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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, August 17, 2022. School is back in session all over Alabama and new exhibitions are opening everywhere. We can all learn together if everyone gets vaccinated and stays safe. The Art Roundup is your list of art events and exhibitions in West Alabama and a little further afield. Thanks to Radcliffe Bailey and the Paul R. Jones Museum for the image above. And thank you for continuing to support artists wherever you can. Subscribe here and forward this list to a friend!

AUGUST EXHIBITIONS

• AUG 20 Finches, collaborative performance and installation, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, Alabama (NOW-AUG 26), 2-4 pm
• NOW-AUG 20 The March Quilts: A Celebration of Art & Activism, Pickensville Rosenwald School, Pickensville, Ala., Tues., Wed., Sat., 1-4 pm
• NOW-AUG 20 SLOW LICK: Ryan Meyer, Ann Moody, and Catherine Nelson, Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd, S., B’ham
• NOW–AUG 25 “Neighbor Nature,” Poole Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, University of Montevallo
• NOW-AUG 25 The March Quilts: A Celebration of Art & Activism, Coleman Center for the Arts, Pop Start Community Space, York, by appt. only (205.392.2005)
• NOW-AUG 26 “other icons”: CE Johnson Art Exhibition, Altman Riddick Gallery, Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York, Alabama
• NOW-AUG 26 Finches,, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, Alabama
• AUG 27 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue Northport, 9:30 am-2 pm
• AUG 27 Paint Party & Workshop, Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School Community Center & Museum, 120 Jim Locke Rd., Pickensville, 11 am-1 pm, Details
• NOW-AUG 27 Swimming Together Exhibition, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum
• NOW-AUG 30 Paula Fullington: Ponds, Streams, Lakes and Oceans – Wonderful World of Water, Walker County Arts Alliance, Bevill State Community College, 1411 Indiana Ave., Jasper
• NOW-END of AUG First Twenty Years: Photography of Jeff Robinson, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa

SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY

• SEP 1 Reception, Alumni Artist in Residence Exhibition, The Gallery at Bloch Hall, University of Montevallo (AUG 25–SEP 22), 4-6 pm
• SEP 1 Art Night event, Charlie Frye, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (AUG 4-OCT 3) 5:30-8:00 pm
• SEP 2 First Friday Art Walk, galleries of downtown Tuscaloosa
• SEP 2 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth St., Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• SEP 2 First Friday reception, Recent Acquisitions from the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (AUG 5-SEP 23), 5-8 pm (Reception will be September First Friday)
• SEP 2 First Friday reception, Pat Snow: You Will Never Read My Poetry, The University of Alabama Gallery, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (AUG 5-SEP 28), 5-7 pm
• SEP 2 New gallery opening:  Bells Gallery, 1861 Main Street, Suite #1, Dothan, hours TBA

SEPTEMBER EXHIBITIONS

• NOW-SEP 8 Noah Breuer and Liz Chaflin: Good on Paper, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham
• SEP 8 Opening reception, Adrian Rhodes’s “Never Mind All That,” Poole Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, University of Montevallo (SEP 8-OCT 13), 4-6 pm
• SEP 8 Exhibition opening, Kathy Rodriguez: Ruminations, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (SEP 8-22)
• NOW-SEP 9 Zuri Keyetta: Homecoming, Altman Riddick Gallery, Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York, Ala.
• SEP 9 Opening night reception, panel with scholars, artists and Dial family members, Thornton Dial Retrospective: I, Too, Am Alabama, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), UAB (SEP 9-DEC 10), time TBA
• SEP 15 Opening reception, I, Too, am Thornton Dial – Dial’s works on paper, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham (SEP 15-DEC 2), 4:30-7 pm
• SEP 17 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue Northport, 9:30 am-2:00 pm

  

