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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, November 30, 2022. We hope the sun comes out shining bright for everyone after last night’s storms. Discover art festivities on both sides of the river this week and support your local artists! Thanks to Charlotte Wegrzynowski for the image above. And thank you for continuing to support artists wherever you can. Events are listed in order of ending date. Subscribe here and forward this list to a friend!

ARTIST CALLS FOR ENTRY

• NOW-FEB 23, 2023 Applications being accepted for Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF, MAR 31-APR 1)
• More artist opportunities on this page.

NOVEMBER EXHIBITIONS

• NOW-NOV 30 Elayne Goodman, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
• NOW-DEC 1 Melissa Yes: Speciation, Poole Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, University of Montevallo

DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY

• DEC 1 Art Night opening, Kentuck Studio Artists, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, Northport (DEC 1-JAN 27), 5:30-8:00 pm
• DEC 1 Exhibition opening, Winter Market, Pop Start Community Space, 211B Broad St., York (DEC 1-4), 10 am-7 pm
• DEC 1 Exhibition opening, William Dooley, 33° 22′ 37″ N x 86° 48′ 20″ W, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, Hoover, Ala. (DEC 1, 2022-JAN 31, 2023)
• DEC 2 First Friday Art Walk, downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm
• DEC 2 Opening reception and awards, Annual West Alabama Juried Art Show, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (DEC 2-16, JAN 6-20, 2023), 5-7 pm
• DEC 2 Final First Friday event, The Magpie in the Mirror: Patty B. Driscoll, The University of Alabama Gallery, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (OCT 7-DEC 2), 5-7 pm

  

• DEC 2 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• DEC 2 First Friday event, Horsepower: Cedric Smith, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa (OCT 7-DEC 9), 5-8 pm
• DEC 2 Karen Brummund, Allison Grant and Holland Hopson, Tracing Thin Air immersive outdoor video projection, 22nd Ave., between Alcove and Monarch Espresso Bar, Tuscaloosa, 7-9 pm
• NOW-DEC 2 MUW BFA Exhibition, Mississippi University for Women Galleries, Columbus, Miss.
• NOW-DEC 2 I, Too, am Thornton Dial, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham

DECEMBER EXHIBITIONS

• DEC 3 First Saturday: Saturday Morning Art, Sunheart Sculpture Garden and Metalworks, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, 8 am-12 noon
• DEC 1-4 Winter Market, Pop Start Community Space, 211B Broad St., York, 10 am-7 pm
• DEC 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market 4150 5th St., 10am-3pm
• DEC 8 Reception, 2022 Senior BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery (DEC 6-9), 5-7 pm
• NOW-DEC 8 National AIDS Memorial Quilt, Intercultural Diversity Center, UA
• NOW-DEC 9 Horsepower: Cedric Smith, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
• NOW-DEC 10 Holding Time Exhibition: Kristin Husainy, Gallery at 126, Florence, Ala.
• DEC 9-10 Eight X Eight (8 X 8) Holiday Art Show, Historic Drish House, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• NOW-DEC 10 Thornton Dial Retrospective: I, Too, Am Alabama, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), UAB, Birmingham
• DEC 11 Holiday Open House & Artist Market, Magnolia Grove, 1002 Hobson Street, Greensboro, Ala., 11 am-4 pm
• NOW-DEC 12 African Masks from the Permanent Collection, Mississippi University for Women Galleries, Columbus, Miss.
• DEC 2-16 Annual West Alabama Juried Art Show, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (JAN 6-20)
• DEC 12-17 Graphic Design Senior Exhibition, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham
• NOW-DEC 17 Fall Salon Show, Paperworkers Local, 2717 Seventh Avenue South, Birmingham, Saturdays, 12-4 pm
• NOW-DEC 21 Clay+ Invitational, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA
• NOW-DEC 30 Mike Benton, Johnson Center for the Arts, 300 East Walnut Street, Troy, Alabama

  

• NOW-DEC 30 Enid Probst and Donna Pickens, Johnson Center for the Arts, 300 East Walnut Street, Troy, Alabama
• NOW-DEC 31 “Food for Thought,” curated by Neel Alexander, Teer Gallery, Clarke Building, Kentuck, Northport
• NOW-DEC 31 Threaded Through History: A historic fictional narrative of Tuscaloosa in 1905, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Pkwy, Tuscaloosa
• NOW-DEC 31 John DeMotte, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library
• NOW-DEC 31 In and Outside the Book: Puppets and Poetry, works by Mary Ann Sampson, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
• NOW-DEC 31 entwined: Pinky/MM Bass and Carolyn DeMeritt, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Ala.
• NOW-DEC 31 seam/seem: Heather Baumbach, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Ala.
• DEC 1-31 Exhibition: Cedar Hill Animal Sanctuary, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.

