Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Art Night and First Friday are this week in Tuscaloosa and the rain is scheduled to let up just in time for Community Art Conversations at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center! Thanks to Elayne Goodman 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 here.
Happening Now or Ending Soon
- FEB 5 Exhibition opening, Town and Country: Cityscapes and Country Still Lifes by Lorrie Lane, Lobby Gallery for Tuscaloosa Juvenile Court, 6001 12th Ave., East, Tuscaloosa (FEB-MAR)
February Art Night & First Friday
- FEB 6 Art Night Reception, Elayne Goodman, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (JAN 23-MAR 2)
- FEB 6 Art Night Reception, Kunkle, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (JAN 30-MAR 27)
- FEB 7 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- FEB 7 Community Arts Conversations, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa 5:30-7:30 pm
- FEB 7 First Friday Reception, Celebrate! Investigate! Create! A Collaboration between Arcadia Elementary School and the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa (JAN 10-FEB 28), 5:30-7:30 pm
- FEB 7 First Friday Reception, 2nd Annual Juried Show in recognition of Black History Month, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa (FEB 3-28), 5-8 pm (Awards announced at 6 pm)
- FEB 7 First Friday Event, “H-Art Night,” Make Your Own Collaged Valentines’ Cards and Heart-themed art. Lorrie Lane Studio, 5 to 8, 2420-6th Street, Tuscaloosa
- FEB 7 First Friday Reception, Unframed Images – Photography from the Collection of P.H. Polk, The University of Alabama Gallery, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- FEB 7 First Friday Reception, Sydney Gruber: Mirrors of You, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
February
- FEB 8 West Ala. Multicultural Alliance, Tuscaloosa Heritage Festival: Elevation of Art, McDonald Hughes Center 3-6 pm
- NOW-FEB 9 Annual Junior Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit, Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, 600 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-FEB 9 Photography from Heart Gallery Alabama, Betak-Frangoulis Art Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
- FEB 9 Awards Presentation and closing reception, Annual Junior Double Exposure Juried Photography Exhibit, Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, 600 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (JAN 27-FEB 9), 2-3 pm
- NOW-FEB 14 Cultural Collateral: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- FEB 17 Exhibition opening, 2020 Visual Arts Achievement Awards Exhibit, Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, Tuscaloosa (FEB 17-MAR 10)
- NOW-FEB 21 Annual Scholarship Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus
- FEB 21 Opening reception, Through My Eyes: Photography Exhibit by Dr. Huey Kidd, The Gallery at 103 Broad Street, Camden, Ala.(FEB 21-MAR 7), 5:30-7:30 pm
- NOW-FEB 22 Synchronized Swimmers: Jenny Fine installation and performance, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan
- FEB 27 Gallery Talk, Renée Stout, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA campus, 11:30 a.m.
- FEB 27 Opening reception, Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art (FEB 27-APR 10), 5-7 pm
- FEB 28 Digital Media Viewing Event, time and location on Woods Quad TBA
- NOW-FEB 28 Celebrate! Investigate! Create! A Collaboration between Arcadia Elementary School and the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-FEB 28 2nd Annual Juried Show in recognition of Black History Month, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa
Lorrie Lane, three still lifes, Juvenile Court Lobby, Tuscaloosa - NOW-FEB 28 Unframed Images – Photography from the Collection of P.H. Polk, The University of Alabama Gallery, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-FEB 28 Edge and Vision: Astri Snodgrass and Ty Smith, Vulcan Materials Gallery, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham
- NOW-FEB 29 Sarah Marshall: Heavy Joy – An Exhibit of Printed Fabric Constructions, Paperworkers Local, 2717 Seventh Avenue South, Suite 203, Birmingham
March
- FEB 29-MAR 1 Call for Submissions: 18th Annual Roots & Wings Art Show, Arts Revive, Selma
- MAR 1 Stephanie Kirkland x Sydney Gruber: Pop-up Art Show, Session Bar, 2221 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 1-5 pm
- NOW-MAR 2 Elayne Goodman, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- MAR 5 Art Night reception, Josh Cote, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (MAR 5-MAY 3), 5-8 pm
- MAR 5 Art Night reception, Kunkle, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- MAR 5 Opening reception, MA/MFA Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus (MAR 5-13)
- MAR 6 12th Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser, Grace Presbyterian Church, 113 Hargrove Road, Tuscaloosa, 11 am-2 pm
- MAR 6, Closing and Curator’s Talk, Azul/Blue, Bloch Hall Gallery, University of Montevallo, 4:00- 5:00 pm
- MAR 6 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- MAR 6 First Friday Reception, The Arts Council Gallery, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- MAR 6-7 West Alabama Quilters Guild Annual Quilt Show, Taylorville UMC, 640 Bear Creek Rd., Tuscaloosa (MAR 6, 9-5; MAR 7, 9-4)
- FEB 21-MAR 7 Through My Eyes: Photography Exhibit by Dr. Huey Kidd, The Gallery at 103 Broad Street, Camden, Ala.
