Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, May 24, 2023. New and ongoing art exhibitions are listed here for west Alabama, east Mississippi, and as far away as Dothan and Tarrant City! Thanks to Zoe Fitch for the image above, and thanks to everyone for continuing to support artists wherever you can. Events are listed in order of ending date. Subscribe here and forward this list to a friend!
ARTIST CALLS FOR ENTRY
- NOW-JUN 1: Artist applications for the 52nd Kentuck Festival of the Arts, October 14-15, 2023, Northport
- NOW-JUN 17 Call for Entries: 49th Annual Bi-State Art Competition and Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
- More artist opportunities on this page.
MAY EXHIBITIONS ENDING SOON
- MAY 24 Exhibition opens, After Promontory: 150 Years of Transcontinental Railroading, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa (MAY 23-SEP 9)
- NOW-MAY 24 Junior League of Tuscaloosa “Sustainer Exhibit,” The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-MAY 31 Dually Noted: Two Sides of a Wish Bone by Meg & Lauren Howton, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOW-MAY 31 Bonnie Renfroe, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, MS
- NOW-MAY TBA “holy / land: creative encounters with biblical botany,” Poets and Painters Exhibition, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
JUNE ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- JUN 1 Art Night, Aaron Sanders Head: “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More,” Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, downtown Northport (JUN 1-JUL 1), 5-8 pm
- JUN 1 Awards announced, Kentuck’s Members Juried Show, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, downtown Northport, 6:15 pm
- JUN 1 Artist Talk, Aaron Sanders Head, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, downtown Northport, 6:30 PM
- JUN 2 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- JUN 2 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- JUN 2 First Friday reception, Recent Works: A Collection by Michael Hand, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (JUN 2-JUL 27), 5-7 pm
- JUN 2 First Friday reception, Lasting Impressions: Responses to the Paul R. Jones Collection by Printmaking 321, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa (MAY 5-JUL 28), 5-8 pm
- JUN 2 First Friday reception, Tony Sturgis – Pulse & Color, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (JUN 2-JUL 28), 5-7 pm
- JUN 2 First Friday jazz reception, Photographs by Jim Morris, Harrison Galleries, 3215 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
JUNE EXHIBITIONS
- JUN 3 Opening reception, Two Lies and A Truth, Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd., S., Birmingham (JUN 3-17), 5-7 pm
- NOW-JUN 3 Embracing Art XXI, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
- JUN 17 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- JUN 17 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL,10 am-3 pm
- JUN 17 Artist Talk, Two Lies and A Truth, Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd., S., Birmingham (JUN 3-17), 3 pm
- JUN 3-17 Two Lies and A Truth, Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd., S., Birmingham
- NOW-JUN 24 Kudzu Soliloquy, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
- NOW-JUN 24 Water Ground: River Raft Quilts by Coulter Fussell, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
- NOW-JUN 24 Remnant: Kole Nichols, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
- NOW-JUN 30 Intersecting Circles of Friends, Wellness Walls for Art Exhibition, University Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Drive, Tuscaloosa
- JUN 1-30 Joseph MacGown Painting and Pottery, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, MS
- NOW-JUN 30 Ali Hammoud, Friends Gallery, Hoover Art Galleries, Hoover
- JUN 1-JUL 1 Aaron Sanders Head: “Ain’t Gonna Study War No More,” Kentuck Art Center, downtown Northport
Tony Sturgis, “Abstract Square II,” 2020, acrylic mixed media. At UA Gallery.
JULY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY~Check with your favorite gallery
- JUL 6 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- JUL 7 Reception, Lorrie Lane and Andre Ray, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Miss. (JUL 1-31), 5:30-7 pm
- JUL 7 Opening reception, Unearthed: Charlie Mabry and Erin Merrill, Bells Gallery, Dothan (JUL 6-29), 5-8 p.m.
- JUL 15 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL, 10 am-3 pm
- NOW-JUL 28 Lasting Impressions: Responses to the Paul R. Jones Collection by Printmaking 321, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa
- JUN 2-JUL 28 Recent Works: A C0llection by Michael Hand, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- JUN 2-JUL 28 Tony Sturgis – Pulse & Color, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- JUL 6-29 Unearthed: Charlie Mabry and Erin Merrill, Bells Gallery, Dothan
- NOW-JUL 30 “Firewalker” by Aaron Sanders Head, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- JUL 1-31 Lorrie Lane and Andre Ray, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Miss.
- NOW-JULY 31, M.W. Miller, George P. Farmer Gallery, Hoover Art Galleries, Hoover
University Medical Center
AUGUST ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- AUG 3 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- AUG 4 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- AUG 4 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- AUG 4 First Friday event, Kelly Hatfield, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (AUG 2-OCT 30)
AUGUST EXHIBITIONS AND MORE
- AUG 19 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL, 10 am-3 pmSEP 16 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL, 10 am-3 pm
- JUL 1-AUG 31 Douglas Degges, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Art Galleries, Hoover, AL
- NOW-SEP 9 After Promontory: 150 Years of Transcontinental Railroading, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa
- JUN 7-SEP 30 Selected Works: Arts in Medicine Club, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Ala
- AUG 2-OCT 30 Kelly Hatfield, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOV 2 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- NOV 3 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- NOV 3 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- NOV 3 First Friday event, Scott McQueen, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (NOV 2-JAN 28)
- NOV 2-JAN 28, 2024 Scott McQueen, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
AREA GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
- Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala., events announced on Facebook
- Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), 1221 10th Ave S. (UAB), Birmingham
- The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 1-3 pm, First Fridays 1-7 pm
- Bells Gallery, 1861 Main St., Ste. #1, Dothan, Hours: Thurs.-Fri., 11 am-6 pm, Sat. 10 am-2 pm
- Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
- Casteel Gallery (formerly Miller Art Gallery), Ivy-Scaggs Hall, Meridian (Mississippi) Community College, Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-4 pm
- Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York, Ala.
- Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
Michael D. Harris, Family Shrine, 1996, acrylic and mixed media on canvas. The Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama, PJ2008.0724. Courtesy of the Estate of Michael D. Harris - Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
- Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, 615 N. Pine St., Florence (UNA campus)
- Gallery at 126, 126 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, Ala.
- 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, and First Thursdays, 5-7 pm
- Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa
- Hoover Public Library Galleries, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, Ala. (check the website for locations and hours)
- Intercultural Diversity Center exhibition space, UA campus
- 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
- Meridian Museum of Art, 628 25th Ave., Meridian, Mississippi, Tues.-Sat., 11 am-4 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, 2308 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 the website, 109 Woods Hall, UA campus
- Sunheart Metalworks Studio & Sculpture Garden, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, First Sat. 8 am- 12 noon 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 Exhibitions: Wellness Walls for Art, 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa, M-F, 8 am-5 pm
- Vinegar, 701 37th Street, South, Birmingham: 10 am–2 pm on Saturdays, and by appointment
- Walker County Arts Alliance, 1411 Indiana Ave., Jasper: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 10 am-3 pm
- Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama, W-F 10 am-5 pm, Sat. 10 am- 3 pm, +check website
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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