2008
Shoals Arts Events Calendar (Submit
your event for free by clicking here)
May
What:
Monrovia Art Fest
When:
May 10th, 10am-6pm
Where:
Artistic Minds
gallery (corner of Jeff & Old Monrovia), Huntsville, AL
Description:
The
3rd annual Monrovia Artfest featuring Jewelry, Water Painting,
Wood, Pottery, Mixed Media, Photography, Glass, Sculpture, Printmaking,
Oil Painting, Clothing, Musicians and Actors. If it's art or art
related, it's here. Food vendors will also be present. It is held
rain or shine.
Contact:
For more information contact Vonda Bobo, Artistic Minds at (256)
489-0335.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2008
When: May
2; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
April
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
New artists and musicians wishing to participate in First Fridays
should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site for detailed instructions.
Juried participating artists needing to confirm their booth space
reservation should email info@firstfridaysflorence.com or call
toll free at 877-290-8880.
April
What:
Watercolor Society of Alabama Workshop
When:
April 7 thru April 11
Where:
Decatur, AL
Description:
Stephen
Quiller, an internationally known painter primarily known for
his innovative approach to water media painting, will teach a
workshop sponsored by Watercolor Society of Alabama.
Admission/Cost:
$570 for Non-members
and $545 for members
Contact:
For information, email Dana Brown at DanaBr@bellsouth.net and
visit www.WSAlabama.org.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2008
When: April
4; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
April
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Route
of of Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-2306
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First Fridays
should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
March
What:
Michele
Lee Exhibit at Huntsville Art League
When:
March 1-31, 2008
Where:
Huntsville
Art League, 3005 L&N Dr., Suite 2, Huntsville, AL 35801
Description:
Everyone
is invited to the Meet the Artist Reception Saturday March 29th
from 3-5 PM. For more information visit www.HuntsvilleArtLeague.org
or the Michele Lee website at www.micheleleeart.blogspot.com.
Admission/Cost:
Free
Contact:
Contact
Gina Hurst, Art Consultant via email at gina@ginahurst.com.
What:
11th Annual George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
When:
March 6-9, 2008
Where:
Events range
throughout the Muscle Shoals area of northwest Alabama
Description:
The Lindsey festival is a university-based showcase
of student, faculty and professional works by local, state, national
and international filmmakers. The 11th annual festival will take
place from Thursday, March 6, through Sunday, March 9, with screenings,
workshops, panel discussions, parties, receptions and other film-oriented
events taking place on the UNA campus and other locations throughout
the Muscle Shoals area of northwest Alabama. Previous guests for
the festival range from Academy Award-winning actor Ernest Borgnine,
Oscar-nominated actress Diane Ladd and Sling Blade stars Lucas
Black and Natalie Canerday to Emmy Award-winning Seinfeld and
NewsRadio writer Tom Cherones, Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
makeup-effects creator Robert Hall and recording-industry figures
Mike Curb and Ray Stevens. The festival – founded by UNA alumnus
George Lindsey, best known for his work on television’s classic
sitcom The Andy Griffith Show – awards cash prizes to Golden Lion
Award winners in each competitive category. Categories recognize
student, faculty and professional excellence in documentaries,
short and full-length narratives, music videos and animated works.
Student divisions cover kindergarten through college-age students.
Admission/Cost:
Varies per venue.
Contact:
Call the festival office at (256) 765-4592, visit www.lindseyfilmfest.com
or www.myspace.com/georgelindseyunafilmfest,
or e-mail lindseyfilmfest@una.edu.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2008
When: March
7; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
March
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
February
What:
Lighting Workshop
When:
Feb 9 and 10
Where: Digital
Arts Shoals, 501 Little Rock, Sheffield, AL
Description:
LIGHTING
FOR MOVIES & VIDEO • WORKSHOP
Admission/Cost:
$50 adults
& professionals, $30 students
Contact:
Email Steve Richerson at steve@concretedream.com
Visit http://www.concretedream.com.
Click the MOVIE MAKING WORKSHOPS link at the bottom of the page.
