Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, September 25, 2019. However warm it still feels, it’s officially Fall (and Monster Makeover is just around the corner)! Thanks to Ana Schuber for our featured image. 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
- NOW-SEP 25 Wilcox ArtWorks Photography Exhibition 2019, The Gallery, 103 Broad Street, Camden, Ala.
- SEP 26 Lecture: Smokey Bear: 75 Years of Art and History, Alabama Museum of Natural History, Smith Hall, 6-7:30 pm
- NOW-SEP 27 Al Sella: For the Record, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-SEP 27 Susan Vitali: One Thing Follows Another, The Arts Council Gallery at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- SEP 28 Exhibition opening: Alabama Justice: The Cases and Faces that Changed a Nation, Tuscaloosa Public Library, Jack Warner Parkway (SEP 28-OCT 23)
- NOW-SEP 30 Full House – When An Artist Collects the Work of Other Artists, Wellness Walls for Art, University Medical Center, 850 Peter Bryce Boulevard, Tuscaloosa (8am-5pm)
- NOW-SEP 30 “Trash Quilts” by Ana Schuber, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Tuscaloosa, 6400 New Watermelon Rd., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-SEP 30 Hank Lazer: Images from Slowly Becoming Awake, Manna Grocery & Deli, 2350 McFarland Blvd E., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-SEP 30 Art Frazier Sr. and Rhonda Landry Exhibition, Garden Room, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette
- NOW-SEP 30 Jonathan Lanier BFA Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa
- OCT 1 DEADLINE for Applications for Small Grants Program for Tuscaloosa County artists and non-profits, The Arts Council
- OCT 1 Deadline for submitting photographs for Tuscaloosa Photography Club Fall 2019 Exhibit
- OCT 1 ART LECTURE: Meditations on Ink: Identities and Expressions in East Asia, Great Hall, Ferguson Center, UA campus, 6:30 pm
October Art Night and First Friday
- OCT 3 Art Night Reception, Andrew & Etta McCall Exhibition, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- OCT 3 Art Night Reception, Miller Pottery Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- OCT 4 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
- OCT 4 First Friday Event: Stop by and view the River City Mural, Temerson Square, corner of 4th St. and 23rd Ave. (OCT. and NOV.)
- OCT 4 First Friday reception, Purvis Young: Born in Liberty, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa (SEP 6-OCT 25), 5-8 pm
- OCT 4 First Friday Reception, Works by Noëlle Mercurio, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (OCT 4-25)
- OCT 4 First Friday reception, Faculty Book Show, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 4-31), 5:30-7:30 pm
- OCT 4 First Friday Double Feature, Paintings and Artwork by Alexandra Leigh and Jack Leigh, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- OCT 4 First Friday Double Feature, Monster Makeover Preview, Harrison Galleries, 2315, Univ. Blvd., 6-9 pm
ONGOING & UPCOMING (in order of ending date)
- OCT 5 Meridian Art Walk, Union Station, 1901 Front St, Meridian, Miss., 8 am-1 pm
- NOW-OCT 5 INK ONLY II: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, Paperworkers Local, UAB’s Project Space, 900 13th Street South, Birmingham
- OCT 6 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- OCT 10 Reception, UA Art Clubs Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus (OCT 10-25), 4-6 pm
- NOW-OCT 10 Miller Pottery Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOW-OCT 11 Andrew & Etta McCall Exhibition, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOW-OCT 11 Department of Art and Art History 2019 Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- NOW-OCT 11 Woman in a Dress: Amelia Gayle Gorgas Fashion Exhibition, Gorgas House Museum, UA campus
- OCT 12 48th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, 9 am-5 pm
- OCT 13 48th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, 9 am-4 pm
Big Red Dog at Kentuck Courtyard - OCT 23 Artist lecture by William Paul Thomas, in conjunction with SMGA exhibition, Location TBA, 5-6 pm
- SEP 28-OCT 23 Alabama Justice: The Cases and Faces that Changed a Nation, Tuscaloosa Public Library, Jack Warner Parkway
- OCT 24 Opening reception, William Paul Thomas: Breathin’ Different, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (OCT 24-DEC 12), 5-7 pm
- NOW-OCT 25 Purvis Young: Born in Liberty City, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th Street, Tuscaloosa
- OCT 4-25 Works by Noëlle Mercurio, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- OCT 10-25 UA Art Clubs Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus
- OCT 26 Montevallo ArtStalk 2019, 885 Main Street, Montevallo, 1 pm-6 pm
- NOW-OCT 30 Poets and Painters 2, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
- OCT 30 Monster Makeover Festival and Auction, Historic Drish House, 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa, 5:30-7:30 p.m
- OCT 4-31 Faculty Book Show, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC
- NOW-OCT 31 Paintings by Faulcon Fitts and Billy Luu, Lobby Gallery for Tuscaloosa Juvenile Court, 6001 12th Ave., East, Tuscaloosa
- OCT 3-31 Snapshots, Stitches & Selma Blues: needlepoint artist Leanna Leithauser-Lesley and Roger Stephenson Photography exhibition, Arts Revive Carneal Building, 3 Church St, Selma, Ala.
