Gallery Receptions
First Friday
Free and open to the public 5-8 p.m.
First Friday takes place on the first Friday of the month in Downtown Tuscaloosa. Local galleries, businesses and restaurants are open as an event in the evening for the community to see what Downtown Tuscaloosa has to offer. Contact the individual businesses for participation, offerings vary each month. To get a monthly update with First Friday offerings sign up for Tuscaloosa Tourism and Sports' e-newsletter at the bottom of their contact us page here: visittuscaloosa.com/contact-us
Exhibit openings at both The Arts Council and The University of Alabama Galleries in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center take place on First Fridays from 5-8 pm and are free and open to the public. Additional galleries open on First Friday include the Paul Jones Gallery, Harrison Galleries, O'Connor Studios, Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy, the makers market, and the Betak/Frangoulis Art Gallery at Canterbury Chapel. Hours vary during holidays. Galleries on the UA campus have variable hours.
Art Night takes place on the first Thursday of the month from 5-8 pm in downtown Northport at Kentuck Art Center and is free to the public.
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2315 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa
Opening receptions take place on First Friday.
Permanent collection includes a variety of 19th and early 20th century works in oil and prints, also prints and original works by Basil Ede and award-winning photographs by local artists on the second floor. Special exhibits by local artists and groups available throughout the calendar year.
Visit: www.facebook.com/pages/Harrison-Galleries
2316 University Blvd. , Suite #300, Tuscaloosa
Open on First Friday featuring demonstrations and displays of art by artist Caleb O'Connor. Displays of art by current students are also featured.
Tours of the studio are by appointment
Serving the local community in providing art education and visual fine art experiences, O'Connor Art Studios offers courses in a variety of mediums and methods. The studio is also open to those wishing to meet the local artist Caleb O'Connor, and see him at work.
Visit: www.oconnorartstudios.com
2124 9th Street, Tuscaloosa
Open on First Fridays featuring art, music and more
Monday - Friday noon - 5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Retail and gallery space featuring upcycled furniture and vintage finds transformed into special original items for the home. Works with many neo-crafters and artists from around the U.S. that believe art will help humanity and the home.
Visit: graceaberdean.com
401 22nd Ave., Downtown Tuscaloosa
Hours Monday - Friday 10 - 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 - 4 p.m.
Serving as an outlet for local crafters and artists,The Makers Market is a retail store located in a historic building in Downtown Tuscaloosa. Offered are a wide variety of items for sale including quilting, photography, jewelry, soaps, wood items, weavings, knittings, oil paintings, accessories, mixed media and much more. Each crafter or artist creates their own vignette to display their items.
Visit: www.themakersmarketalabama.com
The Betak/Frangoulis Art Gallery at Canterbury Chapel is an exhibit space for 2-D artwork. Monthly shows feature local painters, photographers, and mixed-media artists. Exhibits may be viewed during weekly business hours.
Visit: www.facebook.com/BetakFrangoulis-Art-Gallery-at-Canterbury-Chapel
620 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
Rotating exhibits open with receptions on First Fridays.
Visit the links for information regarding opening reception times.
600 Greensboro Ave., Tuscaloosa
Opening receptions occur at various times throughout the year, most often not on First Friday due to theatre rental schedule.
Gallery Hours weekdays 9 - noon and 1 - 4 p.m. and during Bama Theatre events.
The Junior League Gallery, located on the second floor of the Bama, and the Greensboro Room, located on the first floor, feature exhibits and juried shows in all media by local solo artists and groups.
Visit: tuscarts.org/gallery-juniorleague
1400 Jack Warner Parkway, N.E., Tuscaloosa
Features Art with Friends, a monthly open house at the museum
Hours Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 6 p.m. and Sunday 1 - 6 p.m.
The Tuscaloosa Museum of Art houses one of the finest collections of American Art in the country. The collection is comparable to those at the National Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Atlanta's High Museum. Come see portraits of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and bask in the beauty of works by such artists as: Albert Bierstadt; James McNeill Whistler; John Singer Sargent; and Charles Bird King.
Visit: tuscaloosamoa.org
503 Main Ave., Historic Downtown Northport
Open on Art Night, the first Thursday of the month from 5 - 9 p.m.
Gallery Shop Hours Tuesday -Friday 10 - 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 - 4:30 p.m.; Closed Sunday and Monday
On the third weekend of October each year, the Kentuck Art Center presents the Kentuck Festival of Arts, one of the nation's best-respected and most-loved arts gatherings. The center offers exhibitions, classes, workshops and shopping year-round. The galleries, working artists' studios and shop are situated around the Courtyard of Wonders, which features shady retreats and fantastical sculptures--including Rusty the Pointer and the Fire Ant. A new exhibition opens each month showcasing the work of contemporary and craft artists. Sometimes traditional, sometimes visionary, always authentic, Kentuck brings art to the community and builds community with art.
Visit: www.kentuck.org