Congratulations to our October Organization Member of the Month Lupercalia Art Society!

Located in Mobile’s historic speakeasy, Lupercalia is the city’s only late-night, underground, haunted art gallery. They feature the work of more than 70 local artists, writers, and musicians. With a passion for fostering creativity and connection, the gallery offers a full calendar of community-driven events that celebrate the arts in all forms. Open Mic Night…

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Congratulations to our October Artist Member of the Month Hannah Legg

Hannah Legg is a local muralist, illustrator, and designer bringing bold, nature-inspired art to walls across the Gulf Coast! Born in England and raised in Fairhope, Hannah’s early years were split between competitive swimming and her love of creating. She went on to earn a BFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design…

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September Artist Member of the Month Jenyes

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Congratulations to our September Artist Member of the Month Jenyes! You may recognize this artist name since he took home the second-place award in this year’s Members’ Show, but we encourage you to take a second and get to know local artist JENYES. “I began painting around the age of eight or nine, inspired by…

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September Organization Member of the Month

Congratulations to our September Organization Member of the Month Crescent Theater! The Crescent Theater has been a cornerstone of downtown Mobile for well over a century. First opening its doors in 1885 as a vaudeville venue, it transitioned to silent films in 1912 and later became known as the Century Theater in 1937, before closing…

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August Organization Member of the Month

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More than professional photographers, they are master storytellers. With every click of the shutter, Pickett Media Group captures moments that may last only seconds but become treasures for a lifetime. “The story is most important to us.” Whether through photographs or film, their work transports you back in time, letting you relive the joy, love,…

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Azalea City Art Quilters & 2022 Throwdown Artists

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This September, the Mobile Arts Council’s Gallery @ Room 1927 is hosting two new exhibitions. Viewpoints by the Azalea City Art Quilters features works from over 10 different art quilt collections completed by the group since 2020. The 2022 Throwdown Artists features works from this year’s 10th Annual Throwdown competitors – Mayssam Iskandar, John Halliday,…

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Mobile Arts Council to host free artist grant workshop

The Mobile Arts Council and Alabama State Council on the Arts (ASCA) are offering a free workshop at the Alabama Contemporary Art Center on Feb. 12, 2019. Representatives from the ASCA will be at the workshop to discuss their Individual Artist Fellowship Grants. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask the ASCA questions about artists…

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Mural project seeks to inspire and unite

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Mobile, Ala. – Downtown Mobile will soon be a little brighter thanks to a collaboration between The Jake Peavy Foundation and Mobile Arts Council. The two nonprofits worked together to bring national muralist Skye Walker (yes, that’s his real name) to create Mobile’s newest mural as part of the “Sea to Sea Mural Tour.” The…

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Winners announced for “5”, the juried art exhibition

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Every other year, MAC displays student works from the area’s five colleges and universities for a juried art competition called the “5.” Entry was open to all students enrolled in the 2017-2018 academic school year attending Bishop State Community College, Coastal Alabama Community College, Spring Hill College, the University of Mobile, and the University of…

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HUMANIMAL

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Dates: March 1-31, 2018 “Iguanians” by Joseph Smith “HUMANIMAL” is a mixed-media exhibition of sculptures and paintings by Joseph Smith. His exhibition focuses on the relationship of humankind and animals, drawing parallels to the similarities in their characteristics. “Developing and expanding humankind is increasingly separating themselves from the animal world. Having spent many years rescuing…

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Spanish Moss Miniature Art Show

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Dates: March 1-31, 2018  “Curious” Miniature Painting The Spanish Moss Miniature Art Show is a national competition and sale, presented by the Alabama Miniature Art Society. The show features drawings and paintings from some of the top artists working in miniatures today, with no artwork larger than 25 square inches (5x5inches). This is the 10…

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Melissa and Richard Diegan

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Dates: March 1-31, 2018 Painting by Melissa Dumas Diegan The back half of the Skinny Gallery is devoted to a joint exhibition by local artists Melissa and Richard Diegan. Melissa Diegan is a painter whose colorful, abstract works reflect her own sense of spirituality and love of intuitive process in art. Alongside her paintings are the…

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Downhome

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Dates: January 1-31, 2018  Painting by Hunter Cobb This January, the Small Room will feature “Downhome – A Portrait of the Small Southern Town”,  a new painting series by artist Hunter Cobb. Cobb says that the small Southern town has played an iconic role in American Culture. From “To Kill a Mockingbird” to “The Andy Griffith…

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Camera South Photography Club

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Dates: January 1-31, 2018  Photo by EJ Wright This January, the Skinny Gallery will feature photography from members of the Camera South Photography Club. Camera South is a local photography group which provides its members an opportunity to exchange ideas, develop new skills, and learn more about the art of photography. For additional information on the…

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Stewart Heath

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Dates: January 1-31, 2018  Mixed-media work by Stewart Heath In the Danielle Juzan gallery, local artist Stewart Heath will be showing a collection of paintings and mixed media works in her trademark colorful, ethereal style. Heath works in a contemporary abstract style with both figurative and non-representational subjects. A native of Georgia, Heath currently lives…

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Satomi Atelier

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Dates: December 1-31, 2017 Painting by Satomi Atelier This December, MAC’s Small Room features Plein Air watercolors and sketches by Satomi Atelier. Atelier was born in Hiroshima, Japan. After graduating from high school, she earned a B.A. in Japanese literature and obtained licenses teaching Japanese literature and calligraphy. As a mostly self-taught watercolor artist, Atelier…

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MAC Members Show

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Dates: December 1-31, 2017 Painting by Sahar Alford The MAC Member’s Exhibition is open to all artist members of the Mobile Arts Council and will fill the Skinny Gallery this December. The show will feature paintings, sculptures, mixed-media works, and more by artists of all ages and experience levels. Participating artists include Ainsley McNeely, Ben Marsh,…

