Category Archives: Art

Phillips Academy Fundraiser and Gallery Art Sale, 2216 2nd Avenue North

Artwork created by 14 local artists as well as students at Phillips Academy will be available for sale. The gallery being used for the show, a private downtown loft residence, will feature antique automobiles as props.

All proceeds from the sales made that afternoon will benefit Phillips Academy’s art department. For more information, contact Sandy Tilt, 205.616.6195 or sandytilt@aol.com.

Cost: $10 donation at the door (money will go to Phillips Academy)

Location:
2216 2nd Avenue North (directions)

da Vinci drawings come to town in September

Madonna of the Rocks, Leonardo da Vinci (courtesy of the Birmingham Museum of Art) The Birmingham Museum of Art has scored another major exhibit for Fall 2008. It will be the first time that these works, including one of Leonardo’s most celebrated notebooks, the Codex on the Flight of Birds, will be loaned to a U.S. museum. The exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, will open September 28 and run through November 9.

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Here’s what you’re missing on Tuesdays this month

Miles jazz band

André Natta/The Terminal

We’re posting this a little later than we wanted to… but we wanted to be sure that you were aware of just what you’re missing if you’re not showing up at Vulcan Park’s Collective Perspectives series on Tuesdays this month.

Here’s a taste of this week’s performance by Miles College’s jazz band, the Milestones:

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Next week’s presentation will feature short films created by UAB Ethnographic Filmmaking course. Check out our destinations calendar entry for more information. We look forward to seeing you there.

Artwalk’s accepting application for 2008

Image from Artwalk 2007It’s time to start thinking about Artwalk… well at least if you’re an artist.

Birmingham Artwalk has announced that they’re now accepting artist applications for the 2008 edition. Interested artists may download the application at www.birminghamartwalk.org ; or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:

Birmingham Artwalk
P.O. Box 55405
Birmingham, AL 35255

Submissions postmarked by April 1 are eligible for a discount in fees. All submissions must be postmarked April 30, that’s a Wednesday, to be considered.

This year’s festival will take place on September 5 & 6.

Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo

Collective Perspectives: Joe Minter and the African Village in America, Vulcan Park

Join Emily Hannah, curator of Arts of Africa and the Americas at the Birmingham Museum of Art, as she leads visitors through a look at longtime Tutusville resident Joe Minter’s use of found objects, which range from plastic dolls to bed springs, scrap lumber and iron to commemorate key moments of the Civil Rights era and other significant events in American history.

View works by this visionary artist and see why his work is gaining national attention.

Part of the Collective Perspectives 2008 series.

About the series:

Vulcan Park and Museum is proud to present Collective Perspectives 2008 in honor of Black History Month, a series of non-traditional programs designed to educate, entertain, and enlighten participants on the cultures that have made Birmingham the culturally diverse, compassionate and flourishing city that we are today. The Terminal is happy to be serving as a partner in presenting this series.

Join us every Tuesday in February from 5 – 7 p.m. and enjoy African-inspired foods during an energizing social hour and then explore the fabric of our neighborhoods during a one-hour program. Learn about the experiences of black Americans in our society, the vital role this community has played throughout our shared history and draw inspiration from their important messages.

Cost:
Free for Vulcan Park Foundation members; $5 for non-members

Location:
Vulcan Park and Museum
1701 Valley View Drive (directions)

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Art 101, Birmingham Museum of Art

The Birmingham Museum of Art‘s curator, Dr. Graham Boettcher, will host an evening workshop entitled Secrets of Online Collecting Revealed. It will focus on “how to build a museum-quality collection on a budget using eBay and other online resources.”

We thought that might pique your interest…

Location:
Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 8th Avenue North (directions)

Artist Forum, Space One Eleven

Artists Shana Berger and Nathan Purath will present Artists Build Community with Their Work, the latest installment of their Artist Forum series.

From the organization’s announcement:

The idea that art can take a direct role in making a just society inspires and informs Berger and Purath’s practice. In 2002, they co-founded the artists group, Your Art Here with fellow members Owen Mundy and Alyssa Hill. Their projects have addressed specific social needs by working directly with communities with the aim of realizing positive change. For the last three years, they have lived and worked in rural Alabama, facilitating community driven public art projects in the town of York, Alabama. Ultimately, they hope to empower artists and citizens in order to influence community creatively, change the way that art is made and viewed in contemporary society.

There will be a 30-minute presentation by the artists followed by an open discussion with the community about their work and other community-based art projects.

Location:
Space One Eleven
2409 2nd Avenue North (directions)