2007
Shoals Arts Events Calendar
November
What:
A.G. Edwards Sponsors
Exhibit of Posters and Graphic Art
When:
November
9 through January 4, 2008
Where:
Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts, 217 East Tuscaloosa Street, Historic Downtown
Florence, Alabama
Description:
The
Florence branch office of A.G. Edwards will be sponsoring another
exhibit from the firm’s corporate art collection this year. Historical
Overview of Posters and Graphic Art: Selections from the Corporate
Collection of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. will be on exhibit at
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in Florence from November
9 through January 4, 2008. The poster and graphic art exhibit
consists of a wide variety of images and subject matter, and features
artists from several European countries. The exhibit also includes
a few pieces from American artists, most notably works by Andy
Warhol and Milton Glaser. The local branch sponsored a successful
showing of Art by Women two years ago at the Center. “We are excited
to have the opportunity to present another fine exhibition of
quality artwork to our friends and neighbors here in the Florence
community,” says A.G. Edwards Florence branch manager Thomas Ross.
“We had such a tremendous response to our first show two years
ago; we decided back then that this was an event we had to do
again. We’re privileged to be able to host another show here,
given the large number of offices around the country that participate
in our company’s traveling exhibit program, and we hope visitors
will enjoy this show just as much as the last one — if not more.”
For the novice art enthusiast, poster art is an arena where painting,
drawing, photography and typography come together. In the decades
prior to film and television, poster graphics were the most visible
way to advertise products, places, events and ideologies to growing
urban populations. Although poster art has largely been eclipsed
today by films, radio and television, it remains a vibrant artistic
medium as well as an extraordinary social and political documentation
of modern life.
The poster
collection on display at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts
includes works dating from 1893 through 1997 by well-known graphic
artists such as Jules Cheret, Alphonse Mucha, Ludwig Hohlwein,
Milton Glaser and Andy Warhol. While Glaser may be surpassed by
Warhol in name recognition, one of his works just might be more
familiar to the general public than the famous works of the popular
Pop artist. Commissioned by the New York State Department of Commerce,
Glaser’s firm of Milton Glaser, Inc., created the “I
♥ [love] NY” logo, which has been described as “the
most frequently imitated logo design in human history.” A Glaser
poster “The Night of the Snow Leopard” for the New York Zoological
Society is featured in the A.G. Edwards exhibit, along with Warhol’s
poster advertising the New York Film Festival of 1967. A.G. Edwards
maintains a collection of art that includes prints, photography,
and vintage posters. In 1991, the firm created the traveling exhibit
program, encouraging branch offices to partner with local art
institutions to bring selections of the corporate collection to
their communities. Since the program’s inception, A.G. Edwards
branches have collaborated with more than sixty institutions across
the country to sponsor various exhibits.
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call
(256) 760-6379 for more information. Monday
through Friday 9am to 4pm (closed
on Federal holidays).
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007 in conjunction
with the Festival of Lights Open House
When: November 30; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
November
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: November 2; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
November
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
October
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: October 5; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
October
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
September
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: September 7; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
September
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
What:
Free Art Law Workshop- "Copyright and Trademark Basics"
When: September 6; 12:30 pm
Where: The Arts Council. 700 Monroe St. Suite 2 (Located
inside the Von Braun Center) Huntsville, AL
Description: Attorney Marcus Hunt will present a workshop
for artists and arts organizations about Copyright and Trademark
Law. Mr. Hunt is founder of Alabama Lawyers and Accountants for
the Arts. This workshop will benefit songwriters, musicians, writers,
poets, visual artists, producers, actors, dancers and performers,
as well as, those involved in arts organizations. Visit www.duelllawfirm.com
ot The Arts Council www.artshuntsville.com
for more information.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Dan
Halcomb, The Arts Council. Telephone: 256.519.ARTS (2787) or email:
danhalcomb@mail.panoply.org.
What:
Landscape
paintings by Jason A. Saunders
When: August 14 through September 24
Monday
through Friday 9am to 4pm
Where: Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence, Alabama
Description: Landscape
paintings by Jason A. Saunders will be on exhibit at Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts in Florence from August 14 to September 24.
Saunders is from Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, and works primarily
in oil. He prefers to do plein air paintings, setting his easel
up out of doors before the scene he wants to depict rather than
in the studio. The paintings show the subtle interplay of light
and shadow and the peaceful harmony of colors found in nature.
