Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History for Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Discover new artists and check out your old favorites all over West Alabama this week. Thanks to Melissa Vandenberg for the image above, and thanks to everyone for continuing to support artists wherever you can. Events are listed in order of ending date (scroll down for the bold “NOW“s). Subscribe here and forward this list to a friend!
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- NOW-SEP 5 DEADLINE EXTENDED Call for Artists Entries for the Columbus Arts Council Banned Books Exhibition (OCT 5-31)
AUGUST EXHIBITIONS
- AUG 24 Opening reception, Threading the Needle, Alabama Fiber Arts Conference, The Gallery – 103 Broad St., Camden, Ala. (AUG 24-SEP 23), 5:30-7:30 pm
- AUG 26 Gallery Talk: curator Jennifer Jankauskas with artists Mary Virginia Pettway and Melissa Vandenberg, Threading the Needle, Alabama Fiber Arts Conference, The Gallery – 103 Broad St., Camden, Ala. (AUG 24-SEP 23), 5:00 pm
- NOW-AUG 26 Bed Slope: Sarah Marshall, Catherine Nelson, Tara Stallworth Lee, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham
- NOW-AUG 26 Drawing in Space, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, 301 Conti St., Mobile
- AUG 30 Informational Meeting for Artists who want to demonstrate during downtown Tuscaloosa’s First Friday Art Walks (Free), Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Avenue, 7 pm
- AUG 31 Exhibition opens, Tom Stanley: Painting and Drawing and Discovering a Practice, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Garland Hall, UA (AUG 31-OCT 3)
- NOW-AUG 30 Alana Enfinity: Exploration of the Youniverse, CCA Art Gallery, 630 Avenue A, York
- NOW-AUG 31 Douglas Degges, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Art Galleries, Hoover, AL
Chris Metzger and Deborah Hughes at UMC
SEPTEMBER FIRST FRIDAY
- SEP 1 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- SEP 1 First Friday reception, Broken Bridges – Stephen Humphreys in Ukraine, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (AUG 4-SEP 15), 5-7 pm
- SEP 1 First Friday event, Joe MacGown: Explorations of Alternate Realities, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (AUG 4-SEP 14), 5-7 pm
- SEP 1 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- SEP 1 First Friday reception, May 1970: The Gibbs-Green Tragedy at Jackson State College – Photographs by Doris Derby, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa (AUG 4-SEP 29), 5-8 pm
- SEP 1 First Friday jazz reception, Harrison Galleries, Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- NOW-SEP 3 Chris Armstrong: Positively Heartfelt, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT
- SEP 7 Art Night Event: Amita Bhakta, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
SEPTEMBER EXHIBITIONS
- SEP 8 Reception, Paperworkers Local: The Process, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham-Southern College (AUG 28-SEP 8), 6-8 pm
- SEP 9 Art Pop-up, Jessie Lavon, Loretta Lynn, Aaron Head, Casey Roberts, Charlie Lucas, Caroline Cutler, Scott McQueen, 905 Centerville Street, Greensboro, 9 am-4 pm
- NOW-SEP 9 After Promontory: 150 Years of Transcontinental Railroading, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-SEP 14 Joe MacGown: Explorations of Alternate Realities, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-SEP 15 Broken Bridges – Stephen Humphreys in Ukraine, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- SEP 16 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL, 10 am-3 pm
- SEP 16 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- SEP 16 Exhibition opens, INK ONLY IV biennial juried print exhibition, 4th Floor Gallery, Birmingham Public Library – Central, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham (SEP 16-OCT 14)
- SEP 21 Closing reception, More-Than-Human World: Works by Studio By the Tracks Artists, Samford Art Gallery, Birmingham (JUL 13-SEP 28), 4:30-7 pm
- SEP 26 Exhibition opens, Souvenirs: Spain’s Influence on Student Artwork, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (SEP 26-OCT 10)
- SEP 28 Opening reception (NEW TIME), Irasema Quezada: I Saw Your Last Breath, Paperworkers Local, Birmingham (SEP 28-OCT 28), 6-8 pm
- AUG 28-SEP 28 Paperworkers Local: The Process, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham-Southern College, 900 Arkadelphia Rd., B’ham
- NOW-SEP 28 More-Than-Human World: Works by Studio By the Tracks Artists, Samford Art Gallery, Birmingham
- NOW-SEP 29 May 1970: The Gibbs-Green Tragedy at Jackson State College – Photographs by Doris Derby, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-SEP 30 Deborah Hughes & Chris Metzger: Ranging – Reflecting, University Medical Center, Peter Bryce Drive, Tuscaloosa
