Art Roundup from the UA Dept. of Art and Art History: today is Wednesday, April 5, 2023. It’s Art Night and First Friday week in West Alabama — also Honors Day at UA, so WELCOME to family and friends who are visiting Tuscaloosa! Thanks to Lorrie Lane for the image above, and thanks to everyone for continuing to support artists wherever you can. Events are listed in order of ending date. Subscribe here and forward this list to a friend!
ARTIST CALLS FOR ENTRY
- NOW-JUN 1: Artist applications for the 52nd Kentuck Festival of the Arts, October 14-15, 2023, Northport
- More artist opportunities on this page.
APRIL ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- NOW-APR 6 Art and Design Student Juried Exhibition sponsored by Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham
- APR 6 Opening reception, ASFA Visual Arts Senior Exhibit: When Life Gives You Lemons, Vulcan Materials Gallery, ASFA, 1800 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham (APR 6-21), 5-6:30 pm
- APR 6 Opening reception, The Begonia – Annual Full-Building Exhibition and Open Studios, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham (APR 6-22), 5-7 pm
- APR 6 Art Night, “An Exploration of Tuscaloosa’ Waterways,” Kentuck Art Center, Northport, Ala., 5-8 pm
- APR 7 First Friday Artist’s Reception, Molly Lay: An Act of Attention, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa (APR 7-MAY 5), 5-7 pm
- APR 7 First Friday Reception, Junior League of Tuscaloosa “Sustainer Exhibit,” The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (APR 7-MAY 24), 5-7 pm
- APR 7 First Friday artist’s reception, Michael C. Thorpe: Nonsensical Formalism, Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa (MAR 3-APR 28), 5-8 pm
- APR 7 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- APR 7 First Friday jazz reception, West Alabama Wood Workers Association Show, Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
APRIL EXHIBITIONS and more…
- APR 8 Exhibition opening, Poets and Painters: holy/land,” Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa (APR 8-MAY TBA)
- APR 13 Opening reception, Annual Graphics and Fine Arts Student Juried Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi (APR 13-MAY 5), 4-5:30 pm
- APR 13 Reception, MFA Exhibitions: Parker Hunt and Kole Nichols, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall (APR 5-14), 5-8 pm
- APR 5-14 MFA Exhibitions: Parker Hunt and Kole Nichols, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
- APR 15 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- APR 15 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL,10 am-3 pm
- APR 20 Opening reception, Paintings by Bethany Windham Engle and Eve W. Engle, 5 & Dime, 201 Broad Street, Selma, 5-7 pm
- APR 21 Reception, PANTONE 201: The University of Alabama 2023 BFA Graphic Design Senior Thesis Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall (APR 20-25), 4-6 pm
- APR 6-21 ASFA Visual Arts Senior Exhibit: When Life Gives You Lemons, Vulcan Materials Gallery, ASFA, 1800 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Blvd., Birmingham
- APR 22 Artist Talk, The Begonia – Annual Full-Building Exhibition and Open Studios, Ground Floor Contemporary, Birmingham (APR 6-22), 3 pm
- APR 24 Spring 2023 Student Art Exhibition, Martin Campus Cadence Bank Art Gallery, Shelton State Community College, 9500 Old Greensboro Road, Tuscaloosa (APR 24-TBA)
- APR 20-25 PANTONE 201: The University of Alabama 2023 BFA Graphic Design Senior Thesis Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall
- NOW-APR 28 Michael C. Thorpe: Nonsensical Formalism, Paul R. Jones Museum, 6th St., Tuscaloosa
- NOW-APR 28 Darkness Into Life Exhibit, Intercultural Diversity Center, 2100 Student Center, UA
- APR 13-29 Studio Art Seniors Exhibition, Samford University Art Gallery, Birmingham
- NOW-APR 30 Southern Fiber Artists, Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St., Columbus, Miss.
- NOW-MAY 3 Coulter Fussell: My Love for You is Deathless, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, UA
MAY ART NIGHT & FIRST FRIDAY
- MAY 4 Art Night, Kentuck Art Center, Northport, Ala., 5-8 pm
- MAY 5 First Friday Art Walk, downtown Tuscaloosa, 5-9 pm
- MAY 5 First Friday event, Molly Lay: An Act of Attention, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa (APR 7-MAY 5), 5-7 pm
- MAY 5 First Friday event, Junior League of Tuscaloosa “Sustainer Exhibit,” The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa (APR 7-MAY 24), 5-7 pm
- MAY 5 First Friday event, Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth Street, Tuscaloosa, 5-8 pm
- MAY 5 First Friday jazz reception, Verner Elementary Art Show (PreK-5th grade), Harrison Galleries, 2315 Univ. Blvd., Tuscaloosa, 6-9 pm
MAY EXHIBITIONS AND MORE…
- APR 13-MAY 5 Annual Graphics and Fine Arts Student Juried Exhibition, Miller Gallery, Meridian Community College, Meridian, Mississippi
- APR 7-MAY 5 Molly Lay: An Act of Attention, MFA Thesis Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, DWCAC, 620 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa
Bethany Windham Engle in Selma - MAY 3-6 2023 BFA Studio Art Senior Thesis Show, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, Woods Hall, UA
- MAY 20 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- MAY 20 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL,10 am-3 pm
- MAY 21 Reception, Paintings by Bethany Windham Engle, Greensboro Opera House, 1215 Main Street, Greensboro, 3-5 pm
- APR 7-MAY 24 Junior League of Tuscaloosa “Sustainer Exhibit,” The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
- APR 8-MAY TBA Poets and Painters: holy/land,” Betak-Frangoulis Gallery, Canterbury Chapel, Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa
- JUN 26-30 UA Art Camp for rising 9th-12 graders, historic Woods Hall, registration open now!