• AUG 25–SEP 22 Alumni Artist in Residence Exhibition, The Gallery at Bloch Hall, University of Montevallo
• SEP 8 Artist Lecture, Rebecca Rutstein: Out of Thin Air: Microscopic Journeys Through Cosmic Landscapes, Gorgas Library, 2nd floor, Yellowhammer Room, UA, 3:30 pm
• SEP 8 Opening reception, Rebecca Rutstein: Out of Thin Air: Microscopic Journeys Through Cosmic Landscapes, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA (SEP 8-OCT 14), 5-7 pm
• SEP 8-22 New Work by Kathy Rodriguez, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
• SEP 22 Artist gallery talk and closing reception, Kathy Rodriguez: Ruminations, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (SEP 8-22), 5 pm
• NOW-SEP 23 Recent Acquisitions from the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa
• NOW-SEP 24 48th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi
• NOW-SEP 24 B22: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
• AUG 19-SEP 24 Anyone Can Move a Mountain, Maus Contemporary, Birmingham
• SEP 24-25 Black Belt Biennial, downtown Greensboro, Ala.
• SEP 25 Exhibition opening, Watercolor Society of Alabama Member Showcase, Vestavia Hills Civic Center (SEP 25-OCT 22)
• NOW-SEP 28 Pat Snow: You Will Never Read My Poetry, The University of Alabama Gallery, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• NOW-SEP 30 Seasons of Peace – Paintings by Kate Gurganus, University Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa
• NOW-SEP 30 Not So Much a Whisper: Sarah Cusimano Miles, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden
• NOW-SEP 30 Carson Grubaugh: Present, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa

OCTOBER EXHIBITIONS and more

• NOW-OCT 1 Stephanie Smith: Catch & Release, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave S #203, Birmingham
• OCT 2 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market 4150 5th St., 10am-3pm
• NOW-OCT 3 Charlie Frye, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
• SEP 8-OCT 13 Adrian Rhodes’s “Never Mind All That,” Poole Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, University of Montevallo
• SEP 8-OCT 14 Rebecca Rutstein: Out of Thin Air: Microscopic Journeys Through Cosmic Landscapes, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA
• OCT 15-16 51st Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport

  

• NOW-OCT 17, Charlie Frye, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• OCT 18 Exhibition opening, Tim Spanjer, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (OCT 18-JAN 23, 2023)
• OCT 20 Opening reception, Melissa Yes’s “Speciation,” Poole Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, University of Montevallo (OCT 20-DEC 1), 4-6 pm
• SEP 25-OCT 22 Watercolor Society of Alabama Member Showcase, Vestavia Hills Civic Center
• NOV 5 Saturday Art Market and Christmas Open House, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue Northport, 9:30 am-2:00 pm
• NOV 6 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market 4150 5th St., 10am-3pm
• OCT 6-NOV 24  Jeanie Holland and TR Reed, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
• 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
• OCT 20-DEC 1 Melissa Yes’s “Speciation,” Poole Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, University of Montevallo
• SEP 15-DEC 2 I, Too, am Thornton Dial, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham
• OCT 7-DEC 2 Cedric Smith, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa
• DEC 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market 4150 5th St., 10am-3pm
• DEC 9 Closing reception, Thornton Dial Retrospective: I, Too, Am Alabama, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), UAB (SEP 9-DEC 10), time TBA
• SEP 9-DEC 10 Thornton Dial Retrospective: I, Too, Am Alabama, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), UAB, Birmingham
• OCT 27-DEC 21 Clay+ Invitational, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
• NOW-DEC 31 In and Outside the Book: Puppets and Poetry, works by Mary Ann Sampson, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan

2023 ART EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

• JAN 12, 2023 Opening reception, Mother Nature, Mother Nurture, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham (JAN 12-FEB 23), 4:30-7 pm
• JAN 12, 2023 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
• OCT 18-JAN 23 Tim Spanjer, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• DEC 1-JAN 27, 2023 Kentuck Studio Artists, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, Northport
• 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 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.
• MAR 3-APR 28 Michael C. Thorpe, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa

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 2, hours TBA
• Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
• 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)
• 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
• Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa
• Hoover Public Library Galleries, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, Ala. (check the website for locations and hours)
• 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
• 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, 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 our website, Woods Hall, UA campus
• SunHeart Metalworks Studio & Sculpture Garden, 802 Nick’s Kids Ave., Northport, First Sat. 9 am- 1 pm 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 (Wellness Walls for Art), 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa
• Vinegar, 701 37th Street, South, Birmingham: 10 am–2 pm on Saturdays, and by appointment
• Walker County Arts Alliance, Bevill State CC, Jasper, Alabama: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 10 am-3 pm
• Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama

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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