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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History for Wednesday, April 3, 2024. If they haven’t already experienced it, show off West Alabama’s rich art scene to your family and friends this week! It’s Honors Day at UA, April Art Night and First Friday – plus First Saturday – this week! With so many listings, we added more headings! Thanks to Lorrie Lane for the image above and thanks to everyone for continuing to support artists. Events below 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 Group Art Exhibition Open Call to Exhibit in March and July 2024, Coleman Center for the Arts, York, Ala.
• NOW-JUN 1 Call for Artist Applications, 53rd Kentuck Festival (OCT 19-20, Snow Hinton Park, Tuscaloosa)

MARCH EXHIBITIONS

• APR 3 Awards Presentation, 2024 Lights and Shadows Student Art Juried Exhibition, Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, 615 N. Pine St., Florence, 1 pm

APRIL ART NIGHT &…

• APR 4 Kat Murray MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (MAR 29-APR 9), 5-7 pm
• APR 4 Art Night, Repurposed: Penny Dobson, Elayne Goodman, Kerry Leasure, Debra Mager, Diana Vest, Laura Walker, and Betsy Youngquist), Museum & Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
• APR 4 Opening reception, 2024 ASFA Senior Exhibit I: Neighborhood Watch, Armari Spencer, Chloe Black, Madison Barrentine, Rose Kimbrough, Vulcan Materials Gallery, 1800 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd. (APR 4-24), B’ham, 5-6:30 pm

  

APRIL FIRST FRIDAY &…

• NOW-APR 5 Sharon Butler: March, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Garland 103, UA
• APR 5 Honors Day, The University of Alabama (classes dismissed)
• APR 5 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• APR 5 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) opens, Government Plaza, downtown Tuscaloosa (APR 5-6), 5-9 pm
• APR 5 First Friday reception, Stand Up! Ten Mighty Women Who Made a Change, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (APR 5-MAY 24), 5-7 pm
• APR 5 First Friday Reception, Nathan Childers: MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (APR 5-MAY 3), 5-7 p.m.
• APR 5 Paper Lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., 5-7 pm
• APR 5 First Friday reception, Eugene Martin: The Creative Act – An Exhibition from the LSU Museum of Art, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2310 Gary Fitts (6th) St., Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• APR 5 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Gary Fitts Street (6th St.), Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• APR 5 Lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), DCAF, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm

  

APRIL FIRST SATURDAY

• APR 6 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• APR 6 First Saturday Art in the Sunheart Garden, Sunheart Metalworks, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, 8 am-12 noon
• APR 6 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, downtown Tuscaloosa (APR 5-6), 10 am-5 pm
• APR 6 Lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-5 pm
• APR 6 Sketchbooking Workshop with Dan Tipton, Pop Start Community Space, 211 Broad Street York, 12 noon-3 pm
• NOW-APR 6 Extinction & Resilience (featuring PWL members), Paperworkers Local, Birmingham
• APR 6 Opening reception, WILD BEASTS: Annual Full-Building Exhibition and Open Studios, Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd S, B’ham (APR 6-20), 5-8 pm

  

APRIL EXHIBITIONS

• APR 7 WAMA Fest (West Alabama Multicultural Alliance’s Tuscaloosa Heritage Festival), West Alabama Multicultural Alliance, Tusca.River Market, Jack Warner Pkwy, 2-4 pm
• NOW-APR 9 Kat Murray MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
• NOW-APR 10 2024 Lights and Shadows Student Art Juried Exhibition, Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, 615 N. Pine St., Florence
• APR 11 Opening reception, Erin LeAnn Mitchell and E L Chisolm: My Yoke is Easy and My Burden is Light, Space One Eleven, 2407 Second Ave., N., B’ham (APR 11-MAY 24), 5:30-8 pm
• NOW-APR 12 The Feminine I, Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art, Alabama A&M, Morrison Fine Arts Building, Huntsville
• APR 13 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• APR 13 Rooster Day, Marengo County Historical Society arts and crafts fair, main square, downtown Demopolis, 9 am-4 pm
• NOW-APR 13 Every Fiber, Bells Gallery, Dothan, Ala.
• APR 15 Exhibition opens, BLENDED: BFA in Graphic Design Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall (APR 15-22)
• APR 16 Opening reception, Annual Exhibition and Competition: MCC Fine Arts and Graphics Students, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian (MS) Community College (APR 16-MAY 7), 4-5:30 pm
• APR 18 BLENDED: BFA in Graphic Design Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall (APR 15-22), 5-7 pm
• APR 19 Sunset gathering and lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), Hurricane Creek Park, Hwy 216, 5-9 pm

  

