NOV 1 First Friday Reception, Matters of Representation: Graduate Exhibition by Kathryn Bornhoft, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC (NOV 1-30), 5:30-7:30 pm
NOV 1 Woodworkers of West Alabama Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 3215 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
NOV 2 Sipsey Arts Alliance Annual Christmas Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, Ala. 10 am-4 pm
NOV 2 Meridian Art Walk, Union Station, 1901 Front St, Meridian, Miss., 8 am-1 pm
NOV 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
NOV 7 Art Night reception, Art Students of Stillman College, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 29-NOV 22), 5-8 pm
NOV 7 Art Night reception, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
NOV 8 Opening reception, Tuscaloosa Photography Club Fall 2019 Exhibit, West Ala. Easter Seals, 1400 East James I Harrison Jr Pkwy, Tuscaloosa (NOV 8-JAN, 2020), 5:30 – 7:30 pm
OCT 29-NOV 22 Art Students of Stillman College, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOV 1-30 Matters of Representation: Graduate Exhibition by Kathryn Bornhoft, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC
SEP 14-NOV TBA Philip Henry Gosse: A Naturalist’s Sojourn in Alabama, watercolor exhibition, Smith Hall, UA campus

December

DEC 1 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
DEC 3 Dickens Downtown, historic downtown Northport, 5-8 pm
DEC 5 Art Night reception, Kentuck Studio Artists Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (DEC 3-JAN 17), 5-8 pm
DEC 6 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
DEC 6 Public Charge: Diasporic Immigrant Artists, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa, 5:30-7:30 pm
NOV 1-DEC 13 Public Charge: Diasporic Immigrant Artists, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
OCT 24-DEC 12 William Paul Thomas: Breathin’ Different, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
DEC 17 Exhibition opening, Wade Hall Postcards Traveling Exhibit: Main Streets, UA (location TBA), (DEC 17-JAN 3)
NOW-DEC 31 ‘Of This Goodly Land:’ Celebrating Alabama’s Bicentennial, 1819-2019, Gorgas Library: Pearce Lobby, Williams Collection; M.H. Bryant Hall: Hoole Special Collections
DEC 17, 2019-JAN 3, 2020 Wade Hall Postcards Traveling Exhibit: Main Streets, UA (location TBA)

2020

John the Turtle by Frank Fleming (MFA 1973) in the sculpture garden at the Child Development Research Center.

NOV 8-JAN, 2020 Tuscaloosa Photography Club Fall 2019 Exhibit, West Ala. Easter Seals, 1400 East James I Harrison Jr Pkwy, Tuscaloosa
JAN 9 Opening reception, Cultural Collateral: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (JAN 9-FEB 14), 5-7 pm
DEC 3, 2019-JAN 17, 2020 Kentuck Studio Artists Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
SEP 17, 2019-FEB 1, 2020 Tuscaloosa Bicentennial Exhibit: Bank of the State, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
FEB 7 K12 Outreach Art Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (JAN 10-FEB 28), 5:30-7:30 pm
FEB 27 Opening reception, Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (FEB 27-APR 10), 5-7 pm
JAN 10-FEB 28 K12 Outreach Art Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
FEB 27-APR 10 Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
APR 16 Opening reception, Nasrin Iravani: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, (APR 16-MAY 14), 5-7 pm
MAR 6-APR 20 Selections from the Rebecca and Jack Drake Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
APR 16-MAY 14 Nasrin Iravani: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
OCT 2-DEC 11 Charlie Lucas Exhbition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa

ANYTIME

Experience the Monster Takeover and other public sculptures in downtown Tuscaloosa and Northport.
Stroll through UA’s Woods Quad Sculpture Garden with six outdoor sculptures, plus other sculptures in adjoining campus lawns and four galleries/museums in the heart of campus.
Here’s the First Friday Gallery Guide: http://www.tuscarts.org/firstfriday_artnight.php

LINKS

Visit our Visual Arts Calendars, Venues & Websites page.

ABOUT THIS CALENDAR

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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