Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Celebrate the Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year – with art! Please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to. This list is updated throughout the week on this page.
HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON
NOW-JUN 23 In the Belly of the Beast – First Degree, Stephen Smith Fine Art, Fairfield
NOW-JUN 29 John Stewart Jackson and Joe McCreary, exhibition of metal arts, UA Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-JUN 29 Color by Color, Paul R. Jones Museum
ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)
JUN 29 In the Belly of the Beast – Second Degree, Stephen Smith Fine Art, Fairfield (JUN 29-AUG 25), 5-8 pm
NOW-JUN 30 New Paintings by Sharon Long, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane
JUN 30 Opening reception, 
NOW-JUL 1 Call for Entries: Water of Alabama, Juried Competition by Paperworkers Local, Birmingham
NOW-JUL 3 Meridian Mid Century With a Window to the World: Oils, Watercolors, and Collages by Helen Potasnic Shapiro, University Medical Center, 850 5th Avenue East, Tuscaloosa
JULY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
JUL 5 Art Night, Missionary Mary Proctor, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (MAY 31-JUL 26), 5-8 pm
JUL 5 Art Night, Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (JUL 5-AUG 15), 5-8 pm
JUL 6 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
JUL 6 First Friday Reception, Tony Brock, The Story So Far…, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (JUL 6-27) 5-8 pm
JUL 6 First Friday Reception, BAM! Black Panther and the Black Arts Movement in the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth St., Tuscaloosa (JUL 6 – AUG 24), 5-8 pm
JUL 6 Jim Morris Exhibit Opening, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa
JUL 10 Exhibition opens, Insect Photography by Kendra and John Abbott, Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa (JUL 10-AUG 11)
JUL 10 Business 101 for Artists, Arrington Auditorium, Birmingham Public Library (Central), 6-7:30 pm
MAY 20-JUN 28 Gulf Coast Contemporary: Artists in Lower Alabama, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
NOW-JUN 30 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
NOW-JUL 22 Missionary Mary Proctor, Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa
NOW-JUL 26 Missionary Mary Proctor, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 6-27 Tony Brock, The Story So Far…, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
JUL 28 Annual Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, 9 am-4 pm
NOW-JULY 31 Paintings by Christine Metzger, Tuscaloosa County Juvenile Court Lobby, 6001 12th Ave., East
JUL 1-31 Ann Betak’s Painting Students, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel (details coming!)
AUGUST ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (
AUG 2 Art Night, Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (JUL 27-AUG 29), 5-8 pm
AUG 3 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
AUG 3 Jim Morris exhibit reception and artist talk, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa (AUG 3-OCT 24), 6 pm
NOW-AUG 10 The Immigrant Life – Paintings by Juan López-Bautista, Ayers LRC Art Gallery, Anniston, Ala.
