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Artist Talks and Gallery Walks in West Alabama

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Enjoy the artist talks and gallery walks this week and coming up soon. And please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to! This list is updated throughout the week on this page.detail of a painting by Robert Kushner

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON

FEB 7 Gallery walkthrough: Robert Kushner at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland, 6 pm
FEB 8 Reception, Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (FEB 8-MAR 23), 5-7 pm
NOW-FEB 10 Call for Entries, Juried Exhibition, A Look At Us, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham
NOW-FEB 11 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit, Jr. Division, Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
FEB 11, Closing Reception 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit, Jr. Division, Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, 2-3 p.m.
FEB 13 Open Studio After School Art Class, Coleman Center for the Arts, York, 3:30-5:30 pm

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

FEB 15 Reception, John Klosterman and Amy Smoot Master of Arts exhibitionsSella-Granata Art Gallery, (FEB 8-22), 4-6 pm
FEB 16 Opening Reception, Images by Amy Smoot and John Klosterman
NOW-FEB 19 Beth Conklin, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
FEB 16-20 Visiting Artist William Cordova, Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Ave. A, York
FEB 20 Open Studio After School Art Class, Coleman Center for the Arts, York, 3:30-5:30 pm
FEB 8-22  John Klosterman and Amy Smoot Master of Arts exhibitionsSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-FEB 23 All that Art, All that JazzPaul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa
NOW-FEB 23 Beth ConklinKentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-FEB 23 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit (Adult Div.), Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave.
NOW-FEB 26 Kevin Cole: Blanket Series: Beyond the Surface, UA GalleryDinah Washington Cultural Art Center
FEB 27 Open Studio After School Art Class, Coleman Center for the Arts, York, 3:30-5:30 pm
FEB 27 Wendy White Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, Gallalee Hall Room 227, UA, 6:30 pm

MARCH ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

MAR 1 DEADLINE for Applications: Bicentennial Quilt Artist Group for Yvonne Wells, Tuscaloosa Bicentennial Commission
MAR 1 Art Night: Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck Art Center, Northport (FEB 27-APR 24), 5-8 pm
FEB 26-MAR 2 Tuscaloosa Can! Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Paul R. Jones Museum, Harrison Galleries and UPerk, Tuscaloosa
MAR 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAR 2 Tuscaloosa Can! Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Paul R. Jones Museum, Harrison Galleries and UPerk, 5:45 pm
MAR 2 First Friday Reception, Tuscaloosa Can! Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm

NOW-MAR 3 West Ala. Quilter's Guild 2018 Quilt Show, Mar 2-3, 2018.
MAR 2-3 West Alabama Quilters’ Guild 2018 Quilt Show, Taylorville United Methodist Church, 640 Bear Creek Rd., Tuscaloosa (9-5, 9-4)
MAR 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
NOW-MAR 4 Alabama Fishes by Joseph TomelleriTuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Westervelt Collection, 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE
NOW-MAR 9 Veiled: A Space Between, Aaron Tennessee Benson, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
MAR 12-16 UA closed for Spring Break
NOW-MAR 15 William McGavin, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
MAR 19 Deadline, Call for Submissions, Members Only Exhibit, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
MAR 21 Dr. Rebecca Zorach, “The Time is Now! ​The Black Arts Movement in Chicago, circa 1968,” Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Gorgas Library, UA, 6:30 pm
MAR 22 Reception, Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (MAR 12-30)
MAR 23 March Gourd Madness, Clanton Performing Arts Center, Clanton
NOW-MAR 23 Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 23 Reception, UA Book Arts Exhibition, Tobias Layman MFA show card 2018
MAR 12-30 Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
MAR 19-30 Francesca Baldarelli Master of Fine Arts exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA

APRIL ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

APR 5 Art Night: Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck Art Center, Northport (FEB 27-APR 24), 5-8 pm
APR 5 Art Night, Kentuck Members Show, Teer Gallery, Kentuck (APR 5-JUN 7), 5-8 pm
APR 5 Art Night reception, Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (APR 5-MAY 18)
APR 6 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
APR 6 First Friday, Historic Drish House, Tuscaloosa
APR 6 First Friday Reception, Oliver Reed, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm

APR 7 Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-5 pm
APR 12 Karl Haendel, Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Smith Hall, UA, 6:30 pm
APR 16-20 UA Art BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd.
APR 20 Reception, UA Art BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm
FEB 27-APR 24 Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck Art Center, Northport
MAR 25-MAY 3 Works by Harold Lovell, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia

MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

MAY 3 Art Night, Melanie ColvinKentuck Art Center, Northport (APR 27-JUN 2), 5-8 pm
MAY 3 Art Night, Members Only Exhibition, Teer Gallery, Jeremy Butler at Double Exposure 2018
MAY 4 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAY 4 First Friday Reception, Craig Wedderspoon Sculpture Students, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm

MAY Creative Campus Arts Research Projects Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, Tuscaloosa
MAY (TBD) Another Man’s Treasure Exhibition, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
APR 5-MAY 18 Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
JUN 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
FEB 22-JUN 4 Scott McQueen, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa

