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Visit Art and Visiting Artists, at Kentuck and Beyond!

Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, October 17, 2018. This weekend, put on your Kentuck walking shoes and visit some artists, in the park and around West Alabama! 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 Edgar Heap of Birds poster for Spirit Citizen exhibition and events, 2018.

OCT 19 Opening reception, Marking Time & Space – John DeMotte and Michael Merry, Paperworkers Local, 2702 7th Avenue S, suite 203, B’ham, 5-8 pm
OCT 20-21 47th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport
OCT 22-26 Entries accepted for West Alabama Juried Art Show sponsored by The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa

OCT 22 Artist lecture by Edgar Heap of Birds, Gorgas Library 205, 6 pm
OCT 23 Gallery talk with Edgar Heap of Birds, in conjunction with Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue, reception following, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, 4 pm
NOW-OCT 24 Jim Morris Photographs, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Tuscaloosa
NOW-OCT 24 Spirit Citizen – An International Dialogue with Artist Edgar Heap of BirdsExhibition and events, Sella-Granata Art Gallery

ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)

OCT 25 Monster Makeover IX Art Auction and Festival, Historic Drish House, 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa
NOW-OCT 26 Dennis ThompsonHistoric Drish House in Tuscaloosa
NOW-OCT 26 The Mother of Alabama Art Photography: Gay Burke, Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
NOW-OCT 26 Butterfly Effect: Honoring the Legacy of Gay BurkeUA Gallery, DWCAC
OCT 27 For Freedoms event, Sassafras Center for Arts and Environment, Tuscaloosa, TIME TBA
OCT 27 ART STALK: Montevallo Artwalk, Main Street, Montevallo, 1-6 pm
NOW-OCT 29 My Spot in the Sunlight – An Exhibition from the Paul R. Jones Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
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 Photo by Andy Meadows (MFA 1995) created when he was a student of Professor Gay Burke's.
NOV 2 First Friday reception, Visual Surprises: Hiding in Plain Sight, Warren Simons, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center (NOV 2-30), 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

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 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)
NOW-NOV 24 Kids of Kentuck, Teer Gallery, Kentuck, Northport
OCT 30-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 29 Exhibition opening, Crossroads Arts Alliance Gordo
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, Warren Simons, 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)

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 2019Alice Hohenberg Federico, "1320," white stoneware clay, 14

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 Double Exposure Statewide Photography Exhibit
FEB 20 Artist Lecture: Ben Vida, Gorgas Library 205, 7 pm
FEB 1-22 2019 Double Exposure – Adult Division Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa

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 SITESHog Wild for Art Festival, April 30, 2016

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”