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Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, February 15, 2023! We’ve got the post-Valentine’s blues, but we’ll get cheered up by the Alabama Blues Project exhibit and TASPA student cyanotype portraits! Thanks to TASPA sixth graders for the image above. And thank you 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

• FEB 23 Submission deadline: 2023 Alabama Artists: Roots and Wings juried exhibition, Arts Revive, Selma
• APR 2 K-12 Student Art Competition, WAMAFest Heritage Festival, Tuscaloosa Rivermarket, registration 1-1:45 pm
• More artist opportunities on this page.

FEBRUARY EXHIBITIONS

• NOW-FEB 16 Express Yourself! Selected Work from the Meridian Community College Community, Miller and Casteel Galleries, MCC,  Meridian, Miss.
• FEB 18 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
• NOW-FEB 18 William Dooley: Incremental Memory, Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham
• FEB 21 Artist Lecture and reception: Sara Garden Armstrong, The Library Theatre (exhibition, FEB 7-MAR 31: Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library), Hoover, Ala., 5:30-7:30 pm
• FEB 21 Opening reception, Liminal Hues: Waiting for Spring, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, 5th Ave/Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa (FEB 21-MAR 31), 6:15-7:15 pm
• FEB 21-APR 11 “What is Art?” Free Art Class, Boze Riley, Pop Art Community Space, 211 Broad St., York, Registration Required
• FEB 23 Krista Clark, Artist Lecture, Garland Hall 203, Woods Quad, UA campus, 5:30 pm
• NOW-FEB 23 Roscoe Hall: Two Houses, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• FEB 23 Opening reception, Between My Soul and Its Shadow: Photographs by Wanrudee Buranakorn, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi (FEB 23-MAR 30), 4-5:30 pm
• FEB 24 Reception, Chloe Alexander: Animus & Anima, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave S #203, Birmingham (FEB 24-APR 1), 6-8 pm
• NOW-FEB 23 Mother Nature, Mother Nurture, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham
• FEB 23 Exhibitions open: Three MA Exhibitions: Kat Murray, Nathan Childers, Dillan Ladner, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus (FEB 23-MAR 3), 4-6 pm
• FEB 24 Opening reception, The Arts of War: The Hearts of War, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Pkwy, Tuscaloosa (FEB 24-MAR 28), 5-7 pm
• NOW-FEB 24 City Blues vs. Country Blues, Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
• NOW-FEB 24 Yevgeniya Baras and Pete Schulte, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
• NOW-FEB 24 Allison Grant: Within the Bittersweet, Gammill Gallery, Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi, Oxford
• NOW-FEB 24 Patterns of Creativity – with Alberta School of the Performing Arts, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa
• NOW-FEB 25 I Thought It Was Funny: Carolyn Cowper, Bells Gallery, 1861 Main St., Ste. #1, Dothan, Ala.
• NOW-FEB 28 Cahaba Beach Road: Scott Stephens, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• NOW-FEB 28 Miriam Omura and Tracie Noles Ross, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
• NOW-FEB 28 Tony Bingham, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, Hoover, Ala.

  

MARCH ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY & FIRST SATURDAY

• MAR 2 Art Night, “Honoring Our Waterways,” Kentuck Art Center, Northport, Ala., 5-8 pm
• MAR 2 Reception, Kat Murray: Old Haunts, MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus (FEB 23-MAR 3), 4-6 pm
• MAR 2 Reception, Nathan Childers: Knowing Your Place, MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus (FEB 23-MAR 3), 4-6 pm
• MAR 2 Reception, Dillan Ladner MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus (FEB 23-MAR 3), 4-6 pm
• MAR 2 Virtual Artist Talk: Jakob Dwight and Richard Dial, moderated by Paul Barrett, sponsored by Wiregrass Museum of Art, register here, 6 pm
• MAR 3 First Friday Art Showcase and Music Performances by Tuscaloosa County School System, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, 5-7 pm
• MAR 3 First Friday event, Michael C. Thorpe, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (MAR 3-APR 28), 5-8 pm
• NOW-MAR 3 West Alabama Quilters Guild: A Whole Lot of Quilting Going On, curated by Deborah Hughes, University Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Drive, Tuscaloosa
• MAR 3 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• MAR 3 First Friday jazz reception, Ashlee Rene Thompson: Yellow Wood, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
• MAR 4 First Saturday Art in the Garden, SunHeart Metalworks Studio & Sculpture Garden, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, 8 am- 12 noon

