Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Artist talks and exhibitions openings are sure signs of life in West Alabama. You can always find the schedule of exhibitions in the Roundup online. Thanks to Juan Lopez-Bautista for the image above. And thank you for continuing to support your local artists wherever you can. If you go out, please wear a mask to stay safe and healthy!
MARCH
- MAR 19 Exhibition opening: MFA Book Arts Program Thesis Exhibition – Kasey Grealis, Christina Lilly, and Sarah Scarr, online
- MAR 19 Artist talk, Juan Lopez-Bautista: The Migrant Journey/El Viaje de los Migrantes, Gadsden Museum of Art, 5:30 pm
- MAR 22 Exhibition opening, It’s Canning Season: Zoe Fitch Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (MAR 22-MAY 7)
- MAR 22 14 SELECT(IONS), Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (MAR 22-MAY 7)
- MAR 23 Exhibition opening: Don’t Get Swayed – MA Thesis Exhibition of Upneet Kaur Mair, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA (MAR 23-APR 2)
- MAR 23 Exhibition opening: Unidentified Beings – MA Thesis Exhibition of Shivam Pawar, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA (MAR 23-APR 2)
- NOW-MAR 26 Good Trouble: Civil Rights Past and Present, Kentuck Museum, Teer and SoNo galleries, Northport
- NOW-MAR 22 2021 Visual Arts Achievement Awards Exhibit, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, 600 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-MAR 26 Juan Lopez-Bautista: The Migrant Journey/El Viaje de los Migrantes, Gadsden Museum of Art
- NOW-MAR 26 Eye Music: Photographs by Elizabeth Rand, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-MAR 26 Lucid Dreams: Photographs by Sharon Murphree, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- MAR 26 Deadline for applications to Montevallo Arts Fest, (Apr. 17), Orr Park, Montevallo, Ala.
- NOW-MAR 27 Stitching Together Tuscaloosa’s History, curated by Allison Mansour, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa’s Quilting History at the Warner Transportation Museum - NOW-MAR 27 Stitched Together: Sarah Dittmann MFA Thesis Exhibition, Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala.
APRIL
- APR 1 Art Night at Kentuck, Kentuck Art Center, downtown Northport, 5-7 pm
- APR 2 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- APR 2 Art Night Opening, MFA Thesis Show: Amber Quinn & Kelsey Meadows, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., 5-8 pm (APR 2-MAY 12)
- NOW-APR 3 Botanicals and Other Musings: Prints by Eve Laxer and David Laserby, Paperworkers Local, Birmingham, Ala., open every Saturday, 11 am-4 pm
- APR 17 Montevallo Arts Collaborative Arts Fest, Orr Park, Montevallo, Ala.
Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) in Tuscaloosa - NOW-APR 18 Float, Fly, Transcend, curated by Pete Schulte and Amy Pleasant, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, Ala.
- APR 24 Closing reception, 2021 Statewide High School Juried Art Exhibit, Ebsco Fine Art Gallery, Shelby County Arts Council, 105 West College Street, Columbiana, Ala. (MAR 15-APR 24)
- NOW-APR 24 Charlotte Wegrzynowski, “Evoke” solo exhibition, First Floor West Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts and Entertainment, Huntsville
MAY
- MAR 22-MAY 7 It’s Canning Season: Zoe Fitch Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
- MAR 22-MAY 7 14 SELECT(IONS), Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
- MAY 9 Art in the Park, Gamble Park, Jasper, Ala., 9 am-3 pm
- APR 2-MAY 12 MFA Thesis Show: Amber Quinn & Kelsey Meadows, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- MAY 14 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) 2021, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- MAY 15 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) 2021, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-5 pm
JUNE & LATER IN THE YEAR
- NOW-JUN 1 Applications for 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, Ala.
- AUG 6-SEP 24 Everyday Strangers: Alonzo Williams, Jr., Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- SEP-OCT TBA Matters of Representation, curated by Kat Bornhoft, Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
- OCT 16-17 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
AREA GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS OPEN NOW
- 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
- Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
- Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, downtown Northport, Mon-Fri: 9:30am-5:30pm; Sat-Sun: 12pm-4pm
- 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
- Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth St., Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri. 9 am – 5 pm (closed temporarily)
- Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA campus, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 noon and 1-4:30 pm during UA’s fall and spring semesters
- Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus, Mon.-Thurs. 9 am – 5:00 pm and Fri. 10:00 am – 3:30 m during UA’s fall and spring semesters
Darius Hill at Kentuck Art Center. - The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, M-W-F, 9 am-4 pm; T-Th, 9 am-3 pm; First Fridays, noon-8pm
ART ANYTIME – Online Exhibitions Around West Alabama
- ANGLE/EDGE/PLANE: The Sculpture of Ronald Bladen, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA campus
- New Studio Art Graduate Student Show 2020, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus
- Sipsey Arts Alliance, Featured Artist, exhibition online (changes semi-monthly), Fayette, Ala.
- Kentuck Art Center’s Museum Gallery exhibitions, downtown Northport
- Wobble: Selections from the Permanent Collection Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA campus
- Kentuck’s Teer Gallery exhibitions, downtown Northport
- Online Exhibition – Sara Garden Armstrong: Threads and Layers, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo exhibitions, downtown Tuscaloosa
- Online Exhibition – Art to Make You Smile, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online Exhibition – Details Unseen: The Hidden Secrets of Bugs, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum
- Online Exhibition – Amber Quinn MA Thesis Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
- Online Exhibition – Selected Pieces from the Permanent Collection, The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Sarah Dittmann at Aaron Sanders Head Studio in Greensboro. - Online Exhibition – The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa Timeline of Member Organizations
- Online exhibition – David Hammock, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – CONVERGENCE: UA Studio Art Faculty, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Crossroads Arts Alliance, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Do You See What I See? – Selections from the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
- Online exhibition – Preparing to Soar: Hayes Dobbins, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Cracker Harris, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Sarah Dittmann MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Kelsey Meadows MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Ukiyo-E Reimagined, ARH 356 Art of Japan Students
- Online exhibition – Ringo Lisko BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Nasrin Iravani MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Elayne Goodman, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Josh Cote, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Jude Anogwih MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Selections from the Collection of Rebecca and Jack Drake, Paul R. Jones Museum, Tuscaloosa
William Christenberry at the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art. - Online exhibition – Lee Black, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Lydia Randolph, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- 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 240 more Online Exhibitions of UA Art & Art History Exhibitions and Events
- 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. 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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