Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, June 23, 2021. It’s summer and we’re stretching our legs. Lots of new events in Columbus, Mississippi; Decatur, Ala.; Columbiana, Clanton, Birmingham and beyond! You’ll find the schedule of art exhibitions and events around West Alabama and a little bit beyond in the Roundup online. Events are listed in order of ending date. Thanks to Winfred Hawkins 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!

JUNE INTO JULY & LATER IN THE YEAR
- JUN 24 Opening Reception, Roll With It, Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham, 7-9 pm (JUN 24-JUL 16)
- JUN 25 Opening reception, Laura Johnson Gaddy MFA Exhibition, Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State Univ., Jacksonville, Ala., 6-8 pm
- JUN 29 “All Paintings are Abstract (If You Look Closely),” Art Talk Tuesdays, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 6th St, Tuscaloosa
NO ART NIGHT OR FIRST FRIDAY IN JULY
- NOW-JUL 2 Emergence Juried Exhibition, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 511 North Water Street, Tuscumbia, Ala.
- JUL 7 Opening reception, 3rd Annual Tuscaloosa Poets and Painters Exhibition, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, 5-7 pm (JUL 7-AUG 1)
- JUL 9 Akachi: Hand of God-Works by Winfred Hawkins, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala. (JUN 22- AUG 1), time TBD
- JUL 15 Opening reception, Joi West Exhibition: Southern Faces Project, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave., S., Birmingham (JUL 15-AUG 15)
- NOW-JUL 16 Roll With It, Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham
- JUL 17 3rd Saturday Art & Music Fair, 3rd Street, Columbus, Mississippi, Art 10 am-4 pm
- NOW-JUL 22 Charlie Lucas and Yvonne Wells: What I Knew How To Do, EBSCO Fine Art Gallery, 105 West College St., Columbiana
- NOW-JUL 23 Watercolor Society of Alabama’s Annual National Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery and The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-JUL 30 Mario Andres Robinson: A Brush with Time, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- JUL 31 Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, Jefferson State Community College, 1850 Lay Dam Road, Clanton, 9 am-3 pm
- NOW-JUL 31 BUGS Photography Exhibit, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-AUG 1 An Examination of Memory Painting, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- UPDATED: JUL 7-AUG 1 3rd Annual Tuscaloosa Poets and Painters Exhibition, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane
- NOW- AUG 1 Akachi: Hand of God-Works by Winfred Hawkins, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
- NOW-AUG 2 Seascapes by Chloe York, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
Charlie Lucas and Yvonne Wells at EBSCO Fine Art Gallery, Columbiana - AUG 5 Art Night at Kentuck, Maralyn Wilson, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- NOW-AUG 15 44th Montgomery Art Guild Museum Exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
- NOW-AUG 15 Tim Sanjer, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
- NOW-AUG 15 Nancy Scott and Sydney Gruber, Artist Alley, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
- JUL 15-AUG 15 Joi West Exhibition: Southern Faces Project, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave., S., Birmingham
- JUL 23 – AUG 27 Deborah Brown: Shadow Paintings, Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Ave., Ste 103, Birmingham
- AUG 5-29 Maralyn Wilson, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOW-AUG 31 Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet Art Exhibit, Stephen Smith Fine Art, 5104 Gary Avenue Fairfield, Ala.
- SEP-OCT TBA Matters of Representation, curated by Kat Bornhoft, Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
- SEP 2 Art Night at Kentuck, Lynthia Edwards, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- AUG 15-SEP 30 Do Good Fund/MUW Photography, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
AUG 15-SEP 30 Sydney Gruber, Artist Alley, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.) - SEP 2-OCT 2 Lynthia Edwards, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 7 Art Night at Kentuck, Theresa Disney, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- SEP 3-OCT 8 Cryptic Coloration: The Map is Not the Territory: Merrick Adams, Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Ave., Ste 103, Birmingham
- OCT 16-17 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
- OCT 30 17th Annual Art in the Park, Gamble Park, Jasper, Ala., 9 am – 3 pm
- OCT 1-31 Miriam Omura and Tracie Noles-Ross, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
OCT 1-31 Cammie Windley, Artist Alley, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)Mario Andres Robinson at the Paul R. Jones Museum. - OCT 7-NOV 22 Theresa Disney, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOV 13-14 Annual Alabama Designer Craftsmen Fine Art Show, Birmingham Botanical Gardens
- DEC 3 Art Night at Kentuck, Studio Artists, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- NOV 1-DEC 31 Bri Howard, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
NOV 1-DEC 31 Anstacia Doughty, Artist Alley, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.) - DEC 1-JAN 27 Studio Artists, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, 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
- Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
- Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
- Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa
- 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
- Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham
- 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
Rachel Dobson at Canterbury Chapel in July - 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
- 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. 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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