JUNE FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

JUN 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

APR 27-JUN 2 Melanie ColvinKentuck Art Center, Northport
APR 5-JUN 7 Kentuck Members Show, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport

JUNE ART NIGHT 

JUN 7 Art Night, Missionary Mary ProctorKentuck Art Center, Northport, (JUN 5-JUL 24) 5-8 pm

JULY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (Hallie O'Kelley's quilts at the Juvenile Court Lobby

JUL 5 Art Night, Missionary Mary ProctorKentuck Art Center, Northport (JUN 5-JUL 24), 5-8 pm
JUL 5 Art Night, Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (JUL 5-AUG 15), 5-8 pm
JUL 6 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

MAY 20-JUN 28 Gulf Coast Contemporary: Artists in Lower Alabama, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
JUN 1-JUN 30 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
JUN 5-JUL 24 Missionary Mary ProctorKentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 28 CCAC Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, Clanton

AUGUST ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

AUG 2 Art Night, Leanna Leithauser-LesleyKentuck Art Center, Northport (JUL 27-AUG 29), 5-8 pm
AUG 3 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

JUL 5-AUG 15 Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
JUL 27-AUG 29 Leanna Leithauser-LesleyKentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 22-AUG 31 ArtWorks 2018: TVAA Member Art Show, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia

SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

SEP 6 Art Night, Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (SEP 1- OCT 19) 5-8 pm
SEP 6 Art Night, Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (SEP 6-20), 5-8 pm
SEP 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

SEP 11 Dr. Richard K. Emmerson, “Apocalypse Illuminated,” Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6:30 pm
SEP 6-20 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport

OCTOBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

OCT 4 Art Night, Dennis ThompsonKentuck Art Center, Northport (SEP 1- OCT 19), 5-8 pm
OCT 4 Art Night, Kentuck’s Permanent Collection, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (OCT 4-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
OCT 5 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

SEP 1- OCT 19 Dennis ThompsonKentuck Art Center, Northport
SEP 30-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia

NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

NOV 1 Art Night, Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 30-NOV 27), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

NOV (dates TBA) Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
SEP 16-NOV 2 Selections from the Permanent Collection, 2016 Kentuck Courtyard
OCT 4-NOV 24 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
OCT 30-NOV 27 Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport

DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck Art Center, Northport, (DEC 4-JAN 19) 5-8 pm
DEC 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

DEC 4-JAN 19, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Museum and Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport

ANYTIME: Stroll between galleries through our Woods Quad Sculpture Garden with five outdoor sculptures, plus other sculptures in adjoining campus lawns.

CALENDARS, EVENT LISTS & VISUAL ARTS SITESBlack Belt Treasures, Camden, Alabama

https://art.ua.edu/category/roundup/ Always the latest Roundup!
https://art.ua.edu/about/calendar/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/smga/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/prj/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/361599977234696/ (Alabama Art Post)
http://www.alabamacenterforthearts.org/
http://alwca.weebly.com/ (Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art)
http://alabama.travel/upcoming-events/search?q=Tuscaloosa
http://arts.alabama.gov/gallery.aspx
http://www.artsbham.com/visual-arts/
http://www.artsnautism.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/artnighttuscaloosanorthport/
http://canterburychapel.dioala.org/Ministries/art-at-canterbury.html (Betak Frangoulis Gallery)
http://www.bethanywindhamengle.com/
http://www.blackbelttreasures.com/ (Camden, Wilcox County)
http://bryantmuseum.com/
http://www.artsbma.org/exhibitions/current/
http://cac.tuscarts.org/cacgallery.php (Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC)
http://cac.tuscarts.org/uagallery.php (University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC)
http://www.chiltoncountyartscouncil.com/ (Chilton County Arts Council)
http://colemanarts.org/ (Sumter County)
http://creativecampus.ua.edu/
http://www.druidcityartsfestival.com/
https://www.ua.edu/events/category/8/ (arts events at UA)
http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/events.eventsmain
http://fayetteal.org/sipsey-arts-alliance/ (Fayette County)
http://fayetteal.org/residents/art-museum/ (Fayette County)
http://firstfridaytuscaloosa.com/
http://gorgashouse.ua.edu/
http://graceaberdean.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County)
http://www.hooverlibrary.org/galleries
http://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre)
http://www.kentuck.org/
http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/
https://www.montevallo.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/the-gallery/
http://www.oconnorartstudios.com/
https://www.facebook.com/riverportgallerynorthport
http://scfac.uwa.edu/default.htm (Sumter County Fine Arts Council)
http://www.themakersmarketalabama.com/
http://tuscaloosamoa.org/calendar-2/
http://www.tuscarts.org/calendarofevents.php
http://www.tuscarts.org/artnight.php
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/entertainment (no visual arts)
http://www.tvaa.net/ (Tennessee Valley Art Association)
http://visittuscaloosa.com/events/
http://www.waqg.com/ (West Alabama Quilters Guild)
http://wilcoxcountyartscouncil.org/

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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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“Gathering West Alabama’s Visual Arts Events since September 2013”