His work often depicts beautiful Tennessee scenery - rolling hills,
autumn fields, forest streams, and richly-hued summer skies. "Sometimes
it seems I did not choose this path," Saunders said, "this path
somehow chose me. I am grateful for the opportunity to impress
the average window shopper, but I truly hope my canvases will
capture the eye of those who have stood a lifetime in those fields,
trying to capture the feel of that waning light. If I can accomplish
that, consistently, I have done well." Saunders is a graduate
of David Lipscomb University and has studied with renowned representational
painters Dawn E. Whitelaw, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Matt Smith,
and Scott Christensen. He is a member of the Cumberland Society
of Painters and his work is shown in galleries across Tennessee.
One of his recent plein air painting workshops was a feature story
in the quarterly journal, American Artist Workshop, Spring 2007.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Call (256)
760-6379 for more information. Sponsored by the Florence Department
of Arts and Museums.
August
What:
Promoting
Yourself and Your Business (How
to market an art business)
When: August 28, 6:30 pm
Where:
Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence, Alabama
Description:
Alissa Murnane will present an art talk at Kennedy-Douglass Center
for the Arts in Florence. The presentation, "Promoting Yourself
and Your Business," will focus on how to market an art business.
The program is free and open to the public. Murnane is the owner
of Average to Art, a Huntsville business specializing in decorative
finishes, murals, painted furniture and custom art. Her company
recently completed a mural for the Huntsville Hospital Pediatric
Playground. As a member of the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber
of Commerce she serves on the Women’s Business Council and as
an Ambassador. She was a finalist in its 2006 Young Professional
of the Year category. Murnane is a member of the Art League of
Madison and the co-founder of the Decorative Artist Exchange and
the Huntsville Art Blog. She is a graduate of Ohio State University
and the July 2007 Artisan of the Month for the Chicago Institute
of Fine Finishes.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Call (256)
760-6379 for more information. Sponsored by the Florence Department
of Arts and Museums.
What:
W. C. HANDY MUSEUM TO HOST A DISCUSSION
ON THE BLACK CHURCH IN 19TH CENTURY ALABAMA
When: August 23, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Where: The
W. C. Handy Home, Museum and Library, 620 West College Street,
Florence, AL
Description:
The W. C. Handy
Home, Museum & Library in Florence will present "Rock in a Weary
Land: The Black Church in 19th Century Alabama," a free discussion
by Richard Bailey , on Thursday, August 23, from noon to 1:00
p.m. Brown-bag it and spend your lunch hour discovering the role
black churches played in the history of Alabama. This program
is part of the Alabama Humanities Foundation 2007-2008 Road Scholars
speaker program. The presentation will address the days of slavery
and freedom, when the black church was the most significant institution
in the black community. The black minister was a highly respected
personality and played many roles including teacher, lawgiver,
and counselor. Attendees will receive several handouts related
to the history of the black church in Alabama. Born in Montgomery,
Richard Bailey has a Ph.D. in 19th Century American History from
Kansas State University and has traveled and studied in Europe
and Africa on fellowships. He worked as a consultant with Auburn
University Public Television on documentaries about Gees Bend
and Horace King. He worked with Montevallo University on its award-winning
radio documentary Remembering Slavery. His columns have been published
by newspapers in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery.
He is the author of two books and speaks at locations throughout
the state.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Call (256)
760-6434 for more information. Sponsored by the Florence Department
of Arts and Museums. The
Alabama Humanities Foundation is the state affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities. It is funded by the NEH as well
as by corporate and individual donors. The AHF is dedicated to
the promotion and celebration of the humanities throughout the
state and conducts its own statewide programs and awards grants,
on a competitive basis, to nonprofit organizations for humanities
programs.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: August 3; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
August
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
July
What:
Encounters
: Photographs by Kathryn Tucker Windham and Her Predecessors
When: July 17; Noon to 1pm
Where: Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts, 217 East Tuscaloosa Street, Historic Downtown
Florence, Alabama
Description:
Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts in Florence will present "Encounters : Photographs
by Kathryn Tucker Windham and Her Predecessors," a free discussion
by Frances Robb. Brown-bag it and spend your lunch hour discovering
a new side to the renowned Alabama storyteller - her expertise
as an imagemaker. This program is part of the Alabama Humanities
Foundation (AHF) 2007-2008 Road Scholars speaker program. Windham’s
photographs were taken between 1929 and the mid-1980's for pleasure
and as a jounalist. They capture Alabama’s people and places with
warmth and humanity. This slide presentation showcases her work
and places it in the context of other Alabama photographers from
the same period. Frances
Robb is an art historian and museum consultant from Huntsville
with a special interest in social history and the history of photography.
