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Spring into Art in West Alabama!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, March 21, 2018. We’ve had a little break, but it’s officially Spring now, so get your gallery-hiking shoes on! And 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 SOONFrancesca Baldarelli, "I always wanted a wicker chair," 2018. Image courtesy of the artist.

MAR 21 Dr. Rebecca Zorach, “The Time is Now! ​The Black Arts Movement in Chicago, circa 1968,” Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Gorgas Library, UA, 6:30 pm
MAR 22 Reception, Leftovers: Checa Baldarelli Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery (MAR 19-29), 4-6 pm
MAR 22 Reception, Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (MAR 12-30)
MAR 22 Opening Reception, Annual Juried Art Show, Coleman Center for the Arts and Sumter County Fine Arts Council, Altman Riddick Gallery, York (MAR 22-MAY 11), 6-8 pm
MAR 23 March Gourd Madness, Clanton Performing Arts Center, Clanton
MAR 23 Reception, UA Book Arts ExhibitionHarrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
NOW-MAR 23 Paintings by Robert Kushner, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAR 23 Reception, UA Book Arts Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)Darryl Cowherd, "Be Black." Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

NOW-MAR 29 Leftovers: Checa Baldarelli Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
NOW-MAR 30 Out of Order: Tobias Layman’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
NOW-MAR 30 Black Cat Masquerade Ball Graphic Design Logo Contest, Humane Society of West Alabama
NOW-MAR 30 A Flower Show: Liz Lane Bryan, Pamela Hall Copeland, Lorrie Lane and Paul StewartBetak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tusca.
NOW-APR 3 Nature’s Bounty Distilled – Paintings and Images by Bethany Windham Engle, University Medical Center, 850 5th Ave., East, Tuscaloosa

APRIL ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

APR 5 Art Night: Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck Art Center, Northport (FEB 27-APR 24), 5-8 pm
APR 5 Art Night, Kentuck Members Show, Teer Gallery, Kentuck (APR 5-JUN 7), 5-8 pm
APR 5 Art Night reception, Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA (APR 5-MAY 18)
APR 6 Coleman Center for the Arts
APR 6 First Friday, Historic Drish House, Tuscaloosa
APR 6 Scott McQueen Artist Talk, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, 6 pm
APR 6 First Friday Reception, Oliver Reed, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm

APR 7 Druid City Arts Festival, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am-5 pm
APR 12 Artist Lecture: Karl HaendelVisiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series, 205 Smith Hall, UA, 6:30 pm
APR 13 Empty Bowls Soup Lunch Fundraiser, Grace Presbyterian, 113 Hargrove Road, Tuscaloosa, 11 am-2pm
APR 14 2018 32nd Annual Sakura Festival, Midtown Village, Tusca., 1-4 pm
APR 16-20 Handmade bowls at Empty Bowls 2015
APR 20-28 UA Art BFA Juried ExhibitionHarrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd.
APR 20 Reception, UA Art BFA Juried Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm
NOW-APR 22 Don’t Fence Me In, Stephen Smith Fine Art, 5104 Gary Avenue, Fairfield
NOW-APR 24 Pat, Suzanne, Angèlique & Andrè JuneauKentuck Art Center, Northport
NOW-APR 27 Mecca: Atlanta, Harlem, Miami, and Beyond – Selections from the Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
NOW-APR 28 William Gorgas and the Great WarMildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
NOW-APR 30 “A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw,” Artworks from the Doug McCraw Collection, UA Gallery, DWCAC
MAR 25-MAY 3 Works by Harold Lovell, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia

MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

MAY 3 Art Night, Melanie ColvinKentuck Art Center, Northport (APR 27-JUN 2), 5-8 pm
MAY 3 Art Night, Members Only Exhibition, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
MAY 4 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
MAY 4 First Friday Reception, Creative Campus Arts Research Projects Exhibition, Dinah Washington Cultural Art Center, 5:30-8:00 pm
MAY 4 First Friday Reception, UA Sculpture Students, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm

Thornton Willis, Triple PlayMAR 22-MAY 11 Annual Juried Art Show, Coleman Center for the Arts and Sumter County Fine Arts Council, Altman Riddick Gallery, York
APR 5-MAY 18 Dual Current: Inseparable Elements in Painting and Architecture, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
NOW-MAY 31 Scott McQueen, Kentuck Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
MAY 1-31 Another Man’s Treasure Exhibition, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton

JUNE FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

JUN 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
JUN 1 First Friday Reception, New Paintings by Sharon Long, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane (MAY 1-JUN 30), 5-7 pm

APR 27-JUN 2 Melanie ColvinKentuck Art Center, Northport
JUN 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Northport Farmers Market, 4150-5th St., Northport, 10 am-4 pm
APR 5-JUN 7 Kentuck Members Show, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport

JUNE ART NIGHT 

JUN 7 Art Night, Missionary Mary Proctor5th St Vintage Market in Northport - art and handmade crafts
MAY 1-JUN 30 New Paintings by Sharon Long, Betak/Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane

JULY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

JUL 5 Art Night, Missionary Mary ProctorKentuck Art Center, Northport (JUN 5-JUL 24), 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)

MAY 20-JUN 28 Gulf Coast Contemporary: Artists in Lower Alabama, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
JUN 1-JUN 30 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama, Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
JUN 5-JUL 24 Missionary Mary ProctorKentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 28 CCAC Arts Festival, Clanton Performing Arts Center, Clanton

AUGUST ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

AUG 2 Art Night, Leanna Leithauser-LesleyKentuck Art Center, Northport (JUL 27-AUG 29), 5-8 pm
AUG 3 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

JUL 5-AUG 15 Lee Busby, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
JUL 27-AUG 29 Leanna Leithauser-LesleyKentuck Art Center, Northport
JUL 22-AUG 31 ArtWorks 2018: TVAA Member Art Show, Ellington," by Leanna Leithauser-Lesley, at Canterbury Gallery in October 2016

SEPTEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

SEP 6 Art Night, Dennis Thompson, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (SEP 1- OCT 19) 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
SEP 6-20 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport

OCTOBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

OCT 4 Art Night, Dennis ThompsonKentuck 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, The Mother of Alabama Fine Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-31), 5:30-7:30 pm
OCT 5 First Friday Reception, Students of Gay Burke Photography Exhibition, UA Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 5-31), 5:30-7:30 pm

Photo by Rachel DobsonSEP 1- OCT 19 Dennis ThompsonKentuck Art Center, Northport
SEP 30-OCT 31 Making Alabama (Traveling Bicentennial Exhibit), Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia
OCT 5-31 The Mother of Alabama Fine 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 AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 30-NOV 27), 5-8 pm
NOV 2 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

NOV (dates TBA) Chilton County Arts Council Fine Arts Show, CCAC/Rose Gallery, Clanton
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 27 Crossroads Arts AllianceKentuck Art Center, Northport

DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY (gallery guide

DEC 6 Art Night, Kentuck’s Studio ArtistsKentuck Art Center, Northport, (DEC 4-JAN 19) 5-8 pm
DEC 7 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)

DEC 4-JAN 19, 2019 Kentuck’s Studio Artists, Museum and Teer Gallery, 46th Kentuck Festival quilt design by Hallie O'Kelley!

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://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”