Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, February 17, 2021. We hope everyone is safe and warm after the unseasonable weather yesterday! (Not what we’re used to, at least.) There are new exhibitions appearing every day, so spring is not far away. You can always find them in the Roundup online. Thanks to Ashlee René Thompson for the image. And thank you for continuing to support your local artists wherever you can. If you go out, please wear a mask to stay safe and healthy!
FEBRUARY
- NOW-FEB 19 UA Studio Grads Pop-Up Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA
- NOW-FEB 25 Helen Keller Art Exhibit, Shelby County Arts Council, 105 West College Street, Columbiana, Ala.
- FEB 25 Opening reception, Botanicals and Other Musings: Prints by Eve Laxer and David Laserby, Paperworkers Local, Birmingham, Ala., open every Saturday, 11am-4pm (FEB 25-APR 3)
- NOW-FEB 26 Akachi: Hand Of God, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- FEB 26 26th Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History, Register here, 9:30 am-6 pm
- NOW-FEB 28 Chronicles of the Arctic Circle, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Jack Warner Parkway, Tuscaloosa (closed now until FEB 16)
MARCH & APRIL
- MAR 1 Applications open for 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, Ala.
- MAR 1 Exhibition opening: MA Thesis Exhibitions: Sandra Vega and Ashlee René Thompson, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus (MAR 1-12)
- MAR 1 Exhibition opening: Stitched Together: Sarah Dittmann MA Thesis Exhibition, Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala. (MAR 1-27)
- NOW-MAR 4 Annual Adult Juried Art Exhibit, Ebsco Fine Art Gallery, Shelby County Arts Council, 105 West College Street, Columbiana, Ala.
- NOW-MAR 5 ANGLE/EDGE/PLANE: The Sculpture of Ronald Bladen, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA
- MAR 5 First Friday event: Eye Music: Photographs by Elizabeth Rand, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (MAR 5-26)
- MAR 1-12 MA Thesis Exhibitions: Sandra Vega and Ashlee René Thompson, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus
- NOW-MAR 26 Good Trouble: Civil Rights Past and Present, Kentuck Museum, Teer and SoNo galleries, Northport
Darius Hill at the Kentuck Art Center. - NOW-MAR 26 Juan Lopez-Bautista: The Migrant Journey/El Viaje de los Migrantes, Gadsden Museum of Art
- MAR 5-26 Eye Music: Photographs by Elizabeth Rand, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-MAR 26 Lucid Dreams: Photographs by Sharon Murphree, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- MAR 26 Deadline for applications to Montevallo Arts Fest, (Apr. 17), Orr Park, Montevallo, Ala.
- NOW-MAR 27 Stitching Together Tuscaloosa’s History, curated by Allison Mansour, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
- MAR 1-27 Stitched Together: Sarah Dittmann MA Thesis Exhibition, Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala.
- MAR/APR TBA 2021 Statewide High School Juried Art Exhibit, Ebsco Fine Art Gallery, Shelby County Arts Council, 105 West College Street, Columbiana, Ala.
- APR 2 Art Night Opening, MFA Thesis Show: Amber Quinn & Kelsey Meadows, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., 5-8 pm (APR 2-MAY 12)
- FEB 25-APR 3 Botanicals and Other Musings: Prints by Eve Laxer and David Laserby, Paperworkers Local, Birmingham, Ala., open every Saturday, 11 am-4 pm
- APR 17 Montevallo Arts Collaborative Arts Fest, Orr Park, Montevallo, Ala.
- NOW-APR 18 Float, Fly, Transcend, curated by Pete Schulte and Amy Pleasant, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, Ala.
MAY & LATER IN THE YEAR
- MAY 7-JULY 30 Mario A. Robinson, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- MAY 9 Art in the Park, Gamble Park, Jasper, Ala., 9 am-3 pm
- APR 2-MAY 12 MFA Thesis Show: Amber Quinn & Kelsey Meadows, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- MAY 14 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) 2021, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- MAY 15 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) 2021, Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa, 10 am – 5 pm
- AUG 6-SEP 24 Everyday Strangers: Alonzo Williams, Jr., Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- SEP-OCT TBA Matters of Representation, curated by Kat Bornhoft, Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
- OCT 16-17 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport, Ala.
GALLERY & MUSEUM CLOSINGS
- NOW-FEB 28 Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa (opens Mar. 1)
- More City of Tuscaloosa closings
AREA GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS OPEN NOW
- Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala., events announced on Facebook
- The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 1-3 pm
- Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
- Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, downtown Northport, Mon-Fri: 10am-12pm; 1pm-4pm; Sat-Sun: 12pm-4pm
Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF) in Tuscaloosa - Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth St., Tuscaloosa, Mon-Fri, 12 noon-6 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
- Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth St., Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri. 9 am – 5 pm (opening MAR 1, 2021)
- Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA campus, Tues.-Fri., 10 am-12 noon and 1-4:30 pm during UA’s fall and spring semester
- Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus, Mon.-Thurs. 9 am – 5:00 pm and Fri. 10:00 am – 3:30 m during UA’s fall and spring semester
- The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, M-W-F, 9 am-4 pm; T-Th, 9 am-3 pm; First Fridays, noon-8pm
ART ANYTIME – Online Exhibitions Around West Alabama
- ANGLE/EDGE/PLANE: The Sculpture of Ronald Bladen, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA campus
- New Studio Art Graduate Student Show 2020, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus
- Sipsey Arts Alliance, Featured Artist, exhibition online (changes semi-monthly), Fayette, Ala.
- Kentuck Art Center’s Museum Gallery exhibitions, downtown Northport
- Wobble: Selections from the Permanent Collection Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA campus
- Kentuck’s Teer Gallery exhibitions, downtown Northport
- Online Exhibition – Sara Garden Armstrong: Threads and Layers, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo exhibitions, downtown Tuscaloosa
Feather Work Blanket by Natalie Mitchell (Metis/Lakota/Blackfoot). Photo by Rebecca Johnson. “Matters of Representation” exhibition. - Online Exhibition – Art to Make You Smile, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online Exhibition – Details Unseen: The Hidden Secrets of Bugs, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum
- Online Exhibition – Amber Quinn MA Thesis Exhibition, The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC
- Online Exhibition – Selected Pieces from the Permanent Collection, The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
- Online Exhibition – The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa Timeline of Member Organizations
- Online exhibition – David Hammock, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – CONVERGENCE: UA Studio Art Faculty, UA Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Crossroads Arts Alliance, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Do You See What I See? – Selections from the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
- Online exhibition – Preparing to Soar: Hayes Dobbins, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Cracker Harris, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Sarah Dittmann MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Kelsey Meadows MA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Ukiyo-E Reimagined, ARH 356 Art of Japan Students
- Online exhibition – Ringo Lisko BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Nasrin Iravani MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Elayne Goodman, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Josh Cote, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Jude Anogwih MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, Tuscaloosa
Elizabeth Rand at The Arts Council Gallery in March - Online exhibition – Selections from the Collection of Rebecca and Jack Drake, Paul R. Jones Museum, Tuscaloosa
- Online exhibition – Lee Black, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- Online exhibition – Lydia Randolph, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- 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 240 more Online Exhibitions of UA Art & Art History Exhibitions and Events
- Visit our Visual Arts Calendars, Venues & Websites page.
ABOUT THIS CALENDAR
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