November
- NOV 1 Exhibition opening: Making Alabama. A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit, Tuscaloosa Public Library, Jack Warner Parkway (NOV 1-2)
- NOV 1 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
- NOV 1 First Friday Event: Stop by and view the River City Mural, Temerson Square, corner of 4th St. and 23rd Ave. (OCT. and NOV.)
- NOV 1 First Friday Reception, Women of the Bible: Lashonda Robinson, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa (NOV 1-DEC 30), 5-7 pm
- NOV 1 First Friday Reception, Ted Metz Sculpture Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, 5-8 pm
- NOV 1 First Friday Event, Stomping Ground: Photographs by Jerry Siegel, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (NOV 1-DEC 13), 5:30-7:30 pm
- NOV 1 Woodworkers of West Alabama Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 3215 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- NOV 2 Sipsey Arts Alliance Annual Christmas Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, Ala. 10 am-4 pm
- NOV 2 Meridian Art Walk, Union Station, 1901 Front St, Meridian, Miss., 8 am-1 pm
- NOV 3 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- NOV 7 Art Night reception, Art Students of Stillman College, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (OCT 29-NOV 22), 5-8 pm
- NOV 7 Art Night reception, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- NOV 8 Opening reception, Tuscaloosa Photography Club Fall 2019 Exhibit, West Ala. Easter Seals, 1400 East James I Harrison Jr Pkwy, Tuscaloosa (NOV 8-JAN, 2020), 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- OCT 29-NOV 22 Art Students of Stillman College, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOV 1-29 Ted Metz Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa
- NOV 1-29 Making Alabama. A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit, Tuscaloosa Public Library, Jack Warner Parkway
- NOW-NOV TBA Philip Henry Gosse: A Naturalist’s Sojourn in Alabama, watercolor exhibition, Smith Hall, UA campus
December
- DEC 1 5th Street Vintage Market, Farmer’s Market Pavilion, 4150 5th Street, Northport, 10 am-4 pm
- DEC 3 Dickens Downtown, historic downtown Northport, 5-8 pm
- DEC 5 Art Night reception, Kentuck Studio Artists Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (DEC 3-JAN 17), 5-8 pm
- DEC 6 First Friday, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm (individual gallery times vary)
- DEC 6 Public Charge: Diasporic Immigrant Artists, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa, 5:30-7:30 pm
- NOV 1-DEC 13 Public Charge: Diasporic Immigrant Artists, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- NOV 1-DEC 13 Stomping Ground: Photographs by Jerry Siegel, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- OCT 24-DEC 12 William Paul Thomas: Breathin’ Different, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- DEC 17 Exhibition opening, Wade Hall Postcards Traveling Exhibit: Main Streets, UA (location TBA), (DEC 17-JAN 3)
- NOV 1-DEC 30 Women of the Bible: Lashonda Robinson, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-DEC 31 ‘Of This Goodly Land:’ Celebrating Alabama’s Bicentennial, 1819-2019, Gorgas Library: Pearce Lobby, Williams Collection; M.H. Bryant Hall: Hoole Special Collections
- DEC 17, 2019-JAN 3, 2020 Wade Hall Postcards Traveling Exhibit: Main Streets, UA (location TBA)
2020
- NOV 8-JAN, 2020 Tuscaloosa Photography Club Fall 2019 Exhibit, West Ala. Easter Seals, 1400 East James I Harrison Jr Pkwy, Tuscaloosa
- JAN 9 Opening reception, Cultural Collateral: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (JAN 9-FEB 14), 5-7 pm
- DEC 3, 2019-JAN 17, 2020 Kentuck Studio Artists Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOW-FEB 1, 2020 Tuscaloosa Bicentennial Exhibit: Bank of the State, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
- FEB 7 K12 Outreach Art Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (JAN 10-FEB 28), 5:30-7:30 pm
- FEB 27 Opening reception, Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (FEB 27-APR 10), 5-7 pm
- JAN 10-FEB 28 K12 Outreach Art Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- FEB 27-APR 10 Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- APR 16 Opening reception, Nasrin Iravani: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, (APR 16-MAY 14), 5-7 pm
- MAR 6-APR 20 Selections from the Rebecca and Jack Drake Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- APR 16-MAY 14 Nasrin Iravani: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- OCT 2-DEC 11 Charlie Lucas Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
ANYTIME
- Experience the Monster Takeover and other public sculptures in downtown Tuscaloosa and Northport.
- Stroll through UA’s Woods Quad Sculpture Garden with six outdoor sculptures, plus other sculptures in adjoining campus lawns and four galleries/museums in the heart of campus.
- Here’s the First Friday Gallery Guide: http://www.tuscarts.org/firstfriday_artnight.php
LINKS
Visit our Visual Arts Calendars, Venues & Websites page.
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