Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, April 1, 2020, but we’re no fools! While the cities and towns of West Alabama follow local, statewide and national health advisories in order to stem the spread of COVID-19, most galleries are closed to the public to ensure the safety of their visitors and staff. Many galleries and organizations are now working to produce online exhibitions – some have already posted them. Check below for cancellations and for links to new online art exhibitions and blog posts. Please stay safe, and please support your local artists wherever you can.
Thanks to Lorrie Lane for our featured image. Continue to send us your updates on visual arts events — we want to know what online exhibitions you’re putting on. This list is updated throughout the week here. The Arts Council calendar and list of arts organizations is also a good place to check for closings, online exhibitions and home activities. Stay home, stay safe and wash your hands!
April
- NOW-APR 2 Closed to non-patient public A Year in the Life of An Artist, University Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Blvd., Tuscaloosa
April Art Night at Kentuck is canceled due to safety concerns around COVID-19. See links to online exhibitions below.
Tuscaloosa First Friday receptions are canceled due to safety concerns around COVID-19. Please check with your favorite gallery via phone or social media if you need more info. Links below may help with that.
- APR 2 Closed to the public – exhibition online: Josh Cote, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (MAR 5-MAY 3), 5-8 pm
- APR 2 Postponed and relocated, Book Release, Black Belt Photo Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery (relocated to UA Gallery in May), UA (MAR 31-APR 3), 4-6 pm
- APR 3 Canceled, Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa (APR 3-4)
- APR 3 Canceled, First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- APR 3 Canceled, First Friday reception, Robin Metz, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- APR 3 Postponed TBA, First Friday Reception, Fragmented and Forgotten: Amber Quinn MA Thesis Exhibition, Historic Drish House, 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa (APR 2-7)
Clockwise from upper left: Details of work by BFA majors Maggie Hocutt, Phoebe Burns, Sam MacDonald and Ringo Lisko. - APR 3 Closed to the public, Selections from the Rebecca and Jack Drake Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- APR 3 Closed to the public, Jude Anogwih MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (APR 3-24), 5-8 pm
- APR 4 Canceled, Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa (APR 3-4)
- APR 4 Postponed TBA, Northport Spring Jubilee, Historic Downtown Northport, 8 am-4 pm
- APR 5 Canceled, 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmer’s Market, 4150 5th Ave., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- APR 2-7 Postponed TBA Fragmented: Amber Quinn MA Thesis Exhibition, Historic Drish House, 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-APR 10 Closed to the public, Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- APR 10-17 Closed to the public, Structure and Surface: BFA Exit Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus
- NOW-APR 18 Closed to the public – exhibition online: Spring Juried Show Art Show, The Gallery at 103 Broad, Camden, Ala.
- NOW-APR 20 Closed to the public, Selections from the Rebecca and Jack Drake Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- MAR 19-APR 17 By appointment only, 18th Annual Roots & Wings Art Show, Arts Revive, A Carneal Bldg., 3 Church St., Selma
- APR 3-24 Online exhibition, Jude Anogwih MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- APR 3-24 Canceled, Robin Metz, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- APR 25 RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 18, Sipsey Arts Alliance Spring Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, Ala., 9 am-3 pm
- NOW-APR 27 Exhibition online – Elayne Goodman, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
May
Please check back – will update as info becomes available
- MAY 1 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- MAY 1 First Friday Event, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- MAY 2 Artist’s reception, Ringo Lisko: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- MAY 2 Black Belt Photo Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- MAY 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmer’s Market, 4150 5th Ave., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- NOW-MAY 3 Closed to the public – exhibition online: Josh Cote, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- MAY 7 Art Night Reception, Preparing to Soar: Hayes Dobbins, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (APR 1-May 27), 5-8 pm
- MAY 7 Art Night Reception, Tim Whitten, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (MAY 7-31), 5-8 pm
- APR 16-MAY 14 Nasrin Iravani: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- APR 1-MAY 27 Hayes Dobbins, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- MAY 7-31 Tim Whitten, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
Later in 2020
Please check back – dates are subject to change due to COVID-19
- JUN 4 Art Night reception, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- JUN 4, Art Night reception, David Hammock, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (JUN 2-JUL 30), 5-8 pm
- JUN 5 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- APR 3- JUN 26 Postponed TBA, Matters of Representation, curated by Kat Bornhoft, Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
- JUL 18 NEW DATE Sipsey Arts Alliance Spring Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, Ala., 9 am-3 pm
- JUN 2-JUL 30 David Hammock, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- AUG 6 Art Night reception, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (AUG 6-28), 5-8 pm
- AUG 6 Art Night reception, Cracker Harris, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- AUG 7 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- AUG 6-28 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- SEP 3 Art Night reception, Cracker Harris, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- SEP 4 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- AUG 5-SEP 23 Cracker Harris, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
Sydney Gruber 2019 - OCT 1 Art Night reception, Lee Black, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- OCT 1 Art Night reception, Jeanie Holland and T.R. Reed, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- OCT 2 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- OCT 2 First Friday event, Sydney Gruber, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- OCT 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmer’s Market, 4150 5th Ave., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- OCT 10-11 Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
- SEP 3-OCT 22 Jeanie Holland and T.R. Reed, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- AUG 1-OCT 28 Sydney Gruber, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOV 1 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmer’s Market, 4150 5th Ave., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- NOV 5 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOV 6 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- OCT 1-NOV 20 Lee Black, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- DEC 3 Art Night reception, Kentuck’s Studio Artist Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (DEC 3-JAN, 2021 TBA), 5-8 pm
- DEC 3 Art Night reception, Lydia Randolph, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (DEC 2-JAN 28, 2021) 5-8 pm
Lorrie Lane, three still lifes, Juvenile Court Lobby, Tuscaloosa - DEC 4 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- DEC 6 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmer’s Market, 4150 5th Ave., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- OCT 2-DEC 11 Charlie Lucas Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- DEC 3-JAN, 2021 TBA Kentuck’s Studio Artist Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- DEC 2-JAN 28, 2021 Lydia Randolph, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 31-JAN 21, 2021 Kimberley Crowder, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., 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.
ABOUT THIS CALENDAR
Look for the Art Roundup e-list each 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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