She is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College and holds M.A.
degrees from the University of North Carolina and Yale University.
Robb curated a traveling exhibit of Windham’s photographs for
the Huntsville Museum of Art in 1995 which was on display at Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts. She has presented hundreds of lectures, programs
and workshops and been a commentator on WLRH Public Radio, Huntsville.
She is completing a book on the history of photography in Alabama
and has another in the works on dating and identifying family
photographs. The Alabama Humanities Foundation is the state affiliate
of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The AHF brings scholars
and the public together to explore human values and meaning through
the study of history, literature, religion, philosophy and other
humanities disciplines.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Call (256)
760-6379 for more information. Sponsored by the Florence Department
of Arts and Museums.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: July 6; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
July
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
What:
Mostly Blues Art Exhibit
When: July 5 - Aug 7
Monday through Friday 9am to 4pm
Special hours Saturday, July 28, from 10am to 12:30 pm
Where: Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence, Alabama
Description:
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in Florence presents Mostly
Blues, an exhibit of paintings, drawings, photographs, and mixed
media pieces by area artists. The works are in many styles, media,
and techniques, but have a common thread - - - all have a musical
theme or depict scenes from the W.C. Handy Music Festival. The
exhibit includes works by twenty-seven artists from Colbert, Franklin
and Lauderdale counties and will be open July 5 through August
7. Well-known and established artists are included as well as
new, up-and-coming artists. The exhibit was started in 1994 to
honor W.C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues," and to celebrate
the strong ties our area has to the music world. Artists included
in the exhibit are Victoria L. Antoine, Stratton Barnes, Martha
Beadle, Clay Bedingfield, Jonathan Cain, Barbara Ann Campbell,
Charlene Carter, Mark Chamblee, Margaret Min Chien, Larry Coslow,
W. Lane Emerson, Jerry Foster, Jason Fuller, Andrea Linville Gray,
Muriel Harding, George Jones Jr., Rick Lansdell, Sergio Portillo,
Kathryn Boyd Rice, Ronnie D. Riner, Jean Schulman, Ree Shannon,
David Sims, Linda Smith, Wendy Van Pelt, Jim Weaver, and Shannon
Wells.
Admission:
No charge
Contact:
Call
(256) 760-6379 for more information. Museum
programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Alabama
State Council on the Arts. Sponsored by the Florence Department
of Arts and Museums.
June
What:
29th
Annual Helen Keller Festival of the Arts
When:
Saturday June 23,
9am to 6pm and Sunday June 24, 11am to 5pm
Where:
Spring
Park Tuscumbia
Description:
The
festival features work of jury-selected regional artists in a broad
array of media, The Quilters of Gee's Bend, Imagination Station,
Artists at Work and Sunday afternoon music. The festival includes
the work of more than 60 award-winning artists from throughout Alabama
and the surrounding region. The artists work in a broad array of
media, including pottery, painting, jewelry-making, wood, stained
glass, fused glass, sculpture, photography, broom making, candle
making and leather. Click
here to download the full Press Release.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Jim Berryman
Assistant Director jim.tvaa@comcast.net
or visit the official website at
www.helenkellerfestival.com.
What:
Silent Art Auction
When:
June 15, 9am
to 3pm
Where:
The lobby of First Southern Bank, Historic
Downtown Florence
Description:
A silent auction benefiting our local Red Cross
chapter. Monies raised will go to the Red
Cross to help with local disaster relief emergencies (i.e. Victims
of storms or fire that lose their homes). Artists who may want
to donate a piece to the auction are encouraged to participate.
Admission:
Free
Contact:
Call Thomas F. Wissert (256) 718-4240 or email
twissert@firstsouthern.com.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: June 1; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
June
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
May
What:
Arts Alive
When:
May 19 and
20, 9 am until 5 pm
Where:
Wilson
Park in downtown Florence
Description:
Arts Alive,
a juried show, is open to artists and craftspeople. Exhibitors
in the past have been varied and have included painters, sculptors,
furniture and jewelry craftspeople, stained glass artists, textile
and fabric artists and much, much more! Hundreds of art and craft
lovers from a three state region and beyond. Started in 1986 as
a project of the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts Volunteers.
