Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, September 29, 2021. It’s that rare blue moon event when First Friday comes this week and Art Night is next week! As always, check with your favorite gallery — and get your vaccinations! Galleries, museums and art events can stay open if we are vaccinated, masked and healthy, so please do your part. Events are listed in order of ending date. Thanks to Theresa Disney (Kentuck Art Night next week) for the image above. And thank you for continuing to support your local artists wherever you can.
SEPTEMBER & FALL EXHIBITIONS
- NOW-SEP 30 Melissa Mahan-McCarty: Art From Nonaville, Betak/Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
- NOW-SEP 30 Do Good Fund/MUW Photography, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
- NOW-SEP 30 Sydney Gruber, Artist Alley, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
OCTOBER FIRST FRIDAY
- OCT 1 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (check-in with your favorite gallery to be sure it’s open)
- OCT 1 First Friday exhibition opening: People, Places, and Things: Mary Kerr, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (OCT 1-NOV 19), 5-7 pm
- OCT 1 First Friday exhibition opening: An Expressionist’s Journey: Susan N. McCollough, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 1-DEC 3), 5-7 pm
- OCT 1 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- OCT 1 First Friday exhibition opening: Forward Movement: Selections from the Collection of Johnny and Allison Howze, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa (OCT 1-DEC 3), 5-8 pm
- NOW-OCT 2 Lynthia Edwards, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 5 Exhibition opening, Weaving Muscogee Creek Culture: The Artistry of Mary Smith, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa (OCT 5, 2021-MAR 19, 2022)
- NOW-OCT 6 55th Annual Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition, 201 Monroe St., Montgomery
OCTOBER ART NIGHT
- OCT 7 Art Night at Kentuck, Theresa Disney, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- OCT 7 Art Night at Kentuck, Adventures in Aquatic Art Group Exhibition, Clarke Building, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- NOW-OCT 7 MATTER + SPIRIT: Chinese/American Art Exhibition, Samford Art Gallery, Samford University, B’ham
FALL EXHIBITIONS
- NOW-OCT 8 Cryptic Coloration: The Map is Not the Territory: Merrick Adams, Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Ave., Ste 103, Birmingham
- NOW-OCT 8 UA Studio Grad Student Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
- NOW-OCT 8 Kevin Shook, The Amended Society: Training a Generation, Paperworkers Local, 2717 7th Ave., South #203, Birmingham, Saturdays from 11 am-4 pm
- OCT 7-9 Moundville Native American Festival, Moundville, Alabama
- NOW-OCT 13 Crystal Jew and the Party Garland: April Bachtel & Gaby Wolodarski, Vulcan Materials Gallery, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
- OCT 14 Julia Perratore, “Representing Medieval Spain at The Met Cloisters,” International Center of Medieval Art’s Forsyth Lecture, Zoom, 1 pm
- NOW-OCT 15 Hostile Terrain 94 Exhibit, Maxwell Hall, UA
- NOW-OCT 15 Chromatic Rhythm — James Little: Paintings on Paper, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA campus
- OCT 16-17 50th Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Kentuck Park, Northport
- OCT 18 Exhibition opening: Juan Lopez-Bautista Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA (OCT 18-NOV TBA)
- OCT 25 Opening day to submit artwork for Annual West Alabama Juried Show (OCT 25-28)
- NOW-OCT 27 Sustaining Dialogues: Two Painters, Alabama Center for the Arts, 133 2nd Ave., NE, Decatur, Ala.
- OCT 25-28 Entries accepted for Annual West Alabama Juried Show
Mary Kerr at The Arts Council Gallery, DWCAC - OCT 4-29 50 Years: The Stonewall Uprising, Intercultural Diversity Center, Ferguson Student Center, UA
- OCT 30 17th Annual Art in the Park, Gamble Park, Jasper, Ala., 9 am – 3 pm
- OCT 1-31 Miriam Omura and Tracie Noles-Ross, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
- NOW-OCT 31 Y. Malik Jalal: of Joy & Terror, Altman Riddick Gallery, Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A St, York, Ala.