May 1970/Doris A. Derby, Paul R. Jones Museum - NOW-SEP 30 Selected Works: Arts in Medicine Club, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Ala
- NOW-SEP 30 Molly Lay Solo Exhibition, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden
- NOW-SEP 30 Kole Nichols Solo Exhibition, Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden
- SEP 7-OCT 1 Amita Bhakta, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 3 Artist Lecture, Tom Stanley: Painting and Drawing and Discovering a Practice, Yellowhammer Room (2nd floor), Gorgas Library, UA (AUG 31-OCT 3), 4:30 pm
- OCT 3 Closing reception, Tom Stanley: Painting and Drawing and Discovering a Practice, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Garland Hall, UA (AUG 31-OCT 3), 5:30 pm
OCTOBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY & FIRST SATURDAY
- OCT 5 Art Night Opening, Tiffany Ownbey, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 5 Artists reception with performance piece and reading, 2023 Banned Books Exhibition, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (OCT 5-31), 5:30 pm
- OCT 6 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- OCT 6 First Friday reception, Susan N. McCollough Fine Arts Initiative – A University of Alabama Biennial Event, The University of Alabama Gallery, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (OCT 6-DEC 1), 5-7 pm
- OCT 6 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- OCT 6 First Friday Jazz Reception, Harrison Galleries, Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- OCT 7 First Saturdays Begin Again! Join Steve Davis in the sculpture garden at Sunheart Metalworks, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, 8 am-noon.
OCTOBER EXHIBITIONS & MORE
- SEP 26-OCT 10 Souvenirs: Spain’s Influence on Student Artwork, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
- SEP 16-OCT 14 INK ONLY IV biennial juried print exhibition, 4th Floor Gallery, Birmingham Public Library – Central, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham
- OCT 14-15 52nd Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
- OCT 21 Downtown York Art Walk, Coleman Center for the Arts, 211 N. Broad St., York, 10 am-3 pm
- SEP 28-OCT 28 Irasema Quezada: I Saw Your Last Breath, Paperworkers Local, Birmingham (NEW DATES)
- NOW-OCT 30 Kelly Hatfield: Reimagined, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- OCT 5-31 2023 Banned Books Exhibition, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
Stephen Humphreys at the UA Gallery
NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- NOV 2 Art Night, Tiffany Ownbey, 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 3 First Friday jazz reception, Harrison Galleries, Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
NOVEMBER EXHIBITIONS AND BEYOND
- NOV 11 Homestead Market, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Coker, Alabama, 9 am-12 noon
- NOV 18 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- OCT 5-NOV 27 Tiffany Ownbey, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 6-DEC 1 Susan N. McCollough Fine Arts Initiative – A University of Alabama Biennial Event, The University of Alabama Gallery, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- DEC 1 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- DEC 1 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- DEC 1 First Friday jazz reception, Harrison Galleries, Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- DEC 1 First Friday event, Scott McQueen, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, 6 pm
- DEC 7 Art Night event, Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- DEC 16 Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- NOV 2-JAN 28, 2024 Scott McQueen, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- DEC 5-JAN 28, 2024 Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
Joe MacGown at The Arts Council Gallery
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, Altman Riddick Museum & Gallery, 630 Avenue A, York, Ala., Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-2 pm, and by appointment (Enter through the Hightower Memorial Library)
- Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- Durbin Gallery, Birmingham-Southern College, Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham
- 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)
- Fire Horse Pottery (Kerry Kennedy)
- Gadsden Museum of Art, 515 Broad St, Gadsden
- 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, 2nd floor, Student Center, 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
- Samford Art Gallery, 153 Swearingen Hall, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, 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
- Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia
- The Gallery at 103 Broad St., Camden (Wilcox Artworks)
- 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.
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