Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Thursday, August 11, 2016. School starting this week and next threw us off a bit, but there’s so much art, we’re back on track now! Everybody, please send us your West Alabama visual arts events — we want to know what you are up to!
HAPPENING NOW OR ENDING SOON!
AUG 12 Exhibition opens: Vicki Lowe Retrospective, Hardin Cultural Arts Center, Gadsden (AUG 12-NOV 10)
AUG 13 Artist Talk: Sky Shineman, Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, Huntsville
AUG 19 Annual Aquatic Dreams Exhibition, Daniel Day Gallery, 3025 6th Ave., S., Birmingham
AUG 20 Folky Things Yard Event, Calera
NOW-AUG 23 In Miniature – Small Pictures from the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, PRJ Gallery, Tuscaloosa
ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)
AUG 25 Reception, 2nd Alabama National Biennial, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA, 4-6 pm
AUG 26 DEADLINE for entries, 47th Annual Fayette Arts Festival, Guthrie Smith Park, Fayette (SEP 10)
NOW-AUG 26 Inaugural Exhibition by Steven Humphreys, Art on the Circle at the Historic Drish House, Tuscaloosa
NOW-AUG 26 Cyanotypes by Laquita Thomson, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
AUG 22-26 Artists’ Art Pickup, Monster Makeover Art Auction and Festival, Tuscaloosa, OCT 27 (check for updates)
NOW-AUG 31 What Is In Bloom? – Paul Stewart Photos, Betak Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Episcopal, Tuscaloosa
NOW-AUG 31 The Art of Food, fundraising exhibition for hunger at The Red Door, Cullman
AUG 15-SEP 2 2nd Alabama National Biennial, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA (AUG 25)
SEP 1 Alex Henderson, Rural Studio architecture talk, Gorgas Library 205, UA
SEP 1 
SEP 2 First Friday Reception, UAB/UA Faculty Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm
SEP 2 First Friday reception, April Bachtel Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (SEP 2-25)
NOW-SEP 4 Going Home: Paintings by Anne Goldthwaite (1869–1944), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
SEP 5 DEADLINE, Call for entries Shelby County Arts Council’s 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Columbiana
SEP 8 Reception, Dennis Ritter | Eleanor Aldrich, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm
SEP 10 47th Annual Fayette Arts Festival, Guthrie Smith Park, Fayette, 9 am – 4pm
SEP 11 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 11am – 4 pm
AUG 15-SEP 16 Rural Studio: Alabama Design | Build Projects, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOW-SEP 24 Remembering 4 Little Girls, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
SEP 2-25 
SEP 8-29 Dennis Ritter | Eleanor Aldrich, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-SEP 30 Alabama Quilts, Gorgas House Museum, UA
NOW-SEP 30 UAB/UA Faculty Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (reception: SEP 2)
AUG 24-SEP 30 #blackgirls4change: the Hobson City 9, Cultivating Community and Creating Change, Paul R. Jones Gallery, Tuscaloosa
SEP 30 Opening artists’ reception, Chip Cooper, Julio Larramendi and Jim Harrison Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (SEP 30-OCT 18)
OCT 1 Closing Reception, 43nd Annual Bi-State Art Juried Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, 2-4 pm
AUG 17-OCT 1 43nd Annual Bi-State Art Juried Competition Exhibit, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
NOW-OCT 1 3 Months of Recaptured, Rediscovered, and Reconsidered, Wellness Walls for Art, University Medical Center
OCT 3 Opening: West Alabama Juried Show, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa (OCT 3-NOV 15, reception Nov. 15)
OCT 6 Reception, Matt Ziemke | Melissa Stern, 
OCT 7, Ines Schaefer Photography, UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 15-16 45th Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
SEP 30-OCT 18 Chip Cooper, Julio Larramendi and Jim Harrison Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
SEP 30 Reception, Shelby County Arts Council’s 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Shelby County Arts Council Gallery, 6-8 pm
SEP 30-OCT 21 Shelby County Arts Council’s 8th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Shelby County Arts Council Gallery, Columbiana
OCT 21 Opening reception, Cuban Printmakers Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 6-9 pm (OCT 21-30)
OCT 6-27 Matt Ziemke | Melissa Stern, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
OCT 27 Reception, Cuban Artists Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
OCT 27 Monster Makeover Art Auction and Festival, Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa (check for updates)
OCT 7-28 Ines Schaefer Photography, 
OCT 21-30 Cuban Printmakers Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
SEP 14-OCT 31 Smithsonian Exhibit: Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America, Black Belt Museum, sponsored by University of West Alabama
NOV 3 Art Night Reception, Ashlynn Pope, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm
NOV 4 First Friday Reception, BFA Exhibition: Kat Bornhoft and Graham Harrison, UA Gallery, DWCAC, 5:30 to 7:30 pm (NOV 1-30)
NOV 4 First Friday Reception, Harrison Galleries, Tuscaloosa
SEP 29-NOV 4 Pinkney Herbert: Distilled – The Narrative Transformed, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOV 5-6 Chilton County Arts Festival, Clanton
AUG 12-NOV 10 Vicki Lowe Retrospective, Hardin Cultural Arts Center, Gadsden
OCT 3-NOV 15 West Alabama Juried Show, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre, Tuscaloosa
NOV 15 Closing reception, West Alabama Juried Show, Junior League Gallery, Bama Theatre 5-6:30 p.m.
NOV 3-22 Ashlynn Pope, 
NOV 1-25 Kate Rothra Fleming: Glass Jewelry, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
NOV 1-30 BFA Exhibition: Kat Bornhoft and Graham Harrison, UA Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (NOV 4)
NOV 4-DEC 5 Eric Nubbe Exhibit – Sculpture, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
NOV 17-DEC 16 Saturated: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOV 28-DEC 16 K-12 Fellows Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa
NOV 28-DEC 30 Studio Artists Exhibition: Ann Betak, Steve Davis, Kerry Kennedy and Daniel Livingston, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
DEC 2-JAN 6, 2017 Kelly Shannon – Paintings, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
JAN 9 2017 Reception, Jim Graham and Laura Tanner | Morgan Price, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 4-6 pm
JAN 9-26, 2017 Jim Graham and Laura Tanner | Morgan Price, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
JAN 12-FEB 17 Echoes along the Syrian Border: Family Archeology and the Sound of Distant Gunfire: Works by James Emmette Neel, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 2 – APR 12 Mel Kendrick: In and Out of Paper, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
APR 6-20 EXIT 2017 BA Group Exhibition, 
APR 21 – MAY 26 MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Kelsey Windham and Celestia Morgan, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
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://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://dcaf.ua.edu/
http://events.ua.edu/category/8/ (arts events at UA)
http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/wual/events.eventsmain
http://fayetteal.org/sipsey-arts-alliance/ (Fayette County)
http://fayetteartmuseum.vpweb.com/ (Fayette County)
http://galleryontheboulevard.com/Home.html
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/
https://www.facebook.com/MontevalloArtDepartment
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
http://www.tuscwawa.com/ (West Alabama Woodworking Assn.)
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/section/ent
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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