Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Stretch your “Art Homecoming” out longer: First Friday and Art Night (in that order this month) are this week and next week! Thanks to William Paul Thomas for our featured image. Send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you’re up to. This list is updated throughout the week on this page.
Happening Now or Ending Soon
- TONIGHT: Artist lecture by William Paul Thomas, in conjunction with SMGA exhibition, 205 Smith Hall, 5-6 pm
- NOW-OCT 23 Alabama Justice: The Cases and Faces that Changed a Nation, Tuscaloosa Public Library, Jack Warner Parkway
- OCT 24 Opening reception, William Paul Thomas: Breathin’ Different, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (OCT 24-DEC 12), 5-7 pm
- NOW-OCT 25 Purvis Young: Born in Liberty City, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-OCT 25 Works by Noëlle Mercurio, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-OCT 25 UA Art Clubs Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus
- OCT 26 Montevallo ArtStalk 2019, 885 Main Street, Montevallo, 1 pm-6 pm
- OCT 27 Reception, Mabbline Nichols: Digital Art, Fayette Civic Center Garden Room, Sipsey Arts Alliance, Fayette (OCT 8-DEC 6), 2-4 pm
- NOW-OCT 30 Poets and Painters 2, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
- OCT 30 Monster Makeover Festival and Auction, Historic Drish House, 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa, 5:30-7:30 p.m
- NOW-OCT 31 Faculty Book Show, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC
- NOW-OCT 31 Paintings by Faulcon Fitts and Billy Luu, Lobby Gallery for Tuscaloosa Juvenile Court, 6001 12th Ave., East, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-OCT 31 Paintings by Rachel Wakefield, Manna Grocery, 2300 Meadowbrook Shopping Ctr., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-OCT 31 Snapshots, Stitches & Selma Blues: needlepoint artist Leanna Leithauser-Lesley and Roger Stephenson Photography exhibition, Arts Revive Carneal Building, 3 Church St, Selma, Ala.
November (First Friday & Art Night)
- NOV 1 Exhibition opening: Making Alabama. A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit, Tuscaloosa Public Library, Jack Warner Parkway (NOV 1-2)
- NOV 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
- NOV 1 First Friday Event: Stop by and view the River City Mural, Temerson Square, corner of 4th St. and 23rd Ave. (OCT. and NOV.)
- NOV 1 First Friday Reception, Women of the Bible: Lashonda Robinson, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa (NOV 1-DEC 30), 5-7 pm
- NOV 1 First Friday Reception, Ted Metz Sculpture Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm
- NOV 1 First Friday Event, Stomping Ground: Photographs by Jerry Siegel, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (NOV 1-DEC 13), 5:30-7:30 pm
- NOV 1 Woodworkers of West Alabama Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 3215 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- NOV 2 Sipsey Arts Alliance Annual Christmas Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, Ala. 10 am-4 pm
- NOV 2 Meridian Art Walk, Union Station, 1901 Front St, Meridian, Miss., 8 am-1 pm
- NOV 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- NOV 7 Art Night reception, Gee’s Bend Quilters and Their Journey to Artistic Freedom, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 29-NOV 27), 5-8 pm
- NOV 7 Art Night reception, StoryTangle and Gee’s Bend Quilters, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- NOV 7 Art Night reception, Art Students of Stillman College, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 29-NOV 22), 5-8 pm
- NOV 8 Opening reception, Tuscaloosa Photography Club Fall 2019 Exhibit, West Ala. Easter Seals, 1400 East James I Harrison Jr Pkwy, Tuscaloosa (NOV 8-JAN, 2020), 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- OCT 29-NOV 22 Art Students of Stillman College, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 29-NOV 27 Gee’s Bend Quilters and Their Journey to Artistic Freedom, Museum Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
- NOV 1-29 Ted Metz Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa
- NOV 1-29 Making Alabama. A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit, Tuscaloosa Public Library, Jack Warner Parkway
December
- DEC 1 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- DEC 3 Dickens Downtown, historic downtown Northport, 5-8 pm
- DEC 5 Art Night reception, Kentuck Studio Artists Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (DEC 3-JAN 17), 5-8 pm
- NOW-DEC 6 Mabbline Nichols: Digital Art, Fayette Civic Center Garden Room, Sipsey Arts Alliance, Fayette, 9 am-4 pm, MF
- DEC 6 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
- DEC 6 Public Charge: Diasporic Immigrant Artists, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa, 5:30-7:30 pm
- NOV 1-DEC 13 Public Charge: Diasporic Immigrant Artists, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- NOV 1-DEC 13 Stomping Ground: Photographs by Jerry Siegel, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- OCT 24-DEC 12 William Paul Thomas: Breathin’ Different, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- NOV 1-DEC 30 Women of the Bible: Lashonda Robinson, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-DEC 31 ‘Of This Goodly Land:’ Celebrating Alabama’s Bicentennial, 1819-2019, Gorgas Library: Pearce Lobby, Williams Collection; M.H. Bryant Hall: Hoole Special Collections
2020
- NOV 8-JAN, 2020 Tuscaloosa Photography Club Fall 2019 Exhibit, West Ala. Easter Seals, 1400 East James I Harrison Jr Pkwy, Tuscaloosa
- JAN 9 Opening reception, Cultural Collateral: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (JAN 9-FEB 14), 5-7 pm
- DEC 3, 2019-JAN 17, 2020 Kentuck Studio Artists Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOW-FEB 1, 2020 Tuscaloosa Bicentennial Exhibit: Bank of the State, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
- FEB 7 K12 First Friday Reception, Outreach Art Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (JAN 10-FEB 28), 5:30-7:30 pm
- FEB 27 Opening reception, Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (FEB 27-APR 10), 5-7 pm
- JAN 10-FEB 28 K-12 Outreach Art Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- MAR 6-7, 2020 West Alabama Quilters Guild Annual Quilt Show, Taylorville UMC, 640 Bear Creek Rd., Tuscaloosa (MAR 6, 9-5; MAR 7, 9-4)
- FEB 27-APR 10, 2020 Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- APR 16 Opening reception, Nasrin Iravani: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, (APR 16-MAY 14), 5-7 pm
- MAR 6-APR 20, 2020 Selections from the Rebecca and Jack Drake Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- APR 16-MAY 14, 2020 Nasrin Iravani: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- OCT 2-DEC 11, 2020 Charlie Lucas Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
ANYTIME
- Experience the Monster Takeover and other public sculptures in downtown Tuscaloosa and Northport.
- Stroll through UA’s Woods Quad Sculpture Garden with six outdoor sculptures, plus other sculptures in adjoining campus lawns and four galleries/museums in the heart of campus.
- Here’s the First Friday Gallery Guide: http://www.tuscarts.org/firstfriday_artnight.php
LINKS
Visit our Visual Arts Calendars, Venues & Websites page.
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