MARCH EXHIBITIONS

• FEB 23-MAR 3 Kat Murray: Old Haunts, MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus
• FEB 23-MAR 3 Nathan Childers: Knowing Your Place, MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus
• FEB 23-MAR 3 Dillan Ladner, MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus

  

• NOW-MAR 8 Sculptures by Paige Ward, Gallery 126, Florence, Ala.
• MAR 16 Opening reception, 2023 Alabama Artists: Roots and Wings juried exhibition, Gallery 905, 905 Waters Ave., Selma (MAR 16-APR 3)
• MAR 18 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
• MAR 23 Artist Lecture: Coulter Fussell, Yellowhammer Room, Gorgas Library, UA, 3:00 p.m.
  MAR 23 Opening reception, Coulter Fussell: My Love for You is Deathless, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (MAR 23-MAY 3), 4-6 pm
• NOW-MAR 25 Donté K. Hayes: Objects of Tomorrow, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham
• NOW-MAR 25 47th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham
• NOW-MAR 25 Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham
• NOW-MAR 25 Craig Legg: History of Birmingham Rock & Roll, East Village Arts in Eastlake, Birmingham (open Saturdays only, 11 am-3 pm)
• NOW-MAR 25 I Too, Am Thornton Dial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
• FEB 24-MAR 28 The Arts of War: The Hearts of War, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Pkwy, Tuscaloosa
• FEB 23-MAR 30 Between My Soul and Its Shadow: Photographs by Wanrudee Buranakorn, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
• MAR 3-30 Tuscaloosa County School System Fine Arts Showcase, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
• MAR 1-31 Church Goin’ Mule Folk Art, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
• MAR 31  28th Annual UA/UAB Graduate Student Symposium in Art History, UA campus
• NOW-MAR 31 Sara Garden Armstrong: Works on Paper, 1970 – 1990, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, Hoover, Ala.
• FEB 21-MAR 31 Liminal Hues: Waiting for Spring, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, 5th Ave/Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
• MAR 31-APR 1 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa

APRIL EXHIBITIONS

• NOW-APR 1 “I’m Still Here”: Documenting James Meredith, photographs and drawings, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Miss.
• FEB 24-APR 1 Reception, Chloe Alexander: Animus & Anima, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave S #203, Birmingham
• APR 1-30 Southern Fiber Artists, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
• APR 2 6th Annual WAMAFest Heritage Festival, Tuscaloosa Rivermarket, Jack Warner Pkwy, 2-4 pm
• MAR 16-APR 3 2023 Alabama Artists: Roots and Wings juried exhibition, Gallery 905, 905 Waters Ave., Selma
• MAR 16-APR 6 Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham

APRIL FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT

• APR 6 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, Ala., 5-8 pm
• APR 7 First Friday Artist’s Reception, Molly Lay: An Act of Attention, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa (APR 7-MAY 5), 5-7 pm
• APR 7 First Friday artist’s reception, Michael C. Thorpe: Nonsensical Formalism, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa (MAR 3-APR 28), 5-8 pm
• APR 7 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
• APR 7 First Friday jazz reception, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm

APRIL EXHIBITIONS and more…

• APR 13 Opening reception, Annual Graphics and Fine Arts Student Juried Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi (APR 13-MAY 5), 4-5:30 pm

  

• APR 15 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
• MAR 3-APR 28 Michael C. Thorpe, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa
• APR 13-29 Studio Art Seniors Exhibition, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham
• MAR 23-MAY 3 Coulter Fussell: My Love for You is Deathless, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
• APR 13-MAY 5 Annual Graphics and Fine Arts Student Juried Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
• APR 7-MAY 5 Molly Lay: An Act of Attention, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa
• MAY 20 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
• JUN 26-30 UA Art Camp for rising 9th-12 graders, historic Woods Hall, registration open now!
• JUN 17 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
• JUN 1-30 Joseph MacGown Painting and Pottery, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Miss.
• JUL 1-31 Lorrie Lane and Andre Ray, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Miss.

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.
• Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
• Fool’s Gold Gallery, 2424 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, Tues.-Sat., 12 noon – 8 pm (check the link)
• 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.

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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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