Tag: The University of Alabama Gallery


Contemporary Realist Dale Kennington Returns to UA

From the February 2016 Desktop News | From sun up to sun down, contemporary realist Dale Kennington is in her studio painting. “I get up in the morning; I have a cup of coffee; I walk back into the studio; and I paint until it gets dark in the afternoon,” Kennington said. “And since the days are longer in the summer, I’m in there longer.” Kennington, who graduated from The University of Alabama in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in art history […]

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Documenting the Civil Rights Movement

From the October 2015 Desktop News | Dr. Doris A. Derby, a documentary photographer and civil rights activist, donated a historic photograph from the civil rights era to The University of Alabama during the opening reception of an exhibit featuring her photographs. The exhibit, “Fertile Ground: The Civil Rights Movement and Its Legacy in the Mississippi Delta,” will be displayed through Oct. 30 at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa. Derby’s […]

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Glimpses of the Great War

From the October 2014 edition of Desktop News | Objects offering a glimpse into the lives of World War I veterans are displayed this month at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa. The exhibit, “Glimpses of the Great War,” opened Saturday, Sept. 27 and will remain on display through Oct. 30. The exhibit opened on the same weekend veterans from across the state visited Tuscaloosa for the Alabama All Veterans and […]

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