Admission:
Free to
the public, vendor fees and restrictions apply.
Contact:
Visit
the website www.ArtsAliveAlabama.com
for more information.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: May 4; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
May
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
April
What:
Gallery
Talk by Matt Welch
When:
April
12, 7 pm
Where:
Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence, Alabama
Description:
The Decatur
artist will discuss his technique and the inspirations for paintings
in his exhibit, Stops Along the Way, currently on display at the
Center. Welch prefers to capture "discoveries" rather than search
for a particular setting. His acrylic paintings include landscapes,
water scenes, and architectural images that he sees as part of
his daily travels or on walks through sun-dappled neighborhoods
or forested parks. The exhibit continues at the Center through
May 3.
Admission:
Free of charge.
Contact:
Call
(256) 760-6379 for more information. Museum
programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Alabama
State Council on the Arts. Sponsored by the Florence Department
of Arts and Museums.
What:
First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: April 6; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: An enjoyable evening for locals and visitors
to experience the artistic talent home to the Shoals and surrounding
areas. Musicians will be performing, artists will have exhibits
on sidewalks, and several downtown merchants will be open for
visitors. Items will also be available for sale by artists. Come
enjoy a family-friendly environment like no other in the area,
enjoy dinner downtown then have a leisurely stroll through the
arts. Join co-workers or bring your family to experience the wonderful
excitement downtown Florence has to offer. Free to participating
artists, musicians and visitors.
April
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First
Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
March
What:
Stops
Along the Way
When:
March
12 through May 3
Where:
Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence, Alabama
Description:
An exhibit
of acrylic paintings by Matt Welch, will be on display at Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts in Florence from March 12 through May 3. The
exhibit includes landscapes, water scenes, and architectural images
by this Decatur artist. Welch prefers to capture "discoveries"
rather than search for a particular setting. Many of the works
in the exhibit are scenes that Welch discovered as part of his
daily travels or while walking down sidewalks and hiking trails.
"My aim," said Welch, "is to capture these images that might cause
the viewer to consider them from another perspective, and just
maybe, from a slower pace. Some works capture the coolness of
a summer shade, the transition of a season, or the windows of
light through a canopy of trees. Others consider the legacy of
a scene, the abstract composition of a brick wall, or a remembrance
of a summer vacation." Originally an architecture major, Welch
turned to a career in the nuclear industry. As an artist he is
primarily self-taught, utilizing his interest in architecture
to capture each detail of a scene on canvas. His work was shown
in the Huntsville Museum of Art’s "Unique Views of Huntsville"
and in exhibits at the Carnegie Visual Art Center. He is a member
of the Huntsville Art League and an exhibiting artist at the Willis-Gray
Gallery in Decatur.
Admission:
Free of charge.
Contact:
Call
(256) 760-6379 for more information. Museum
programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Alabama
State Council on the Arts. Sponsored by the Florence Department
of Arts and Museums.
What:
"It's a Thick Book" - A Documentary Film
on Alabama's Constitution
When: March 6, 6:30 pm
Where: The Shoals Theatre, Historic Downtown Florence
Description:
An entertaining way to learn more about Alabama's Constitution
and the 794 amendments. Mark Lehe, the director, a graduate of
Homewood High School and currently a student at the University
of Pittsburgh, will be in attendance. Lehe got the idea for the
film's title from a response made to him by a state employee when
he was trying to obtain a copy of the 1901 Constitution! The Birmingham
News calls the film a clever look at [the] constitution's
many problems.
Admission:
Free of charge, however contributions are appreciated to
help cover theatre operational costs.
Contact:
To
help, contact Mark Berte at Mark@constitutionALreform.org
What: First Fridays in Florence 2007
When: March 2; 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: This year we are proud to host our event in
conjunction with the George
Lindsey UNA Film Festival. We welcome film talent and festival
visitors from around the world to the Shoals area. An
enjoyable evening for locals and visitors to experience the artistic
talent home to the Shoals and surrounding areas. Musicians will
be performing, artists will have exhibits on sidewalks, and several
downtown merchants will be open for visitors. Items will also
be available for sale by artists. Come enjoy a family-friendly
environment like no other in the area, enjoy dinner downtown then
have a leisurely stroll through the arts. Join co-workers or bring
your family to experience the wonderful excitement downtown Florence
has to offer.
