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“May” We Have Art? Of Course – It’s West Alabama!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, May 31, 2017. The month of May ends with a full plate of art exhibitions in Northport, Tuscaloosa, Meridian and more!  Please send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to! This list is updated throughout the week.

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON 46th Kentuck Festival quilt design by Hallie O'Kelley!

ENDING TODAY 
NOW-MAY 31 Specimens and Speculations – Sabrina Pearson-Adams and Jamie Adams, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Tuscaloosa
NOW-MAY 31 For Home and Country:  America’s Entry into the Great War, Pearce Lobby, Gorgas Library 2nd floor
JUN 1 Deadline to apply to 46th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport 

JUNE ART NIGHT AND FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
JUN 1 Kentuck Art Night: “Willie Willie” Lamendola, Bernard Wilson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
JUN 1 Art Night: Kentuck Studio Artists, Sydney Gruber, Lorrie Lane and others, Clarke Gallery, Northport, 5-8 pm
JUN 2 First Friday Reception, Retrospective: Bethany and Frank Engle Exhibit, Arts Council and UA Gallery, DWCAC (JUN 2-30), 5-8 pm
JUN 2 First Friday at Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, Artist: Joani Inglett, 2124-9th St., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
JUN 2 Miss Emily's Tomato Farm, a painting by Bethany Engle

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date) 

JUN 4 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 11 am-4 pm
JUN 15 DEADLINE to Submit:
Ink Only Juried Competition for Printmaking, Paperworkers Local, Birmingham
JUN 15 Art with Friends: Mimosas at the Beach, Tuscaloosa Museum of Art, 5:30-7:30 pm
JUN 16 Reception, Canterbury Chapel’s Art Class Exhibit, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, 812 5th Ave., Tuscaloosa, 5-7 pm (JUN 16- JUL 30)
NOW-JUN 24 Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
JUN 25 Reception, Nothing Adventured, Nothing Learned – Photography by Lindsay Madison, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa, 2-4 pm (JUN 16-AUG 31)
NOW-JUN 25 Sewn & Thrown: Traditional Quilts and Folk Pottery from Alabama (many West Alabama artists), Birmingham Public Library (downtown branch)
NOW-JUN 30 Perspectives: Individual Explorations of Identity through Image, Paul R. Jones Gallery, Tuscaloosa

NOW-JUN 30 “Willie Willie” Lamendola, Bernard Wilson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-JUN 30 Retrospective: Bethany and Frank Engle ExhibitArts Council and UA Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-JUL 4 Side by Side: Paintings of Henry and Ann Betak, Wellness Walls for Art, University Medical Center, Tuscaloosa

Painting by Lorrie Lane, Riverport Studio & GalleryJULY ART NIGHT AND FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
JUL 6 Art Night, Myrna Gates, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (JUL 6-AUG 22), 5-8 pm
JUL 7 First Friday, downtown Tuscaloosa galleries (check your favorite galleries for details)
NOW-JUL 7 Lorrie Lane, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa

NOW-JUL 22 People’s Choice Art Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
JUN 16- JUL 30 Canterbury Chapel’s Art Class Exhibit, Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, 812 5th Ave., Tuscaloosa

AUGUST ART NIGHT AND FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
AUG 3 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
AUG 4 First Friday, downtown Tuscaloosa galleries (check your favorite galleries for details)

JUL 6-AUG 22 Myrna Gates, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
AUG 25 Opening Reception and Awards, Ink Only Printmaking Juried Exhibition, UAB Art and Art History’s Project Space, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham (AUG 25-SEP 16)
JUN 16-AUG 31 Nothing Adventured, Nothing Learned – Photography by Lindsay Madison, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa

SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT AND FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
SEP 7 Art Night, Yvonne Wells, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL, (SEP 7-OCT 20), 5-8 pm
SEP 8 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa (resuming after summer break), 5:30-8:30 pm

SEP 10 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
AUG 25-SEP 16 Ink Only Printmaking Juried Exhibition, UAB Art and Art History’s Project Space, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham
NOW-SEP 29 William C. Gorgas and the Great War, Gorgas House Museum, UA
NOW-SEP 29? “Lafayette, We Are Here!” America Enters The First World War, Hauser Hall, UA

OCTOBER ART NIGHT AND FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
OCT 5 Art Night, downtown Northport
OCT 6 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm

AUG 23-OCT 7 43rd Annual Bi-State Art Juried Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
SEP 7-OCT 20 Yvonne Wells, 2016 Kentuck Courtyard
OCT 21-22 46th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, AL

NOVEMBER ART NIGHT AND FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
NOV 2 Art Night, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (NOV 2-30), 5-8 pm
NOV 3 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm

NOV 7-8 5th Annual Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, AL, 9 am-3 pm
NOV 2-30 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
DEC 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm

DECEMBER ART NIGHT AND FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide)
DEC 7 Art Night, Kentuck Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL (DEC 7-JAN 12, 2018), 5-8 pm
DEC 8 First Friday Opening, O’Connor Art Studios, Tuscaloosa, 5:30-8:30 pm

DEC 7-JAN 12, 2018 Kentuck Studio Artists, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, AL
MAR 4, 2018 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
JUN 3, 2018 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm

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://tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague.php (Bama Theatre galleries)
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://gorgashouse.ua.edu/
http://graceaberdean.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HookedOnArtsFestival (Wilcox County)
http://www.kentuck.org/
https://www.facebook.com/Lorrie-Lane-Studio-322780188223/
http://www.warnertransportationmuseum.com/ (Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum)
http://www.montevallo.edu/fine-arts/college-of-fine-arts/departments/department-of-art/
http://www.oconnorartstudios.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Renaissance-Gallery-Inc-129254000418041/
https://www.facebook.com/riverportgallerynorthport
http://www.chiltoncountyartscouncil.com/rose-gallery.html (Rose Gallery, Clanton)
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
https://www.facebook.com/ttownwawa/ (Woodworkers Association of West Alabama)
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://weldbham.com/blog/category/art-culture/
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”