2023 ART EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

• NOW-JAN 7 Embattled Bodies: Displacement, Trauma, and Resistance, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Vinegar, 701 37th St, #12, Birmingham
• JAN 9 Exhibition opening, Allison Grant: Within the Bittersweet, Gammill Gallery, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi, Oxford (JAN 9-FEB 24)
• JAN 12 Opening reception, Mother Nature, Mother Nurture, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham (JAN 12-FEB 23), 4:30-7 pm
• JAN 12 Opening reception, Mary Virginia Pettway and Melissa Vandenberg, Wilcox ArtWorks, The Gallery, 103 Broad, Camden (JAN 12-FEB 25, ’23), 5:30-7:30 pm
• NOW-JAN 17, 2023 HELD OVER! Recent Discoveries by Daniel Ethridge, interactive art, Casteel Gallery (formerly Miller Gallery), Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
• NOW-JAN 17 Kinfolk: Black Belt Art Collective Exhibition, Altman Riddick Gallery, Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York, Alabama
• JAN 6-20 Annual West Alabama Juried Art Show, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• NOW-JAN 23 Tim Spanjer, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• JAN 26 Opening reception, Express Yourself! Selected Work from the Meridian Community College Community, Miller and Casteel Galleries, MCC,  Meridian, Miss. (JAN 26-FEB 16), 4-5:30 pm
• DEC 1-JAN 27, 2023 Kentuck Studio Artists, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, Northport
• NOW-JAN 31 Passage: Paintings by Rachel Ann Wakefield, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, 812 Fifth Ave., Tuscaloosa

  

• DEC 1, 2022-JAN 31, 2023 William Dooley, 33° 22′ 37″ N x 86° 48′ 20″ W, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, Hoover, Ala.
• JAN 26-FEB 16 Express Yourself! Selected Work from the Meridian Community College Community, Miller and Casteel Galleries, MCC,  Meridian, Miss.
• FEB 23 Opening reception, Between My Soul and Its Shadow: Photographs by Wanrudee Buranakorn, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi (FEB 23-MAR 30), 4-5:30 pm
• NOW-FEB 23 Applications being accepted for Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF). Festival is MAR 31-APR 1.
• JAN 12-FEB 23 Mother Nature, Mother Nurture, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham
• JAN 11-FEB 24 PRJCAA K-12 Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa
• JAN 9-FEB 24 Allison Grant: Within the Bittersweet, Gammill Gallery, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi, Oxford
• JAN 12-FEB 25 Alabama Fiber Art Conference, Camden, Ala.
• JAN 12-FEB 25 Mary Virginia Pettway and Melissa Vandenberg, Wilcox ArtWorks, The Gallery, 103 Broad, Camden, Ala.
• FEB 1-28 Miriam Omura, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
• JAN-FEB 2023 Tony Bingham, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, dates TBA
• FEB-MAR 2023 Sara Garden Armstrong, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, dates TBA
• FEB 23-MAR 30 Between My Soul and Its Shadow: Photographs by Wanrudee Buranakorn, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
• MAR 1-31 Church Goin’ Mule Folk Art, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
• MAR 3 First Friday event, Michael C. Thorpe, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (MAR 3-APR 28), 5-8 pm
• MAR 31  28th Annual UA/UAB Graduate Student Symposium in Art History, UA campus
• MAR 31-APR 1 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa
• MAR 16-APR 6 Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham
• APR 13 Opening reception, Annual Graphics and Fine Arts Student Juried Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi (APR 13-MAY 5), 4-5:30 pm
• MAR 3-APR 28 Michael C. Thorpe, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa
• APR 13-29 Studio Art Seniors Exhibition, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham
• APR 1-30 Southern Fiber Artists, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
• APR 13-MAY 5 Annual Graphics and Fine Arts Student Juried Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
• JUN 1-30 Joseph MacGown Painting and Pottery, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Miss.
• JUL 1-31 Lorrie Lane and Andre Ray, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Miss.

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
• Bells Gallery, 1861 Main Street, Suite #1, Dothan, opening September 1, Hours: Thurs.-Fri., 11 am-6 pm, Sat. 10 am-2 pm
• Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
• Casteel Gallery (formerly Miller Art Gallery), Ivy-Scaggs Hall, Meridian (Mississippi) Community College, Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-4 pm
• 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)
• Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, 615 N. Pine St., Florence (UNA campus)
• Gallery at 126, 126 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, Ala.
• Gallery 905, Arts Revive, 3 Church Street, Selma
• Gallery VOX, 1623 Pinson Street, Tarrant City, Ala.
• Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. S., Birmingham, Sat. 1-4 pm, and First Thursdays, 5-7 pm
• Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa
• Hoover Public Library Galleries, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, Ala. (check the website for locations and hours)
• Intercultural Diversity Center exhibition space, UA campus
• Johnson Center for the Arts, 300 East Walnut, Troy, Ala., Mon-Fri: 10 am – 5 pm
• Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, downtown Northport, Mon-Fri: 9:30 am-5:30 pm; 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
• Meridian Museum of Art, 628 25th Ave., Meridian, Mississippi, Tues.-Sat., 11 am-4 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, 2308 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, check hours on the website, 109 Woods Hall, UA campus
• Sunheart Metalworks Studio & Sculpture Garden, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, First Sat. 8 am- 12 noon and other times by chance or appointment
• Stephen Smith Fine Art, ​5104 Gary Ave., Fairfield, Alabama
• Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia

  

• The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm; First Fridays, noon-7 pm
• University Medical Center Exhibitions: Wellness Walls for Art, 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa, M-F, 8 am-5 pm
• Vinegar, 701 37th Street, South, Birmingham: 10 am–2 pm on Saturdays, and by appointment
• Walker County Arts Alliance, 1411 Indiana Ave., Jasper: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 10 am-3 pm
• Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama, W-F 10 am-5 pm, Sat. 10 am- 3 pm, +check website

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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