- FEB 13-MAR 9, Azul/Blue, Bloch Hall Gallery, University of Montevallo
- MAR 10 Awards ceremony and closing reception, 2020 Visual Arts Achievement Awards Exhibit, Bama Theatre’s Junior League Gallery, Tuscaloosa (FEB 17-MAR 10), 5:30-6:30 pm
- MAR 12 Opening reception, Annual Juried Foundation Exhibition, Bloch Hall Gallery, University of Montevallo, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
- MAR 5-13 MA/MFA Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, UA campus
- MAR 19 Opening Reception, 18th Annual Roots & Wings Art Show, Arts Revive, 3 Church St., Selma (MAR 19-26)
- MAR 12-19 Annual Juried Foundation Exhibition, Bloch Hall Gallery, University of Montevallo
- MAR 20 Exhibition opening, Spring Juried Show Art Show, The Gallery at 103 Broad, Camden, Ala. (MAR 20-APR 18)
- MAR 19-26 18th Annual Roots & Wings Art Show, Arts Revive, 3 Church St., Selma
- NOW-MAR 27 Kunkle, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
April
- APR 2 Art Night Josh Cote, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (MAR 5-MAY 3), 5-8 pm
- APR 3 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- APR 3 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa (APR 3-4), 6 pm-10 pm
- APR 4 Druid City Arts Festival (DCAF), Government Plaza, Tuscaloosa (APR 3-4), 10 am-5 pm
- 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 20-APR 18 Spring Juried Show Art Show, The Gallery at 103 Broad, Camden, Ala.
- MAR 6-APR 20 Selections from the Rebecca and Jack Drake Collection, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- APR 25 Sipsey Arts Alliance Spring Art Market, Fayette Civic Center, Fayette, Ala., 9 am-3 pm
- NOW-APR 27 Elayne Goodman and Kunkle, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
May
- MAR 5-MAY 3 Josh Cote, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- MAY 7 Art Night Reception, Hayes Dobbins, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (APR 1-May 27), 5-8 pm
- MAY 7 Art Night Reception, Tim Whitten, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (MAY 7-31), 5-8 pm
- MAY 8 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- MAY 8 First Friday Event, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- MAY 9 Artist’s reception, Ringo Lisko: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
- APR 16-MAY 14 Nasrin Iravani: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
- APR 1-MAY 27 Hayes Dobbins, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- MAY 7-31 Tim Whitten, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
Later in 2020
- JUN 4 Art Night reception, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- JUN 4, Art Night reception, David Hammock, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (JUN 2-JUL 30), 5-8 pm
- JUN 5 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- JUN 2-JUL 30 David Hammock, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- AUG 6 Art Night reception, Crossroads Arts Alliance, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (AUG 6-28), 5-8 pm
- AUG 6 Art Night reception, Cracker Harris, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- AUG 7 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- AUG 6-28 Crossroads Arts Alliance, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- SEP 3 Art Night reception, Cracker Harris, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- SEP 4 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- AUG 5-SEP 23 Cracker Harris, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 1 Art Night reception, Lee Black, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- OCT 1 Art Night reception, Jeanie Holland and T.R. Reed, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, 5-8 pm
- OCT 2 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- OCT 2 First Friday event, Sydney Gruber, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- SEP 3-OCT 22 Jeanie Holland and T.R. Reed, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- AUG 1-OCT 28 Sydney Gruber, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- NOV 5 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- NOV 6 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- OCT 1-NOV 20 Lee Black, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- DEC 3 Art Night reception, Kentuck’s Studio Artist Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport (DEC 3-JAN, 2021 TBA), 5-8 pm
- DEC 3 Art Night reception, Lydia Randolph, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, (DEC 2-JAN 28, 2021) 5-8 pm
- DEC 4 First Friday Art Walk in Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- OCT 2-DEC 11 Charlie Lucas Exhibition, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- DEC 3-JAN, 2021 TBA Kentuck’s Studio Artist Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- DEC 2-JAN 28, 2021 Lydia Randolph, Teer Gallery, Kentuck Art Center, Northport
- OCT 31-JAN 21, 2021 Kimberley Crowder, Kentuck’s Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Greensboro Ave., 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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