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Celebrate the Working Artists of West Alabama on Art Night and First Friday!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, August 31 2016. This Art Night Thursday and First Friday are particularly packed, so have a wonderful looong Labor Day weekend looking at art!  Everybody, please send us your William Dooley, UA, Smokehouse, 2016, oil on canvas, 24” x 24”

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON!

NOW-AUG 31 What Is In Bloom? – Paul Stewart PhotosBetak Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Episcopal, Tuscaloosa
NOW-SEP 2 2nd Alabama National Biennial, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA

ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 1 & 2

SEP 1 Alex Henderson, Rural Studio architecture talk, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 11 am
SEP 1 Art Night at Kentuck in Northport! 5:30-8 pm
SEP 1 West Alabama Juried Show Entries Accepted Beginning Today, Arts Council of Tuscaloosa
SEP 1 2016 Liz Lane Painting for Roundup
SEP 1-30 What Is In Bloom? – Paul Stewart Photos, Manna Grocery & Deli, Tuscaloosa
SEP 2 Open Studio (1st & 3rd Fridays), Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, 9 am-12 noon
SEP 2 First Friday reception, UAB/UA Faculty Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm
SEP 2 First Friday reception, Travels Near and Far: Photographs by Mary Meares, Arts Council Gallery, 5-8 pm
SEP 2 First Friday reception, April Bachtel Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm
SEP 2 First Friday reception, Caution Wet Paint: Paintings by Liz Lane, Betak/Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, 5-7 pm
SEP 2 First Friday, Neel Alexander at Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

NOW-SEP 4 Going Home: Paintings by Anne Goldthwaite (1869–1944), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
SEP 5 DEADLINE, Call for entries Shelby County Arts Council’s 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Columbiana
SEP 8 Reception, Dennis Ritter | Eleanor Aldrich, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm
SEP 10 Timothy Hursley, Perry Lakes Park, photograph courtesy of the artist.
SEP 11 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 11am – 4 pm
SEP 16 Open Studio (1st & 3rd Fridays), Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, 9 am-12 noon
NOW-SEP 16 Rural Studio: Alabama Design | Build Projects, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOW-SEP 24 Remembering 4 Little GirlsMildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
SEP 2-25 April Bachtel Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, downtown Tuscaloosa
SEP 8-29 Dennis Ritter | Eleanor AldrichSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-SEP 30 Alabama Quilts, Gorgas House Museum, UA
NOW-SEP 30 UAB/UA Faculty Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
SEP 2-30 Travels Near and Far: Photographs by Mary Meares, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
NOW-SEP 30 #blackgirls4change: the Hobson City 9, Cultivating Community and Creating Change, Paul R. Jones Gallery, Tuscaloosa
SEP 30 Opening artists’ reception, Chip Cooper, Julio Larramendi and Jim Harrison Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (SEP 30-OCT 18)
SEP 30 Reception, Shelby County Arts Council’s 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Shelby County Arts Council Gallery, 6-8 pm
SEP 2-30 UAB/UA Faculty Exhibition, UA Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, AUG 5-SEP 30, 2016.
AUG 19-SEP 30 Annual Aquatic Dreams Exhibition, Daniel Day Gallery, Birmingham
OCT 1 Closing Reception, 43nd Annual Bi-State Art Juried Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, 2-4 pm
NOW-OCT 1 43nd Annual Bi-State Art Juried Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
NOW-OCT 1  3 Months of Recaptured, Rediscovered, and Reconsidered, Wellness Walls for Art, University Medical Center
OCT 2 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 11am – 4 pm
OCT 3 Opening: West Alabama Juried Show, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa (OCT 3-NOV 15, reception Nov. 15)
OCT 6 Reception, Matt Ziemke | Melissa SternSella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm (Art Night)
OCT 7, Ines Schaefer Photography, UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 7 Open Studio (1st & 3rd Fridays), Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, 9 am-12 noon
OCT 15-16 45th Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
SEP 30-OCT 18 Chip Cooper, Julio Larramendi and Jim Harrison Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
SEP 30-OCT 21 Paul Stewart Photos at Canterbury Chapel!
OCT 21 Opening reception, Cuban Printmakers ExhibitionHarrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (OCT 21-30)
OCT 21 Open Studio (1st & 3rd Fridays), Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, 9 am-12 noon
OCT 6-27 Matt Ziemke | Melissa SternSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
OCT 27 Reception, Cuban Artists Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
OCT 27 Monster Makeover Art Auction and Festival, Drish House, Tuscaloosa (check for updates)
OCT 7-28 Ines Schaefer Photography, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
OCT 21-30 Cuban Printmakers Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
SEP 14-OCT 31 Smithsonian Exhibit: Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America, Black Belt Museum, sponsored by University of West Alabama
NOV 3 Art Night Reception, Ashlynn Pope, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm
NOV 4 First Friday Reception, BFA Exhibition: Kat Bornhoft and Graham Harrison, UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5:30 to 7:30 pm (NOV 1-30)
NOV 4 First Friday Reception, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
SEP 29-NOV 4 Pinkney Herbert: Distilled – The Narrative Transformed, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOV 4 Open Studio (1st & 3rd Fridays), Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, 9 am-12 noon
NOV 5-6 Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton
NOV 6 Laquita Thompson, reduction linocut, exhibition at Kentuck, opening August Art Night.
NOW-NOV 10 Vicki Lowe Retrospective, Hardin Cultural Arts Center, Gadsden
OCT 3-NOV 15 West Alabama Juried Show, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa
NOV 15 Closing reception, West Alabama Juried Show, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre 5-6:30 pm
NOV 18 Open Studio (1st & 3rd Fridays), Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden, 9 am-12 noon
NOV 3-22 Ashlynn Pope, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA (NOV 3)
NOV 1-25 Kate Rothra Fleming: Glass Jewelry, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOV 1-30 BFA Exhibition: Kat Bornhoft and Graham Harrison, UA Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (NOV 4)
DEC 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 11am – 4 pm
NOV 4-DEC 5 Eric Nubbe Exhibit – Sculpture, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
NOV 17-DEC 16 Saturated: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOV 28-DEC 16 K-12 Fellows Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa
NOV 28-DEC 30 Studio Artists Exhibition: Ann Betak, Steve Davis, Kerry Kennedy and Daniel Livingston, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
DEC 2-JAN 6, 2017 Kelly Shannon – Paintings, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa

2017

JAN 9-26, 2017 Jim Graham and Laura Tanner | Morgan PriceSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
JAN 12 2017 Reception, Jim Graham and Laura Tanner | Morgan PriceSella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm
JAN 12-FEB 17 Echoes along the Syrian Border: Family Archeology and the Sound of Distant Gunfire: Works by James Emmette Neel, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 2 – APR 12 Mel Kendrick: In and Out of Paper, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
APR 6-20 EXIT 2017 BA Group ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
APR 21 – MAY 26 MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Kelsey Windham and Celestia Morgan, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA

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/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://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://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Bama Theatre galleries)
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://dcaf.ua.edu/
http://events.ua.edu/category/8/ (arts events at UA)
http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/events.eventsmain
http://fayetteal.org/sipsey-arts-alliance/ (Fayette County)
http://fayetteartmuseum.vpweb.com/ (Fayette County)
http://galleryontheboulevard.com/Home.html
http://gorgashouse.ua.edu/
http://graceaberdean.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County)
http://www.kentuck.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Lorrie-Lane-Studio-322780188223/
https://www.facebook.com/MontevalloArtDepartment
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
http://www.tuscwawa.com/ (West Alabama Woodworking Assn.)
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/section/ent
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”