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Choose From a Summer Cornucopia of Art!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, July 26, 2017. There’s so much art to choose from around West Alabama! Please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to! This list is updated throughout the week.

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOONPainting by Janet Mego

NOW-JUL 28 Dark Patriot: Work by Matt DaughertyArts Council Gallery, DWCAC
JUL 28 Art with Friends opening: Red Dog Potters exhibition, Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, (JUL 28-SEP 24) 5:30-7:30 pm
NOW- JUL 30 Canterbury Chapel’s Art Class Exhibit, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, 812 5th Ave., Tuscaloosa
JUL 30 Opens: ArtWorks 2017: Tennessee Valley Art Association artist members, Tenn. Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia (JUL 30-SEP 15)

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

AUG 1 Opens: “Lafayette, We Are Here!” America Enters The First World War, Westervelt Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa (AUG 1-OCT 21)

AUGUST ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
AUG 3 Art Night, Bryce SpeedKentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm (JUL 12-AUG 23)
AUG 4 First Friday Reception, Dancing ‘Round the Rabbit Hole: Paintings by Janet MegoArts Council Gallery, DWCAC (AUG 4-25), 5-8 pm
AUG 4 First Friday Reception Geo-Synergies: Mallorie Beth Roberts BFA Exhibition, The Historic Drish House, Tuscaloosa (AUG 4-8), 5-9 pm
AUG 4 New Works by Daniel Livingston, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa (month of August), 6-9 pm
AUG 4-8 Mallorie Beth Roberts, "Terrain," 2017

AUG 17 Art with Friends (3rd Thursday), Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, 5:30-7:30 pm
NOW- AUG 18 “It’s Never Too Late to Start” – Art from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute students, UA Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-AUG 23 Paintings by Bryce Speed, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
AUG 24 Exhibition opening, We are Selma: The Selma Portrait Project by Kathryn Mayo, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (AUG 24-SEP 29)
AUG 4-25 Dancing ‘Round the Rabbit Hole: Paintings by Janet MegoArts Council Gallery, DWCAC 
AUG 25 Opening Reception and Awards, Ink Only Printmaking Juried Exhibition, UAB Art and Art History’s Project Space, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham (AUG 25-SEP 16)
NOW-AUG 31 Nothing Adventured, Nothing Learned – Photography by Lindsay Madison, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa
AUG 4-31 New Works by Daniel Livingston, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa

SEPTEMBER FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (switched!) (gallery guide)
SEP 1 First Friday Reception, Tom Rosenstiel Group Exhibit, Poster for Small Curious Wonders exhibition
SEP 1 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa (resuming after summer break), 5:30-8:30 pm
NOW-SEP 1 Small Curious Wonders, University Medical Center, Tuscaloosa
SEP 6 Public artist lecture by Kathryn Mayo (We are Selma exhibition), 205 Gorgas Library, UA, 7 p.m.
SEP 7 Art Night, Yvonne Wells, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL, (SEP 7-OCT 20), 5-8 pm
SEP 7 Art Night Reception We are Selma: The Selma Portrait Project by Kathryn Mayo, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA

SEP 10 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
JUL 30-SEP 15 ArtWorks 2017: Tennessee Valley Art Association artist members, Tenn. Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia
AUG 25-SEP 16 Ink Only Printmaking Juried Exhibition, UAB Art and Art History’s Project Space, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham
SEP 21 Art with Friends (3rd Thursday), Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, 5:30-7:30 pm
JUL 28-SEP 24 Red Dog Potters exhibition, Tuscaloosa Museum of Art
NOW-SEP 29 O'Connor Studios on First Fridays
AUG 24-SEP 29 We are Selma: The Selma Portrait Project by Kathryn Mayo, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
SEP 1-29 Tom Rosenstiel Group Exhibit, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC

OCTOBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
OCT 5 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, downtown Northport
OCT 6 First Friday Reception, Brenda Miller Photography ExhibitArts Council Gallery, DWCAC  (OCT 6-27), 5-8 pm
OCT 6 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm

AUG 23-OCT 7 43rd Annual Bi-State Art Juried Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
OCT 12 Opening, Contemporary Consolidated: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (OCT 12-NOV 22)
NOW-OCT 15 Paintings by Sydney Gruber, Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Court Lobby, 6001 12th Ave., East
SEP 7-OCT 20 Yvonne Wells, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
AUG 1-OCT 21 “Lafayette, We Are Here!” America Enters The First World War, Westervelt Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
OCT 21-22 Paintings by Sydney Gruber, Tuscaloosa Juvenile Court Lobby, 2017
OCT 6-27 Brenda Miller Photography Exhibit, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC

NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
NOV 2 Art Night, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (NOV 2-30), 5-8 pm
NOV 3 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm
NOV 3 First Friday Reception, Works by Charlotte Wegrzynowski, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC  (NOV 3-27), 5-8 pm

NOV 7-8 5th Annual Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, AL, 9 am-3 pm
OCT 12-NOV 22 Contemporary Consolidated: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOV 3-27 Works by Charlotte Wegrzynowski, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
NOV 2-30 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
DEC 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm

DECEMBER FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (switched!) (gallery guide)
DEC 1 First Friday Reception, Clay Co-op Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm (DEC 1-JAN 5, 2018)
DEC 1 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm
DEC 7 Art Night, Kentuck Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (DEC 7-JAN 12, 2018), 5-8 pm
DEC 7 Opening, Daniel Livingston's raku pottery at Kentuck.

DEC 1-JAN 5 Clay Co-op Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
DEC 7-JAN 12, 2018 Kentuck Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
DEC 7-JAN 26, 2018 Department of Art and Art History Studio Faculty Research Biennial, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 4, 2018 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
MAR 22, 2018 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)
MAR 12 – 30, 2018 Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
JUN 3, 2018 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 SITESCharlotte Wegrzynowski, "Elaborate," charcoal.

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://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://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://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/
http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/ (Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum)
http://www.montevallo.edu/fine-arts/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.

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