The Paul R. Jones Museum is excited to announce the opening exhibition of the fall season, Constructed Complexity: Assemblage and Collage in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art. Works by artists Amalia Amaki, Benny Andrews, Joy Ballard-Peters, Hans Bhalla, Allan L. Edmunds, Selma Glass, Sam Gilliam, John T. Riddle Jr., and Molly Brooke Threadgill, among others, will be on view from First Friday, August 6 through September 24, 2021, with a First Friday reception on September 3, from […]
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Mario Andres Robinson- A Brush with Time May 7th -July 30th, 2021
Mario Andres Robinson, “Charlestine,” n.d., watercolor, 9 x 12 inches. Image courtesy of the artist. The Paul R. Jones Museum is proud to present Mario Andres Robinson: A Brush with Time, May 7 – July 30, 2021. There will be two First Friday receptions: on, May 7, and on June 4, both from 5:00 to 8:00 pm in the museum. Painter, pastellist and draftsman Mario Andres Robinson is one of the leading watercolorists working today. Born and raised in Altus, […]
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Charlie Lucas: Talking to the Ancestors
The Paul R. Jones Museum is proud to present Charlie Lucas: Talking to the Ancestors, October 2 – February 26, 2021. The iconic, self-taught artist, Charlie Lucas, is the youngest of a pantheon of outsider artists who rose to public attention in the latter part of the twentieth century. Lucas bridges a couple of generations of artists, said museum director Daniel White, “Starting with Bill Traylor, then Jimmie Lee Sudduth and Mose T, Charlie is the last in a long […]
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“My Spot in the Sunlight” Advocates for Inclusive Civic Participation
On display between September 7 and October 26, the exhibition “My Spot in the Sunlight” is part of the effort for the For Freedoms 50 State Initiative. For Freedoms is a platform for greater participation in the arts and in civil society. We produce exhibitions, installations, public programs, and billboard campaigns to advocate for inclusive civic participation. Inspired by American artist Norman Rockwell’s paintings of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms (1941)—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and […]
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Show Inspired by ‘Black Panther’ Opening at Jones Museum
The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Museum will feature a new exhibition, “BAM! Black Panther and the Black Arts Movement in the Paul R. Jones Collection,” beginning Friday, July 6. The exhibition, curated by Emily Bibb and Dr. Wendy Castenell, UA assistant professor of art and art history, was inspired by the recent blockbuster “Black Panther.” “The proudly African aesthetics of ‘Black Panther,’ from the costuming to the sets, were inspired by cultures throughout the continent,” Bibb said. “Those […]
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Paul R. Jones Museum to Show Graduate Student Exhibit “Mecca”
The Paul R. Jones Museum will feature the curatorial work of seven University of Alabama graduate students from March 2 to April 27. This exhibit is a multi-layered look at the idea of mecca as revealed initially in Harlem and Atlanta, two spaces to which people of African descent have migrated since the early 20th century. Ideas about movement and community give way to deeper thoughts about self, racial and gender identity, and expectation. We push forward as multidisciplinary group […]
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Elementary Students to Showcase Art at UA’s Paul R. Jones Museum
Fifteen students from Arcadia Elementary School will display their artwork alongside pieces from the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at The University of Alabama’s Paul R. Jones Museum from Jan. 10 to Feb. 23. The public is invited to attend the exhibit, “All That Art! All That Jazz!” free of charge.
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‘Migration’ exhibit shows effects of movement
From The Tuscaloosa News: The Paul R. Jones Gallery’s exhibit “Migration,” on display through April 19, showcases art that illustrates the effects of mass movements of people to different locations. The exhibit features works from the permanent Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art. The collection is made up of 1700 pieces valued at $5 million, which were donated in 2008 by Paul R. Jones, an Alabama native and collector of African-American art. A committee of University of Alabama faculty, […]
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Stand Up for Autism, Lonnie Holley, slew of galleries set for Tuscaloosa (Art Roundup)
From Al.com: TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Laughing is fun, but yucking it up for a good cause makes everybody feel good. The Eighth Annual Stand-Up for Autism comedy event benefiting Arts ‘n Autism will take place on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa. Doors open at 6 p.m. Rick Dowling, Brad Fisher, Max Karrh and Derrick Osborn will return to deliver hilarious sets, with aspiring comic and Arts ‘n Autism dad Richard Lockhart also performing. Read more