Department of Art and Art History
EXHIBIT – Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
Paul R. Jones Museum 2308 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Paul R. Jones Museum is pleased to present Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama from October 18 through December 12, 2023. There will be a reception on November 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., during Tuscaloosa’s First Friday Art Walk. This exhibition explores Paul R. Jones’ collecting habits and tastes outside of his usual sphere. In 1970 and 1971, Jones served as deputy director of the Peace Corps in [...]
EXHIBIT – Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
Paul R. Jones Museum 2308 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Paul R. Jones Museum is pleased to present Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama from October 18 through December 12, 2023. There will be a reception on November 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., during Tuscaloosa’s First Friday Art Walk. This exhibition explores Paul R. Jones’ collecting habits and tastes outside of his usual sphere. In 1970 and 1971, Jones served as deputy director of the Peace Corps in [...]
EXHIBIT – Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
Paul R. Jones Museum 2308 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Paul R. Jones Museum is pleased to present Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama from October 18 through December 12, 2023. There will be a reception on November 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., during Tuscaloosa’s First Friday Art Walk. This exhibition explores Paul R. Jones’ collecting habits and tastes outside of his usual sphere. In 1970 and 1971, Jones served as deputy director of the Peace Corps in [...]
EXHIBIT – Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
Paul R. Jones Museum 2308 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Paul R. Jones Museum is pleased to present Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama from October 18 through December 12, 2023. There will be a reception on November 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., during Tuscaloosa’s First Friday Art Walk. This exhibition explores Paul R. Jones’ collecting habits and tastes outside of his usual sphere. In 1970 and 1971, Jones served as deputy director of the Peace Corps in [...]
EXHIBIT – Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
Paul R. Jones Museum 2308 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Paul R. Jones Museum is pleased to present Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama from October 18 through December 12, 2023. There will be a reception on November 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., during Tuscaloosa’s First Friday Art Walk. This exhibition explores Paul R. Jones’ collecting habits and tastes outside of his usual sphere. In 1970 and 1971, Jones served as deputy director of the Peace Corps in [...]
EXHIBIT – Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art
Paul R. Jones Museum 2308 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Paul R. Jones Museum is pleased to present Thai Art in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama from October 18 through December 12, 2023. There will be a reception on November 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., during Tuscaloosa’s First Friday Art Walk. This exhibition explores Paul R. Jones’ collecting habits and tastes outside of his usual sphere. In 1970 and 1971, Jones served as deputy director of the Peace Corps in [...]
Challenging Empire: Women, Art, and the Global Early Modern World Symposium
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe symposium “Challenging Empire: Women, Art, and the Global Early Modern World,” part of the project Global Makers: Women Artists in the Early Modern Courts of Europe and Asia, is intended to extend and expand knowledge of cultural production by and for early modern women – particularly those associated with the courts – on a global scale. See the full program on the Department of Art & Art History's website. While numerous conferences, symposia and resulting publications in the past several [...]
ARTIST LECTURE: Craig Drennen
Gorgas Library Yellowhammer Room , United StatesArtist Craig Drennen will present a public lecture on his art on Monday, March 4, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. in the Yellowhammer Room of Gorgas Library on UA campus. The public is invited to attend. Craig Drennen is a painter based in Atlanta and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow. His recent solo exhibitions include Old Athenian & at Stove Works in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and First Acts at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center in Atlanta. He has been an artist in residence at Yaddo, MacDowell, the Triangle Arts [...]
ARTIST LECTURE: Sharon Butler
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is pleased to present the exhibition, Sharon Butler: March, February 27 through April 5, 2024. Butler will present a lecture about her artwork on Wednesday, March 20, at 3:00 p.m. in the Camellia Room of Gorgas Library (2nd floor). There will be a reception for the artist following the lecture in the SMGA from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sharon Butler is an American artist and writer on art interested in ideas about contemporary abstraction, especially in a [...]
Chinese Calligraphy Workshop
UA Student Center, Room 3104 751 Campus W Dr, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Women and Gender Resource Center and the Chinese Culture club are partnering to co-host a Chinese Calligraphy Workshop with special guests Dr. Doris Sung, Assistant Professor of Art History, presented by The Chinese Sisterhood of Tuscaloosa. Dr. Sung will provide background on the history of traditional Chinese calligraphy and TCS, provide a demonstration, and then attendees are invited to create their own Chinese calligraphy!