• APR 20 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• APR 20 Cleanup and and lantern-making workshop (Flow Tuscaloosa), Hurricane Creek TBA, 8 am-noon
• APR 20 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, TEMP LOCATION: outside the Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Parkway, 9:30 am-2 pm
• APR 6-20 WILD BEASTS: Annual Full-Building Exhibition and Open Studios, Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd S, B’ham
• APR 20 Flow Tuscaloosa: Riverwalk Walking Lantern Parade, Riverwalk & Parker-Haun Park, 5-9 pm
• APR 15-22 BLENDED: BFA in Graphic Design Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall
• APR 23 Reception, Peeping through the Doors and Windows: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (APR 22-JUN 15), 4-6 pm
• APR 24 2024 ASFA Senior Exhibit I: Neighborhood Watch, Armari Spencer, Chloe Black, Madison Barrentine, Rose Kimbrough, Vulcan Materials Gallery, B’ham
• APR 25 Opening reception, 2024 ASFA Visual Arts Exhibit II, Vulcan Materials Gallery, B’ham (APR 25-MAY 22?), 5-6:30 pm
• NOW-APR 26 Voices Carry: Art by Alabama Women, Fourth Floor Gallery, Birmingham Public Library, Park Place, B’ham
• APR 27 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• NOW-APR 30 SGA Student Artwork Exhibition: Abi Brewer, Emily Rabbideau, Cecily Downey, Aisley Walaitis, Gorgas Library 6th Floor, UA
• NOW-APR 30 Repurposed: Penny Dobson, Elayne Goodman, Kerry Leasure, Debra Mager, Diana Vest, Laura Walker, and Betsy Youngquist), Museum & Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport

  

MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY

• MAY 2 Art Night with Ardith Goodwin, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
• MAY 2 Art Night with Rachel Wakefield, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
• NOW-MAY 2 Mary Frances Art Exhibition, Ben’s Bread, 3510 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa
• MAY 3 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• MAY 3 First Friday event, Nathan Childers: MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (APR 5-MAY 3), 5-7 pm
• MAY 3 First Friday event: Panel Discussion about the book and art exhibit with panelists, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (APR 5-MAY 24), 5-7 pm
• MAY 3 First Friday event, Eugene James Martin-The Creative Act: An Exhibition from The LSU Museum of Art, Paul R. Jones Museum, Gary Fitts (Sixth) Street, Tuscaloosa (MAR 1-MAY 3), 5-8 pm
• MAY 3 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Gary Fitts (Sixth) Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm

MAY EXHIBITIONS

• MAY 4 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• APR 16-MAY 7 Annual Exhibition and Competition: MCC Fine Arts and Graphics Students, Homer Castell Art Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Miss.
• MAY 11 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• APR 29-MAY 17 Westwood Elementary Art Month at the Bama, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• MAY 18 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• MAY 18 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 9:30 am-2 pm
• APR 5-MAY 24 Stand Up! Ten Mighty Women Who Made a Change, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• APR 11-MAY 24 Erin LeAnn Mitchell and E L Chisolm: My Yoke is Easy and My Burden is Light, Space One Eleven, 2407 Second Ave., N., Birmingham
• MAY 25 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• NOW-MAY 30 Janet Mego: Recovery Series Paintings, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa

  

• MAY 2-30 Ardith Goodwin, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
• MAY 2-30 Rachel Wakefield, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
• NOW-MAY 30 Selections from Kentuck’s Permanent Collection, SoNo Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
• NOW-MAY 31 Art Exhibition with Lisa Rays, Meg Davis, Sarah Bryant, Ben’s Bread, 3510 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa
• JUN 1 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• JUN 8  Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• JUN 15 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• APR 22-JUN 15 Peeping through the Doors and Windows: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
• JUN 22 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• JUN 29 Artists @the Farmers Market, Tuscaloosa River Market, every Saturday, 7 am-12 noon
• NOW-JUN 29 What We Wore, presented by Turning Point Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Center, Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa
• NOW-JUL 20 Southern Queer History: Tuscaloosa Lesbian Coalition, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Parkway, 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
• Ben’s Bread, bakery, cafe and gallery, 3510 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, Thurs., 8 am-12 noon, Fri., Sat., 8 am-1 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, First Friday receptions, 6-9 pm, and by appointment.
• Heritage Hall Museum and Art Center, 200 South Street East, Talladega, Ala., Tues-Fri, 10 am-4 pm
• 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 Gary Fitts Street (6th St.), Tuscaloosa, Mon-Fri, 10 am-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 Gary Fitts Street (6th St.), Tusca., 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
• Space One Eleven, 2407 Second Ave., N., Birmingham
• 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
• Walnut Gallery, 806 Walnut St, Gadsden
• 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

• Sewn Together: Two Centuries of Alabama Quilts, Ala. Dept. of Archives & History and Montgomery MFA digital exhibition
• 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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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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