- JUN 17 Kentuck’s Saturday Art Market, Kentuck Art Center, Northport 9:30 am-2 pm
- JUN 17 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL,10 am-3 pm
- JUN 1-30 Joseph MacGown Painting and Pottery, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Miss.
- JUL 15 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL,10 am-3 pm
- JUL 1-31 Lorrie Lane and Andre Ray, 501 Main St., Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Miss.
- AUG 19 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL,10 am-3 pm
- SEP 16 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL,10 am-3 pm
- OCT 14-15 52nd Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, APPLY NOW through June 1
- OCT 21 York Art Walk, Broad Street & Avenue A, York, AL,10 am-3 pm
UA Graphic Design BFA Seniors at SGAG
AREA GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS
- Aaron Sanders Head Studio, 1310 Main Street, Greensboro, Ala., events announced on Facebook
- Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), 1221 10th Ave S. (UAB), Birmingham
- The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 1-3 pm, First Fridays 1-7 pm
- Bells Gallery, 1861 Main St., Ste. #1, Dothan, Hours: Thurs.-Fri., 11 am-6 pm, Sat. 10 am-2 pm
- Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Ala.
- Casteel Gallery (formerly Miller Art Gallery), Ivy-Scaggs Hall, Meridian (Mississippi) Community College, Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-4 pm
- Coleman Center for the Arts, 630 Avenue A, York, 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
- Elaine Bailey Augustine Art Gallery, 615 N. Pine St., Florence (UNA campus)
- Gallery at 126, 126 West Tombigbee Street, Florence, Ala.
- Gallery 905, Arts Revive, 3 Church Street, Selma
- Gallery VOX, 1623 Pinson Street, Tarrant City, Ala.
- Ground Floor Contemporary, 111 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. S., Birmingham, Sat. 1-4 pm, and First Thursdays, 5-7 pm
- Harrison Galleries, 2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa
- Hoover Public Library Galleries, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, Ala. (check the website for locations and hours)
- Intercultural Diversity Center exhibition space, UA campus
- Johnson Center for the Arts, 300 East Walnut, Troy, Ala., Mon-Fri: 10 am – 5 pm
- Kentuck Art Center, 503 Main Avenue, downtown Northport, Mon-Fri: 9:30 am-5:30 pm; Sat-Sun: 12 pm-4 pm (Museum Gallery, Teer Gallery, Kentuck at Indigo, Art Night)
- Lorrie Lane Studio, 2420 Sixth St., Tuscaloosa, Mon-Fri, 12 noon-6 pm
- Meridian Museum of Art, 628 25th Ave., Meridian, Mississippi, Tues.-Sat., 11 am-4 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
- Paperworkers Local printmaking coop and gallery, 2717 7th Ave., S., Suite 203, B’ham, Sat. 11 am-4 pm
- Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 Sixth St., Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri. 9 am-5 pm and 12-8 pm First Fridays
- Paul W. Bryant Museum, 300 Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, Tues.-Sun., 9 am-4 pm
- Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, UA campus, Mon.-Fri. 9 am-4:30 pm
- Scott Miller Projects, 2212 Morris Avenue, Ste. 103, Birmingham
- Sella-Granata Art Gallery, check hours on the website, 109 Woods Hall, UA campus
- Sunheart Metalworks Studio & Sculpture Garden, 802 Nick’s Kids (28th) Ave., Northport, First Sat. 8 am- 12 noon and other times by chance or appointment
- Stephen Smith Fine Art, 5104 Gary Ave., Fairfield, Alabama
- Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia
- The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm; First Fridays, noon-7 pm
- University Medical Center Exhibitions: Wellness Walls for Art, 850 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa, M-F, 8 am-5 pm
- Vinegar, 701 37th Street, South, Birmingham: 10 am–2 pm on Saturdays, and by appointment
- Walker County Arts Alliance, 1411 Indiana Ave., Jasper: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 10 am-3 pm
- Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama, W-F 10 am-5 pm, Sat. 10 am- 3 pm, +check website
Coulter Fussell, “Love Bomb,” 2022, 59 x 65 inches.
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.
ABOUT THIS CALENDAR
Look for the Art Roundup e-list almost every week, a service of the UA Department of Art & Art History. We hope to provide a more or less comprehensive list of free exhibits and visual arts events in West Alabama (*and sometimes a wider net, esp. if West Alabama folks are showing), with hyperlinks. Very occasionally, non-profit events asking for a nominal entry fee or donation will be included. 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.
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