Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, January 11, 2023! Welcome students and teachers of every age and every area of learning. We hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season and that this New Year will be full of art and creativity for you. This is your place to find out about free art events around west Alabama and beyond, every week. Thanks to Kerry Kennedy of Fire Horse Pottery 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
- NOW-FEB 23, 2023 Applications being accepted for Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF, MAR 31-APR 1)
- APR 2 K-12 Student Art Competition, WAMAFest Heritage Festival, Tuscaloosa Rivermarket, registration 1-1:45 pm
- More artist opportunities on this page.
JANUARY EXHIBITIONS
- JAN 12 Opening reception, Mother Nature, Mother Nurture, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham (JAN 12-FEB 23), 4:30-7 pm
- JAN 12 Opening reception, Mary Virginia Pettway and Melissa Vandenberg, Wilcox ArtWorks, The Gallery, 103 Broad, Camden (JAN 12-FEB 25, ’23), 5:30-7:30 pm
- JAN 12 Opening reception, Linda Whitney, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave S #203, Birmingham (JAN 12-FEB 11), 6-8 pm
- JAN 13 Exhibition opening, Donté K. Hayes: Objects of Tomorrow, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham (JAN 13-MAR 25)
- JAN 13 Exhibition opening, 47th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham (JAN 13-MAR 25)
- JAN 14 Unveiling, Dr. Cynthia Warrick Art Gallery, Multi-purpose Building, Stillman College, 3601 Stillman Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 11 am
- JAN 14 6th Annual MLK Legacy Artwalk Featuring Melissa Mitchell, Hay College Center, Stillman College, 3601 Stillman Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 12-3 pm
- NOW-JAN 17 HELD OVER! Recent Discoveries by Daniel Ethridge, interactive art, Casteel Gallery (formerly Miller Gallery), Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
- NOW-JAN 17 Kinfolk: Black Belt Art Collective Exhibition, Altman Riddick Gallery, Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York, Alabama
Yevgeniya Baras and Pete Schulte at SMGA, Jan. 19. - JAN 19 Exhibition opening, Yevgeniya Baras and Pete Schulte, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (JAN 19-FEB 24)
- JAN 19 Opening reception, William Dooley: Incremental Memory, Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham (JAN 19-FEB 18), 5-7 pm
- NOW-JAN 20 Annual West Alabama Juried Art Show, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- JAN 21 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- JAN 21 Artist Talk: Taney Roniger, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham, 2 pm
- NOW-JAN 21 Taney Roniger: The Myyrmäki Drawings, Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd., South, Birmingham
- NOW-JAN 23 Tim Spanjer, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- JAN 23 Exhibition opening, Patterns of Creativity – with Alberta School of the Performing Arts, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (JAN 23-FEB 24)
- JAN 26 Artist Lecture: Pete Schulte, Camellia Room, 2nd Floor, Gorgas Library, UA, 3:00 pm
- JAN 26 Exhibition reception, Yevgeniya Baras and Pete Schulte, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (JAN 19-FEB 24), following artist lecture at 3:00 pm
- JAN 26 Opening reception, Express Yourself! Selected Work from the Meridian Community College Community, Miller and Casteel Galleries, MCC, Meridian, Miss. (JAN 26-FEB 16), 4-5:30 pm
- NOW-JAN 27 Kentuck Studio Artists, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, Northport
- NOW-JAN 28 HELD OVER! Threaded Through History: A historic fictional narrative of Tuscaloosa in 1905, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, 1901 Jack Warner Pkwy, Tuscaloosa
- JAN 28 Exhibition opening, Craig Legg: History of Birmingham Rock & Roll, East Village Arts in Eastlake, Birmingham (JAN 28-MAR 25, open Saturdays only, 11 am-3 pm)
- NOW-JAN 31 Passage: Paintings by Rachel Ann Wakefield, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, 812 Fifth Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-JAN 31 William Dooley, 33° 22′ 37″ N x 86° 48′ 20″ W, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, Hoover, Ala.
FEBRUARY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- FEB 2 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, Ala., 5-8 pm
- FEB 3 First Friday artist reception Roscoe Hall: Two Houses, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (JAN 9-FEB 23), 5-7 pm
- FEB 3 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- FEB 3 First Friday reception, Patterns of Creativity – with Alberta School of the Performing Arts, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (JAN23-FEB 24), 5-8 pm
- FEB 3 First Friday jazz reception, Basil Ede, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- FEB 3 Opening reception, I Thought It Was Funny: Carolyn Cowper, Bells Gallery, 1861 Main St., Ste. #1, Dothan, Ala. (FEB 2-25), 5-8 pm
FEBRUARY EXHIBITIONS
Wanrudee Buranakorn at Meridian CC Jan. 26
- FEB 6 Exhibition opening, Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham (FEB 6-MAR 25)
- JAN 12-FEB 11 Linda Whitney, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave S #203, Birmingham
- JAN 26-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
- JAN 19-FEB 18 William Dooley: Incremental Memory, Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham
- 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
- NOW-FEB 23 Applications being accepted for Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF). Festival is MAR 31-APR 1.
- JAN 12-FEB 23 Mother Nature, Mother Nurture, Samford University Art Gallery, 800 Lakeshore Dr., Birmingham
- JAN 19-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
- JAN 23-FEB 24 Patterns of Creativity – with Alberta School of the Performing Arts, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- JAN 12-FEB 25 Mary Virginia Pettway and Melissa Vandenberg, Wilcox ArtWorks, The Gallery, 103 Broad, Camden, Ala.
- FEB 2-25 I Thought It Was Funny: Carolyn Cowper, Bells Gallery, 1861 Main St., Ste. #1, Dothan, Ala.
- FEB 1-28 Miriam Omura, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- JAN-FEB 2023 Tony Bingham, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, dates TBA
MARCH ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- MAR 2 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, Ala., 5-8 pm
- MAR 3 First Friday event, Michael C. Thorpe, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (MAR 3-APR 28), 5-8 pm
- MAR 3 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- MAR 3 First Friday jazz reception, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
MARCH EXHIBITIONS
- MAR 18 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- JAN 13-MAR 25 Donté K. Hayes: Objects of Tomorrow, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham
- JAN 13-MAR 25 47th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham
- FEB 6-MAR 25 Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite, AEIVA, UAB, Birmingham
- JAN 28-MAR 25 Craig Legg: History of Birmingham Rock & Roll, East Village Arts in Eastlake, Birmingham (open Saturdays only, 11 am-3 pm)
- FEB 23-MAR 30 Between My Soul and Its Shadow: Photographs by Wanrudee Buranakorn, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
- 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
- FEB-MAR 2023 Sara Garden Armstrong, Friends and Plaza Galleries, Hoover Public Library, dates TBA
APRIL EXHIBITIONS
- MAR 31-APR 1 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa
- APR 2 6th Annual WAMAFest Heritage Festival, Tuscaloosa Rivermarket, Jack Warner Pkwy, 2-4 pm
- MAR 16-APR 6 Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham
- 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
APRIL FIRST FRIDAY & ART NIGHT
- APR 6 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, Ala., 5-8 pm
- APR 7 First Friday event, Michael C. Thorpe, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., 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 continued…
- APR 1-30 Southern Fiber Artists, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- APR 13-MAY 5 Annual Graphics and Fine Arts Student Juried Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
- MAY 20 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- 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
Lorrie Lane at Lorrie Lane Studio, 6th St. - 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.
ABOUT THIS CALENDAR
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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