- OCT 1-31 Cammie Windley, Artist Alley, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
- OCT 18-NOV TBA Juan Lopez-Bautista Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
- NOW-NOV 1 Marian Baker Exhibition, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa
NOVEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- NOV 4 Art Night, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- NOV 5 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (check-in with your favorite gallery to be sure it’s open)
- NOV 5 First Friday artist’s reception: An Expressionist’s Journey: Susan N. McCollough, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 1-DEC 3), 5-7 pm
- NOV 5 First Friday event: People, Places, and Things: Mary Kerr, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (OCT 1-NOV 19), 5-7 pm
- NOV 5 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
Morris T. Howard at the Paul R. Jones Museum. - NOV 5 First Friday event: Forward Movement: Selections from the Collection of Johnny and Allison Howze, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa (OCT 1-DEC 3), 5-8 pm
- NOV 5 First Friday event, Amy McBroom Exhibition, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa (NOV 3-JAN 30, 2022)
- NOV 5 First Friday jazz reception, Nowhere in Place: Christopher Jordan, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa (NOV 5-22), 6-9 pm
- NOV 6 Indoor Annual Christmas Market, Sipsey Arts Alliance, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, 9 am-3 pm
- OCT 7-NOV 22 Theresa Disney, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOV 5-11 Nowhere in Place: Christopher Jordan, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa
- NOV 13-14 Annual Alabama Designer Craftsmen Fine Art Show, Birmingham Botanical Gardens
- OCT 1-NOV 19 People, Places, and Things: Mary Kerr, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
DECEMBER ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- DEC 2 Art Night at Kentuck, Studio Artists, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- DEC 3 First Friday Art Walk, Downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm (check-in with your favorite gallery to be sure it’s open)
- DEC 3 First Friday opening and awards event, Annual West Alabama Juried Show, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (DEC 3-22, 2021 and JAN 3-21, 2022), 5-7 pm
Lorrie Lane Studio on 6th Street. - DEC 3 First Friday event: An Expressionist’s Journey: Susan N. McCollough, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC (OCT 1-DEC 3)
- DEC 3 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- DEC 3 First Friday closing reception, Forward Movement: Selections from the Collection of Johnny and Allison Howze, Paul R. Jones Museum, Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa (OCT 1-DEC 3), 5-8 pm
DECEMBER & INTO 2022!
- NOV 1-DEC 31 Bri Howard, Main Gallery, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.)
NOV 1-DEC 31 Anstacia Doughty, Artist Alley, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss. (dates are approx.) - DEC 3-22, ’21 and JAN 3-21, ’22 Annual West Alabama Juried Show, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
- DEC 1-JAN 27, 2022 Studio Artists, Kentuck’s Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOV 3-JAN 30, 2022 Amy McBroom Exhibition, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, 111 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa
- OCT 5, 2021-MAR 19, 2022 Weaving Muscogee Creek Culture: The Artistry of Mary Smith, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa
AREA GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
- 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, First Fridays 1-7 pm
- Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
- Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- Fayette Art Museum, 530 Temple Avenue, North, Fayette, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm
- Gallery 905, Arts Revive, 3 Church Street, Selma
- Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa
Lynthia Edwards at Kentuck, Northport - Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, downtown Northport, Mon-Fri: 9:30am-5:30pm; Sat-Sun: 12pm-4pm
- 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
- Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham
- 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 and 12-8 pm First Fridays
- Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA campus, Mon.-Fri. 9 am-4:30 pm
- Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA campus
- The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm; First Fridays, noon-7pm
ART ANYTIME – Online Exhibitions Around West Alabama
- Kentuck Art Center’s Online Artist Exhibitions
- 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 250 more Online Exhibitions of UA Art & Art History Exhibitions and Events
- For more art links, visit our Visual Arts Calendars, Venues & Websites page.
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