Exhibits & Gallery Shows – Page 2 – College of Arts & Sciences

UA Art and Art History Faculty Biennial Exhibition

May 4, 2016

The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art presents the University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History 2016 Faculty Biennial Exhibition, opening Tuesday, April 19 until Friday, May 27. The public is invited to attend the opening reception April 19 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Every two years, UA studio art faculty exhibit their ongoing research in art in a group show for the community. Gallery director and Associate Professor William Dooley produced the exhibition and comments, “With our […]

Exhibition Emphasizes Handmade Artwork

January 4, 2016

The new installation of Wellness Walls for Art, More Quilting, Carving, and Printing Too!, features the combined themes of quilting, carving and printmaking with new work from the West Alabama Quilters Guild, poster artist Isadora Bullock and selected letterpress posters by Amos Kennedy. The exhibition runs through January 14, 2016, at the University Medical Center, which is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Curator Deborah Hughes emphasizes the essential handmade aspect of the works in the exhibition: […]

The Life of a Costume

September 14, 2015

From the September 2015 Desktop News | Research, sketches, mock-ups, photographs and actual costumes curated by The University of Alabama’s Donna Meester will be displayed Sept. 4-25 at UA’s Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa. The exhibit, “The Life of a Costume: From Page to Stage,” provides a glimpse into the process and work behind developing costumes for theatrical productions. A reception will be held at the gallery Friday, Sept. 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 […]

Jones Gallery to Display Newly Acquired Works

June 16, 2015

A small sampling from more than 400 pieces of art that were recently acquired by The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences will be displayed at the Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art in downtown Tuscaloosa beginning June 22. The pieces are part of the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art and were recently received as part of an estate gift of more than 2,100 works from the late Paul R. Jones of Atlanta. The collection is […]

Vatican Partners With UA Artist

June 15, 2015

From the June 2015 Desktop News | UA faculty member and artist-in-residence Chip Cooper was invited to Rome for an exhibit of photographs by him and Cuban photographer Julio Ángel Larramendi Joa as part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Vatican. The exhibit, “Campesinos,” is on display at the Massimiliano Massimo Institute in Rome through June. After the exhibit in Rome, the photographs will travel to other Italian cities including Naples, Turin […]

Halls Donate $1.5 Million Art Collection

April 13, 2015

From the April 2015 Desktop News | A selection of contemporary fine art prints from the William and Sara Hall Collection will be on display at The University of Alabama Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center April 10-June 10. The Halls donated the $1.5 million collection to UA’s Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, which is part of the College of Arts and Sciences, in 2014. The collection includes more than 475 signed, limited-edition artists’ prints that the Halls […]

UA Students Inspired by Musician’s Visit Fuse Art and Music for Exhibit

February 18, 2015

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — University of Alabama art students will exhibit works inspired by the music of renowned jazz composer and musician Anthony Braxton through Feb. 27 at UA gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa. The exhibit, “Anthony Braxton: Falling River Music Exhibition,” coincides with Braxton’s weeklong residency at UA Feb. 18-25. A reception and concert will be held Monday, Feb. 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the gallery and will feature the Anthony Braxton Falling River Music […]

Anthony Braxton to Visit UA Feb. 18-25

February 11, 2015

From the February 2015 Desktop News | Legendary musician and composer Anthony Braxton will spend Feb. 18-25 at UA working with College of Arts and Sciences students and faculty as part of a weeklong residency presented by the Sonic Frontiers concert series. This event is the first major residency by Braxton in the Southeastern United States and will be one of the largest retrospectives of his work ever produced. Braxton will work with students from the College’s art, percussion, jazz […]

Glimpses of the Great War

October 10, 2014

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 […]

Race and Resegregation

April 28, 2014

Exhibit examines issues via local students’ photos An exhibit at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center features photos by local high school students. Their subject: the resegregation of U.S. public schools. Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and ProPublica, “Grandchildren of Brown: Student Photos on Race in Tuscaloosa, 60 Years Later,” will run May 2-18, with an opening reception May 2 at 6:30 p.m. The exhibit is part of a larger ProPublica project about school resegregation that coincides […]