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September Art Night & First Friday in West Alabama

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, September 3, 2014 
Get your dancing shoes ready for a wild run through some incredible art this Thursday and Friday!

ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAYArt work by Miriam Norris Omura of Alabama in the Alabama National Juried Exhibition.

ART NIGHT ON WOODS QUAD
SEP 4 Reception, 6pm, Redefining the Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers, SMGA https://art.ua.edu/exhibition/redefining-multiple/
SEP 4 Reception, 6pm, Alabama National Juried Art Exhibition at the SGG, https://art.ua.edu/news/alabama-national-juried-art-competition/

ART NIGHT IN NORTHPORT
SEP 4 Founders and Friends: The GROCERY opens its doors, 900 Main Ave, Northport: http://www.groceryartplace.com/The Grocery an artist-run studio, exhibit, and performance space on Main Avenue in Northport opens Art Night, September 4.
SEP 4 Kentuck Art Night Feed the Spirit – Joy Gauss: kentuck.org

FIRST FRIDAY DOWNTOWN
SEP 5 Reception, 5:30pm ROJO, Paul R. Jones Gallery https://www.facebook.com/pauljonesgallery
SEP 5 Reception, 5-8PM, Aqua, encaustic paintings by Joni Gruber. DWCAC Arts Council Gallery

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

SEP 7 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport, https://www.facebook.com/events/690676907676837Cultivation II, Koichi Kiyono
NOW-SEP 8 Glimpses of the Great War Abroad and at Home: selections from UA Special Collections http://events.ua.edu/event/19179
NOW-SEP 12 Book Arts Exhibition @ PaperWorkers Local: https://www.facebook.com/events/418115481662145/
SEP 13 45th Annual Fayette Arts Festival, 9-4, http://fayetteartmuseum.vpweb.com/
NOW-SEP 19 Alabama National Juried Art Exhibition at the SGG, https://art.ua.edu/news/juror-announces-artists-for-2014-alabama-national/
NOW-SEP 23 William C. Gorgas and the Panama Canal exhibition: http://events.ua.edu/event/19304
SEP 5-26, Aqua, encaustic paintings by Joni Gruber. DWCAC Arts Council Gallery
NOW-SEP 26 Redefining the Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers, SMGA https://art.ua.edu/exhibition/redefining-multiple/evans_edited_a

OCT 3-31 B Side Art Show, reception Oct 3 6-10pm DWCAC https://www.facebook.com/bsideartshow
NOW-OCT 25 ROJO, Paul R. Jones Gallery https://www.facebook.com/pauljonesgallery
OCT 18-19 43rd Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, http://www.kentuck.org/festival.html
NOW-OCT 26 Black Like Who?, BMA, http://www.artsbma.org/exhibition/black-like-who/
OCT 20 – NOV 14 Darius Hill, Sella-Granata Art Gallery https://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/

NOW-JAN 2015 Quilted Vessel, Craig Wedderspoon sculpture at the Birmingham Museum of Art http://www.artsbma.org/exhibitions-all/craig-wedderspoon
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CALENDARS, EVENT LISTS & VISUAL ARTS SITES

https://art.ua.edu/about/calendar/ NEW URL!
https://art.ua.edu/news/alabama-national-juried-art-competition/ NEW URL!
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/smga/ NEW URL!
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/ NEW URL!
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/prj/ NEW URL!
http://arts.alabama.gov/programs/visual_arts/visual_art.aspx
http://arts.alabama.gov/gallery.aspx
http://www.artsnautism.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/artnighttuscaloosanorthport/
https://www.facebook.com/BBTCAC (Black Belt Treasures, Camden)
http://bryantmuseum.com/
http://cac.tuscarts.org/cacgallery.php (DWCAC)
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

Sipsey Arts Alliance


http://fayetteartmuseum.vpweb.com/
http://galleryontheboulevard.com/Home.html
http://gorgashouse.ua.edu/
http://www.groceryartplace.com/
http://kentuck.org/artnight.html
http://www.kentuck.org/claycoop.html
https://www.facebook.com/MontevalloArtDepartment
https://www.facebook.com/OConnorArtStudios
http://www.renaissanceartgallery.com
https://www.facebook.com/riverportgallerynorthport
http://scfac.uwa.edu/default.htm
http://www.themakersmarketalabama.com/
http://www.waqg.com/ (West Alabama Quilters Guild)
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
https://www.facebook.com/groups/361599977234696/ (Alabama Art Post)
http://alabama.travel/upcoming-events/search?q=Tuscaloosa

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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 our students/alumni 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!