JUL 5-AUG 15 Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
AUG 23 Reception and awards, Water of Alabama Juried Exhibition, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave. S., Birmingham (AUG 23-OCT 11), 5-7 pm
JUL 6 – AUG 24 BAM! Black Panther and the Black Arts Movement in the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth St., Tuscaloosa
JUN 29-AUG 25 In the Belly of the Beast – Second Degree, Stephen Smith Fine Art, Fairfield
JUL 27-AUG 29 Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 22-AUG 31 ArtWorks 2018: TVAA Member Art Show, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (
SEP 6 Art Night, Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (SEP 1- OCT 26) 5-8 pm
SEP 6 Art Night, Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (SEP 6-20), 5-8 pm
SEP 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
SEP 11 Dr. Richard K. Emmerson, “Apocalypse Illuminated,” Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6:30 pm
JUN 30-SEP 16 Jane Cassidy: Undersea Well, solo exhibition, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
SEP 6-20 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
OCTOBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
OCT 4 Art Night, Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (SEP 1- OCT 19), 5-8 pm
OCT 4 Art Night, Kentuck’s Permanent Collection, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport (OCT 4-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
OCT 5 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
OCT 5 First Friday Reception and Reunion, The Mother of Alabama Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-31), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday Reception and Reunion, Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-31), 5:30-7:30 pm
AUG 23 – OCT 11 Water of Alabama Juried Exhibition, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave. S., Birmingham
OCT 20-21 47th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport
AUG 3-OCT 24 AUG 3 Jim Morris Exhibit, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa
SEP 1- OCT 26 Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
SEP 30-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
OCT 5-31 The Mother of Alabama Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
OCT 5-31 Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC
NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
NOV 1 Art Night, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 30-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
NOV 2 Jayne Morgan Exhibit Opening, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa
NOV 1 Exhibition opens, Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton (NOV 1-30)
SEP 16-NOV 2 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
OCT 4-NOV 24 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
OCT 30-NOV 24 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOV 27 Lecture: Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South, Gorgas Library 205, UA, 6-8 pm
NOV 1-30 Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center and Teer Gallery, Northport, (DEC 4-FEB 7) 5-8 pm
DEC 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
DEC 4-FEB 7, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio Artists, 
ANYTIME: Stroll between galleries through our Woods Quad Sculpture Garden with five outdoor sculptures, plus other sculptures in adjoining campus lawns.
CALENDARS, EVENT LISTS & VISUAL ARTS SITES
https://art.ua.edu/category/roundup/ Always the latest Roundup!
https://art.ua.edu/about/calendar/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/smga/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/sgg/
https://art.ua.edu/gallery/prj/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/361599977234696/ (Alabama Art Post)
http://www.alabamacenterforthearts.org/
http://alwca.weebly.com/ (Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art)
http://alabama.travel/upcoming-events/search?q=Tuscaloosa
http://arts.alabama.gov/gallery.aspx
http://www.artsbham.com/visual-arts/
http://www.artsnautism.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/artnighttuscaloosanorthport/
http://canterburychapel.dioala.org/Ministries/art-at-canterbury.html (Betak Frangoulis Gallery)
http://www.bethanywindhamengle.com/
http://www.blackbelttreasures.com/ (Camden, Wilcox County)
http://bryantmuseum.com/
http://www.artsbma.org/exhibitions/current/
http://cac.tuscarts.org/cacgallery.php (Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC)
http://cac.tuscarts.org/uagallery.php (University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC)
http://www.chiltoncountyartscouncil.com/ (Chilton County Arts Council)
http://colemanarts.org/ (Sumter County)
http://creativecampus.ua.edu/
http://www.druidcityartsfestival.com/
https://www.ua.edu/events/category/8/ (arts events at UA)
http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/events.eventsmain
http://fayetteal.org/sipsey-arts-alliance/ (Fayette County)
http://fayetteal.org/residents/art-museum/ (Fayette County)
http://firstfridaytuscaloosa.com/
http://gorgashouse.ua.edu/
http://graceaberdean.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County)
http://www.hooverlibrary.org/galleries
http://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre)
http://www.kentuck.org/
http://stephensmith.gallery/exhibitions.html
http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/
https://www.montevallo.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/the-gallery/
http://www.oconnorartstudios.com/
https://www.facebook.com/riverportgallerynorthport
http://scfac.uwa.edu/default.htm (Sumter County Fine Arts Council)
http://www.themakersmarketalabama.com/
http://tuscaloosamoa.org/calendar-2/
http://www.tuscarts.org/calendarofevents.php
http://www.tuscarts.org/artnight.php
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/entertainment (no visual arts)
http://www.tvaa.net/ (Tennessee Valley Art Association)
http://visittuscaloosa.com/events/
http://www.waqg.com/ (West Alabama Quilters Guild)
http://wilcoxcountyartscouncil.org/
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Look for this e-list each week, a service of the UA Department of Art and Art History. We hope to provide a more or less comprehensive list of 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.
Thank you for supporting ALL of the arts all over West Alabama!
“Gathering West Alabama’s Visual Arts Events since September 2013”