March
Featured Downtown Art Galleries
For First
Fridays gallery event information and schedules,
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts - Call (256) 760-6379
Lori Davis Gallery - Call (256) 766-7410
Stevenson's Fine Art Gallery - Call (256) 764-9922
Rosetta Stone Gallery - Call (256) 768-1650
Admission:
No charge.
Contact:
Call Carolyn Waterman (256) 765-0365, M-F 10 am - 5 pm for more
information. Artists and musicians wanting to participate in First
Fridays should visit the First
Fridays in Florence Web site.
What:
Artistic Renderings of Youth
When:
March 1 through April 12,
Monday-Friday
from 9am to 4pm.
A reception
will take place on Thursday, March 8, from 5:30 to 8:30pm. The
public is invited to attend and meet these young artists.
Where:
Kennedy-Douglass
Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence, Alabama
Description:
Artistic Renderings
of Youth, a juried exhibit of work by 7th through 12th grade artists
from Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale counties, will be on display
at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in Florence from March
1 through April 12. Celebrating its fourteenth year in existence,
this exhibit has developed into a outstanding showcase of youth
art. March
is nationally recognized as Youth Art Month. This exhibit provides
an opportunity for the community to discover the young artistic
talent in our area. The competition is coordinated by a group
of junior high and high school art teachers to give students a
chance to exhibit their art work and receive recognition for their
talent. Last year over 400 pieces from 14 different schools were
entered and 292 pieces were accepted and exhibited. Ribbons are
awarded in three grade divisions.
Admission:
Free of charge.
Contact:
Call
(256) 760-6379 for more information. Museum
programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Alabama
State Council on the Arts. Sponsored by the Florence Department
of Arts and Museums.
What:
10th Annual George Lindsey UNA Film Festival 2007
When: March 1-4
Where: Historic Downtown Florence
Description: Work shops at Guillott Center, screenings,
awards banquet & George Lindsey Film Festival winning entries.
Celebrate independent filmmakers and their efforts. Winning entries
will be screened downtown.
Admission:
Varies per venue.
Contact:
Call
765-4592, visit the George
Lindsey UNA Film Festival
website or email lindseyfilmfest@una.edu.
What:
Flower Power: Gallery Floral Show
When:
March
through April.
Description:
A
floral artwork collection of gardens and landscape will be on
display in the Shoals. The exhibit features original floral paintings
and prints by members of the Shoals Artist Guild. The gallery
is open 9am to 4pm Monday through Friday, Artists Guild Gallery
space, 2nd floor.
Where:
Kennedy
Douglass Center for the Arts, 217 Tuscaloosa Street, Florence,
Alabama.
Admission:
Free
and open to the public.
Contact:
Call
(256) 760-6379 for more information.
February
What:
Lecture at the W.C. Handy Museum
When:
Thursday, February 22,
from noon until 1pm
Where:
W.C. Handy Museum, 620 West College Street
Description:
Dr. Roosevelt Newson will speak at the W.C. Handy
Museum, his subject will be the influence of music by African
Americans on the Western world. Dr. Newson’s program is part of
the University of North Alabama Speakers Bureau which is coordinated
by the Office of University Relations. Participants will be able
to walk through the W.C. Handy Museum after the presentation and
learn more about the "Father of the Blues." Bring a sack lunch
and spend your lunch hour learning about this important subject.
Dr. Newson is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
at U.N.A. His administrative career in Higher Education spans
a period of nearly two decades. Prior to his current career, Newson
was a full-time concert pianist who was under management in New
York City. After his professional debut at Wigmore Hall in London,
he presented a number of broadcast concerts on radio and television
and performed across the United States and Europe. A graduate
of Southern University in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana-born pianist
also studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard
School. A veteran of the Affiliate Artists Program in New York,
Newson’s biography appears in Who’s Who Among Black Americans
and the International Who’s Who in Music.
Admission:
Free
and open to the public.
