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Plenty of Fall Festivities and Art in West Alabama!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, October 31, 2018. There’s still time to dance around the bonfires tonight, and Thursday and Friday are Art Night and First Friday! Send us your visual arts events — we want to know what you’re up to. This list is updated throughout the week on this page.

HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON Glenn House and Sandee House, 2014-2018, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Gordo, Ala.

NOW-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
NOW-OCT 31 Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest, all over Alabama

NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

NOV 1 Art Night, Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 30-NOV 24), 5-8 pm
NOV 1 Exhibition opens, Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton (NOV 1-30)
NOV 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
NOV 2 First Friday reception, Visual Surprises: Hiding in Plain Sight, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (NOV 2-30), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 Alabama Types: Typewriter Collection of Steve Soboroff, UA Gallery, DWCAC (NOV 2-DEC 7), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 Jayne Morgan Exhibit Opening, Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa
NOV 2 West Alabama Woodworkers Association Annual Show, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm
NOV 2 November First Friday, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, 2124-9th St., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)Crossroads Arts Alliance Gordo

NOW-NOV 2 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
NOV 5-8 Raw & Unfinished Business: Allie Gant and Jennifer Gault BFA ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
NOV 8 Collector Talk: Steve Soboroff on “Alabama Types,” UA Gallery, DWCAC, 1-3 pm
NOV 8 Closing reception, Allie Gant and Jennifer Gault BFA ExhibitionSella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm
NOV 12 Artist Talk with Frank Kelley Jr., Stinson Auditorium, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, 7 pm
NOV 12-13 Painting Workshop with Frank Kelley Jr. (free but registration is required; more info at the link), Wynn Fine Arts Center, Room 112, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-4 pm
NOW-NOV 16 Pattern Thinking: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Collection of Tom and Cynthia Schneider, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOV 17-18 Sipsey Arts Alliance Christmas Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, 10 am-4 pm (17th), 1-5 pm (18th)
NOV 20 Reception, BFA Exhibition: Caroline Japal and Candace Von Hoffman (NOV 19-29), SGAG, 4-6 pm
NOW-NOV 24 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
NOW-NOV 24 Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck 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 28 Artist Lecture by Alice Hohenberg Federico, Gorgas 205, 6 pm
NOV 19-29 BFA Exhibition: Caroline Japal and Candace Von Hoffman, Sella-Granata Art Gallery
NOV 29 Opening reception, Alice Hohenberg Federico: The Liberation of Clay, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (NOV 29-JAN 11, 2019), 5-7 pm
NOV 29 Alice Hohenberg Federico, "1320," white stoneware clay, 14
NOW-NOV 30 Small Craft Advisory Press: A Decade of Collaboration, Fifth Floor Gallery, Gorgas Library, UA
NOV 1-30 Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
NOV 2-30 Visual Surprises: Hiding in Plain Sight, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
DEC 2 5th Street Vintage Market, 4150 Fifth Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
DEC 3 Entries Accepted for 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Competition (DEC 3-10)

DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck 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 7 Opening reception, Annual West Alabama Juried Show, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (DEC 7-21), 5-8 pm
DEC 7 Closing First Friday event, Alabama Types: Typewriter Collection of Steve Soboroff, UA Gallery, DWCAC (NOV 2-DEC 7), 5-8 pm
NOV 2-DEC 7 Alabama Types: Typewriter Collection of Steve Soboroff, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa

NOW-DEC 14 Black Belt Alabama, 2nd Floor Lobby and Reading Room, W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, UA
DEC 7-21 Annual West Alabama Juried Show, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
DEC 17 Entries Accepted for 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Competition (DEC 17-21)

JANUARY 2019Double Exposure Statewide Photography Exhibit

NOV 29-JAN 11 2019 Works by Alice Hohenberg Federico, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
JAN 18 Exhibition opens, 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Exhibition, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa (JAN 18-FEB 10)
JAN 24 Artist Lecture: Michi Meko, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm

FEBRUARY FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT (gallery guide

FEB 1 Awards Presentation and Opening Reception, 2019 Double Exposure – Adult Division Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (FEB 1-22), 5-8 pm

FEB 7 Art Night at Kentuck Art Center, Northport
DEC 4-FEB 7, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck Art Center and Teer Gallery, Northport
JAN 18-FEB 10 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Exhibition, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa
FEB 10 2019 Awards Presentation and Closing Reception, 2019 Double Exposure – Junior Division Exhibition, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa (JAN 18-FEB 10), 2-3 pm
NOW-FEB 15 Exhibit: Black Belt Alabama, 2nd Floor Lobby & Reading Room, W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, UA
FEB 20 Artist Lecture: Ben Vida, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm
FEB 1-22 Image credit: Julie Mehretu, Entropia (review), 2004, lithograph and screenprint 29 x 40 inches. Excavations: the Prints of Julie Mehretu is organized by Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis.

MAR 5 Artist Lecture: Iva Gueorguieva, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm
JAN 24-MAR 8, 2019 Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu , Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 21-28 Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition (TBA), Sella-Granata Art Gallery

APR TBA, 2019 Hog Wild for Art Festival, Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, Camden
APR 8-11 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition (TBA), Sella-Granata Art Gallery
APR 13, 2019 Rooster Day, Marengo County Historical Society, Demopolis

MAR 21-MAY 3, 2019 Confluence by Jerry Uelsmann, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art

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://artsrevive.com/ (Selma)
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)
https://usdac.us/tuscaloosa (Black Warrior Outpost of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture)
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/
http://www.firstfridaytuscaloosa.com/art-galleries/harrison-galleries-llc
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://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”