Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, December 13, 2017. Artists and art lovers alike, note the links for juried exhibitions applications, along with the art events! Check out the Arts Council’s First Friday Tuscaloosa website! 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.
HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON
DEC 14 Holiday Open House, Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE, 5:30-7:30 pm
NOW-DEC 15 Eclectic Way, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa
DEC 17 POSTPONED: Phase art event, Sassafras Park, 3228 Loop Road at Winters Dr., Tuscaloosa
NOW-DEC 17 Deadlines for Adult and Junior Divisions, 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Competition
NOW-DEC 21 “Lafayette, We Are Here!” America Enters The First World War, Westervelt Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
NOW-DEC 22 Department of Art and Art History Studio Faculty Research Biennial, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (more dates: JAN 3-26)
ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)
NOW-DEC 31 Portraits of Leadership: 19th Century McKenney and Hall Lithographs from the McClintock Collection, Jones Archaeological Museum, Moundville
NOW-DEC 31 Tom Robertson Photography Exhibit, Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Ave., North, Fayette, Ala.
NOW-DEC 31 The Westervelt Collection: In Jack’s Words, Tuscaloosa Museum of Art: Home of the Westervelt Collection, 1400 Jack Warner Pkwy NE
NOW-DEC 31 Explorations by Anna Sella, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel
2018
JAN 1 Submission deadline, Druid City Arts Festival 2018 (APR 7)
JAN 2 Submission deadline, Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art Juried Exhibition: Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper
NOW-JAN 3 Kentuck Red Dog Potters Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (check holiday dates)
JANUARY FIRST FRIDAY (
~find your gallery on the First Friday page for up-to-date information~
JAN 5 First Friday Reception, Multifarious: Eclectic Selections from the Blount Collection of Art, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 5:30-7:30 pm
JAN 5 First Friday Reception, All that Art, All that Jazz, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-7:30 pm
JAN 5 First Friday Reception, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm
JAN 5 First Friday Reception, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, 2124 Ninth Street, 6-9 pm (TBD)
JAN 5 First Friday Reception, Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm (TBD)
NOW-JAN 9 Salmagundi: Sue Pieri, Karen Jacobs, Chris Metzger, Janet Mego and Deborah Hughes, University Medical Center, 850 5th Avenue East, Tuscaloosa
NOW-JAN 21 Uncommon Territory: Contemporary Art in Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
NOW-JAN 22 Anthony Tavis, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
NOW-JAN 24 Kentuck Art Center Studio Artists: Artisanal Quality, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-JAN 26 Multifarious: Eclectic Selections from the Blount Collection of Art, UA Gallery, DWCAC (check holiday dates and hours)
NOW-JAN 12 A Life With Dolls: The Dolls of Susan Hodgson, Gorgas House Museum, UA
JAN 3-26 continued: 
NOW-JAN 31 Hallie O’Kelley Quilts, Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Court Lobby, 6001 12th Ave., East
FEBRUARY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
FEB 1 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
FEB 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
FEB 2 Community Arts Conversations, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-7:30 pm
FEB 4 Opening, Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper, Salmon Library Gallery, UAH, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville (FEB 4- MAR 3)
FEB 8 Opening, Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (FEB 8-MAR 23)
JAN 22-FEB 11 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit (Jr. Div.), Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
FEB 2-23 15th Annual Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit (Adult Div.), Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave.
FEB 4-MAR 3 Paper/Work: Works on/of Paper, Salmon Library Gallery, UAH, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville
MARCH ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (
MAR 1 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
MAR 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAR 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
MAR 22 Reception, Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (MAR 12-30)
FEB 8-MAR 23, Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 12-30 Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
APRIL ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
APR 5 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 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 7 Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa
MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
MAY 3 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
MAY 4 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAY Creative Campus Arts Research Projects Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, Tuscaloosa (More TBA!)
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
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 SITES
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://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre)
http://www.kentuck.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Lorrie-Lane-Studio-322780188223/
http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/ (Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum)
https://www.montevallo.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/the-gallery/
http://www.oconnorartstudios.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Renaissance-Gallery-Inc-129254000418041/
https://www.facebook.com/riverportgallerynorthport
http://www.chiltoncountyartscouncil.com/rose-gallery.html (Rose Gallery, Clanton)
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
https://www.facebook.com/ttownwawa/ (Woodworkers Association of West Alabama)
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://weldbham.com/blog/category/art-culture/
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.
Thank you for supporting ALL of the arts all over West Alabama!
“Gathering West Alabama’s Visual Arts Events since September 2013”