Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History for Wednesday, October 11, 2023. It’s Festival Week in Northport! 🎉🔥😍👏 And, it’s the Art Roundup’s tenth anniversary! We started out as a simple list of art happenings in our area emailed to interested folks, and to help promote Art Night in Northport and First Fridays in downtown Tuscaloosa. The list has exponentially grown in events and supporters over the last ten years! We hope it is still a dependable place to find free visual art events in West Alabama (and sometimes farther away) and helps artists get the word out about their work. Artists, send your events to art@ua.edu! If you know someone who should be on our list, tell them to email us and ask to subscribe to the Art Roundup.
Thanks to everyone for continuing to support artists. Events below are listed in order of ending date (scroll down for the bold “NOW“s). Subscribe here and forward this list to a friend! 
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- Volunteers are needed for the 52nd Kentuck Festival of the Arts, October 14-15, 2023
- NOW-JAN 10, 2024 DCAF Artist Applications open for 2024 Druid City Arts Festival (APR 5-6, 2024), Tuscaloosa
OCTOBER EXHIBITIONS & MORE
- NOW-OCT 13 Traveling Darshan Exhibition, Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, 2nd flr., Visual Arts Building, UNA, Florence
- NOW-OCT 14 INK ONLY IV Biennial Juried Print Exhibition, 4th Floor Gallery, Birmingham Public Library – Central, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham
- OCT 14-15 52nd Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
- OCT 17 Exhibition opening, Women of Mokuhanga, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Garland 103, UA (OCT 17-NOV 30)
- OCT 17 Opening reception, Ethridge + Nicholson + Rienstatler: Another Bridge, MCC Graphics and Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian (MS) Community College (OCT 17-NOV 10), 4-5:30 pm
- OCT 18 Exhibition opening, Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama, Paul R. Jones Museum (OCT 18-DEC 12)
- OCT 20 Exhibition opening, 2023 United States International Poster Biennial, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (OCT 20-NOV 14)
- OCT 20 Closing Auction of the Monster Makeover Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, TIME TBA
Lorrie Lane, Monster Makeover, Harrison Galleries Oct. 20 - OCT 21 Downtown York Art Walk, Coleman Center for the Arts, 211 N. Broad St., York, 10 am-3 pm
- OCT 28 Tuscaloosa Oktoberfest, Druid City Social, 301 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, 11 am-5 pm
- NOW-OCT 28 Irasema Quezada: I Saw Your Last Breath, Paperworkers Local, Birmingham (NEW DATES)
- NOW-OCT 28 UMD::Utopia Manifestation Daemon, Vinegar Projects, 701 37th St., S., #12 Birmingham
- NOW-OCT 30 Kelly Hatfield: Reimagined, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-OCT 31 2023 Banned Books Exhibition, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- NOW-OCT 31 50 Years: The Stonewall Uprising, Intercultural Diversity Center (2100 Student Center), UA
NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- NOV 2 Reception, 2023 United States International Poster Biennial, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (OCT 20-NOV 14)
- NOV 2 Art Night, Tiffany Ownbey, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- NOV 3 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- NOV 3 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- NOV 3 First Friday reception, Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama, Paul R. Jones Museum (OCT 18-DEC 12), 5-8 pm
- NOV 3 First Friday event, Scott McQueen, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (NOV 2-JAN 28)
- NOV 3 First Friday jazz reception, Harrison Galleries, Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- NOV 4 First Saturday in the Garden!! Join Steve Davis in the sculpture garden at Sunheart Metalworks, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, 8 am-noon
Columbus MS Arts Council through Oct 31 (Neel Alexander)
NOVEMBER EXHIBITIONS AND BEYOND
- NOV 9 Art Lecture: Dr. Doris Sung, Women of Mokuhanga, Gorgas Library, Yellowhammer Room, UA campus, 4:00 p.m.
- OCT 17-NOV 10 Ethridge+Nicholson+Rienstatler: Another Bridge, MCC Graphics and Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Miss.
- NOV 11 Homestead Market, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Coker, Alabama, 9 am-12 noon
- OCT 20-NOV 14 2023 United States International Poster Biennial, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
- NOW-NOV 16 Stories: Repeat After Me, curated by Doug Baulos, EBSCO Fine Art Gallery, Shelby County Arts Council, Columbiana, AL
- NOV 18 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- NOW-NOV 27 Tiffany Ownbey, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 17-NOV 30 Women of Mokuhanga, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Garland 103, UA
DECEMBER FIRST FRIDAY DEC 1
- NOW-DEC 1 Susan N. McCollough Fine Arts Initiative – A University of Alabama Biennial Event, The University of Alabama Gallery and The Arts Council Gallery, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- DEC 1 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- DEC 1 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- DEC 1 First Friday event, Scott McQueen, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, 6 pm
- DEC 1 First Friday jazz reception, Harrison Galleries, Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
April Vollmer in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art.
DECEMBER ART NIGHT DEC 7
- DEC 7 Art Night event, Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
DECEMBER EXHIBITIONS & THE NEW YEAR
- OCT 18-DEC 12 Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama, Paul R. Jones Museum
- DEC 16 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- NOV 2-JAN 28, 2024 Scott McQueen, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- DEC 5-JAN 28, 2024 Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOW-JAN 30 The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement, c. 1592 – 1819, Gorgas Library 2nd floor, Pearce Foyer
- NOV 28-JAN 30, 2024 Robert Evans: Vertical Horizons: Inharmonic Shifts of Light, Color and Texture, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Miss.
- JAN 30, 2024 Closing reception, Robert Evans: Vertical Horizons: Inharmonic Shifts of Light, Color and Texture, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian Community College, (NOV 28-JAN 30, 2024), 4-5:30 pm
- FEB 13, 2024 Opening reception, Gail Morton: Coming into Focus, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian (MS) Community College (FEB 13-MAR 19, 2024), 4-5:30 pm
- FEB 13-MAR 19, 2024 Gail Morton: Coming into Focus, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Miss.
- APR 16, 2024 Opening reception, Annual Exhibition and Competition: MCC Fine Arts and Graphics Students, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian (MS) Community College (APR 16-MAY 7), 4-5:30 pm
- APR 16-MAY 7, 2024 Annual Exhibition and Competition: MCC Fine Arts and Graphics Students, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Miss.
James Emmette Neel in the UA Gallery.
AREA GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
- Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala., events announced on Facebook
- Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), 1221 10th Ave S. (UAB), Birmingham
- The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 1-3 pm, First Fridays 1-7 pm
- Bells Gallery, 1861 Main St., Ste. #1, Dothan, 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, Altman Riddick Museum & Gallery, 630 Avenue A, York, Ala., Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-2 pm, and by appointment (Enter through the Hightower Memorial Library)
- Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- Durbin Gallery, Birmingham-Southern College, Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham
- Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
- Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, 615 N. Pine St., Florence (UNA campus)
- Fire Horse Pottery (Kerry Kennedy)
- Gadsden Museum of Art, 515 Broad St, Gadsden
- 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, 2nd floor, Student Center, 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
- Samford Art Gallery, 153 Swearingen Hall, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, 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
- Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia
- The Gallery at 103 Broad St., Camden (Wilcox Artworks)
- 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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