Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Art IS healthy for children and other living things, so check out the art events and more at “BookStock” Book Festival this Saturday at Government Plaza in Tuscaloosa! Galleries (and everyone) can stay open if we are vaccinated, masked and healthy, so please do your part. Events are listed in order of ending date. Thanks to Thornton Willis and the SMGA for the image above. And thank you for continuing to support artists wherever you can. Subscribe here and forward this to a friend!
MAY EXHIBITIONS

- MAY 13 Exhibition opens, “other icons”: CE Johnson Art Exhibition, Altman Riddick Gallery, Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York (MAY 13-AUG 26), 6-9 pm
- MAY 14 BOOKSTOCK Spring Book Festival (free Book Arts projects, painting Little Library Boxes), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-3 pm
- NOW-MAY 15 Deadline for Early Bird Artist Application rate for Kentuck Festival of the Arts (Regular deadline is June 1, 2022)
- MAY 16 Exhibition opening, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Exhibit, Intercultural Diversity Center, UA Student Center (MAY 16-31)
- NOW-MAY 19 Exploring Thornton Willis, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Garland Hall, UA
- NOW-MAY 20 Celestia Morgan: Disparities, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa
- MAY 20-21 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, Sat. 5-9 pm, Sun. 10-5
- MAY 21 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue Northport, 9:30 am-2:00 pm
- MAY 21 Artist Talk and Closing Reception, ARGOT: Jonathan Evans and Whitson Ramsey, Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd. S., Birmingham (MAY 5-21), 2 pm
- MAY 21 Flow Lantern Parade, Tuscaloosa Riverwalk, 7-10 pm
- MAY 21 Event, Swimming Together, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 8-10 pm
- NOW-MAY 25 Tuscaloosa County School System Visual Arts Showcase, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-MAY 27 Time and Tension: Molly Lay MA Thesis Exhibition, Sokol Park, Northport
- NOW-MAY 31 Gaby Wolodarski, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, Hoover, Ala.
- MAY 16-31 Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Exhibit, Intercultural Diversity Center, UA Student Center
- NOW-JUN 1 Artists applications accepted for 51st Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport
JUNE ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY & FIRST SATURDAY

- JUN 3 First Friday Reception, Flow Tuscaloosa, Paul R. Jones Museum and UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm
- JUN 4 First Saturday Open House, SunHeart Metalworks Studio & Sculpture Garden, 802 Nick’s Kids Ave., Northport, 9 am-1 pm
JUNE EXHIBITIONS
- JUN 10 Exhibition opening, 2022 Alabama Triennial, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham (JUN 10-AUG 13)
- JUN 18 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue Northport, 9:30 am-2:00 pm
- NOW-JUN 25 Exquisite Disorientation: Sarah Marshall, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
- NOW-JUN 30 Natural Perspectives: Inside the Delightfully Twisted World of Colton Dion and Highlights from the Helen Shapiro Collage Collection, Walls for Wellness, UA Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-JUN TBA Swimming Together Exhibition, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum
- NOW-JUN 30 Liza Butts, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, Hoover, Ala.
- NOW-JUL 4 Jim Shores, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
JULY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- JUL 7 Art Night Opening, Debra Riffe, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (JUL 7-AUG 1)
JULY EXHIBITIONS & MORE…
- JUL 21 Exhibition opens, In and Outside the Book: Puppets and Poetry, works by Mary Ann Sampson, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
- JUL 7-AUG 1 Debra Riffe, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
Druid City Arts Festival coming soon to Gov’t Plaza! - NOW-AUG 1 Silver Francis, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, downtown Tuscaloosa
- JUN 10-AUG 13 2022 Alabama Triennial, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham
- MAY 13-AUG 26 “other icons”: CE Johnson Art Exhibition, Altman Riddick Gallery, Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York, Alabama
- SEP 24-25 Black Belt Biennial, downtown Greensboro, Ala.
- OCT 2 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market 4150 5th St., 10am-3pm
- OCT 15-16 51st Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
- NOV 6 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market 4150 5th St., 10am-3pm
- DEC 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market 4150 5th St., 10am-3pm
AREA GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
- Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala., events announced on Facebook
- The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 1-3 pm, First Fridays 1-7 pm
- Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
- Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York, Ala.
- Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
- Fool’s Gold Gallery, 2424 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, Tues.-Sat., 12 noon – 8 pm (check the link)
- Gallery 905, Arts Revive, 3 Church Street, Selma
at the Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa - Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. S., Birmingham, Sat. 1-4 pm
- Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa
- Hoover Public Library Galleries, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, Ala. (check the website for locations and hours)
- Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, downtown Northport, Mon-Fri: 9:30am-5:30pm; Sat-Sun: 12 pm-4 pm (Museum Gallery, Teer Gallery, Kentuck at Indigo, Art Night)
- Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth St., Tuscaloosa, Mon-Fri, 12 noon-6 pm
- Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Parkway, Tues.-Sat., 10 am-4:30 pm
- Moundville Archaeological Park Museum, Moundville, Ala., Seven days a week, 9:00 am- 5:00 pm
- Paperworkers Local printmaking coop and gallery, 2717 7th Ave., S., Suite 203, B’ham, Sat. 11 am-4 pm
- Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth St., Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri. 9 am-5 pm and 12-8 pm First Fridays
- Paul W. Bryant Museum, 300 Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, Tues.-Sun., 9 am-4 pm
- Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA campus, Mon.-Fri. 9 am-4:30 pm
- Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham
- Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus
- SunHeart Metalworks Studio & Sculpture Garden, 802 Nick’s Kids Ave., Northport, First Sat. 9 am- 1 pm and other times by chance or appointment
- Stephen Smith Fine Art, 5104 Gary Ave., Fairfield, Ala.
- The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm; First Fridays, noon-7pm
- Walker County Arts Alliance, Jasper, Alabama
ART ANYTIME – Online Exhibitions Around West Alabama

- Kentuck Art Center’s Online Artist Exhibitions
- An online tour of the Monster Takeover and other public sculptures in downtown Tuscaloosa and Northport.
- Stroll through UA’s Woods Quad Sculpture Garden, the Alabama Biennial and public sculpture throughout UA campus.
- Browse over 250 more Online Exhibitions of UA Art & Art History Exhibitions and Events
- For more art links, visit our Visual Arts Calendars, Venues & Websites page.
ABOUT THIS CALENDAR
Look for the Art Roundup e-list almost every week, a service of the UA Department of Art & Art History. We hope to provide a more or less comprehensive list of free exhibits and visual arts events in West Alabama (*and sometimes a wider net, esp. if West Alabama folks are showing), with hyperlinks. Very occasionally, non-profit events asking for a nominal entry fee or donation will be included. 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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