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Deaf and Blind School and Mobile ARC

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Dates: December 1-31, 2017 Regional School of the Deaf and Blind Christmas Card The Danielle Juzan Gallery will feature artworks created by the Southwest Alabama Regional School for the Deaf and Blind and Mobile Arc. The mission of the Regional School for the Deaf and Blind is to create a positive, supportive educational environment that…

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Bishop State Art Professors

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Dates: November 1-30, 2017 Painting by Mary Elizabeth Kimbrough Bishop State Community College art professors will be exhibiting their own works in the Danielle Juzan Gallery. Their show will include paintings, sculptures, and mixed media works. Participating artists include Visual Arts instructors Mary Elizabeth Kimbrough and Lydia Host, as well as Graphic Design instructors Joseph…

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Falling For Art

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Dates: November 1-30, 2017 Art By Destinee of the Regional School of the Deaf and Blind “Falling for Art,” an exhibition of student works from Mobile and Baldwin County schools, fills the Skinny Gallery this month. Participating schools, organized by the Bay Area Art Educators, range from area elementary schools to high schools. Participating teachers…

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Dorothy Parker

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Dates: November 1-30, 2017 Quilt by Dorothy Parker Market in the Park visitors might recognize Dorothy Parker’s unique, geometric patterns from her booth at Cathedral Square. Parker was born in Winfield Kansas in 1934 has always sewn as a hobby (and for extra cash). She started making hats and purses about 15 years ago, and eventually…

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Superstar + Money = Dread

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Dates: October 1-31, 2017 Various works by Guy Marcinkowski “Super Star + Money = Dread” lays bare Guy Marcinkowski’s emotional observations through mixed media art and paintings, both abstract and figurative. This show represents a 3 year creative journey of the artist, telling the story of the rise and fall of the individual in today’s…

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Floral Intercourse

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Dates: October 1-31, 2017 Photo by Vincent Lawson Recent Throwdown attendees may have noticed local photographer Vincent Lawson at work, snapping photos of the artists in action. This October, Lawson will display his most recent collection in MAC’s Small Room. Lawson typically focuses on human subjects in his work – his award-winning 2014 exhibit “Our…

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Azalea City Art Quilters

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Dates: September 1-30, 2017 “Orangey Creature from the Black Lagoon” by Anne Godwin The Azalea City Art Quilters, established 2004, are members of the Azalea City Quilters Guild, Inc. Using innovative techniques and materials, their art quilts are inspired by their own experiences, imagery and ideas rather than traditional patterns. The Art Quilters enjoy doing…

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Brush Up & Speak Up

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Dates: September 1-30, 2017 A young citizen painting at the Strickland Youth Center The Mobile County Commission, James T. Strickland Youth Center, Mobile Arts Council, and Alabama Contemporary Art Center worked together to bring awareness to the works produced by our young citizens. These programs – a collaboration of efforts by Judge Edmond Naman, Photographer…

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An Infamous Tag

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Dates: September 1-30, 2017 Mobile Fashion Week Designer Tony Davis Graffiti has always been considered revolutionary, and throughout history any revolution at first was considered a crime. Graffiti has been used by groups and individuals who have felt oppressed or suppressed and needed an outlet to express themselves, so they write on the walls. Mobile Fashion…

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The Visionary Art of Frederick Alan Marchman

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Dates: August 1-31, 2017 Fred Alan Marchman A retrospective exhibition of Fred Alan Marchman’s work will fill the Mobile Arts Council’s galleries for the month of August, 2017. Marchman, who passed away on April 19, 2016, was known as one of the most prolific artists working in our region. He was often described as an…

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Automotive Photography

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Dates: July 1-31, 2017 “Rack and Pinions” by Kathleen Cope Kathleen Cope is a local artist whose passion for cars and love of photography come together in her Skinny Gallery exhibit this July. Cope is an auto aficionado, and she finds much of her inspiration at car shows, drag races, and junkyards. Using both traditional…

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Inner Transcendence

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Dates: July 1-31, 2017 Painting by Lisa Hancock Artist Lisa Hancock’s exhibit in the Danielle Juzan Gallery is an exploration of the boundaries – and lack thereof – between ourselves and our environment. In serene, ethereal layers of watercolor, Hancock seeks to bring awareness to our own ability to foster the growth and development of…

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Eliza Coral’s Animals

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Dates: July 1-31, 2017 Painting by Eliza Coral Eliza Coral is a painter and illustrator whose love of animals shines through in her work. Using acrylics and mixed media, Coral captures the individual spirit of every animal she paints. Her lively pet and wildlife portraits will be on display in the Small Room along with…

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Endless Summer

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Dates: June 1-30, 2017 “Flock at Twilight” by Cat Pope This June, the Skinny Gallery will feature works by Cat Pope – an artist madly in love with color relationships, dramatic energy, and confident brushwork. Her childhood in Clearwater, Florida instilled in her a love for the natural landscape and the unique sense of light found…

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Conz8000

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Dates: June 1-30, 2017 Illustration by Conz8000 Conz8000, most recently showing at Alabama Contemporary’s “Art of Perception”, will be displaying a new series of his works in the Small Room. The artist’s series will be focused on a character he created and her life in an unknown Mobile, Alabama, after a regional terrain changing event.…

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The Many Hats We Wear

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Dates: June 1-30, 2017 “Heroic Smile” by Frances Ashcraft Karen McGahagin has organized yet ANOTHER Hat Show. This time, the group exhibition has a more focused theme. The idea of “the many hats we wear” shifted to focusing on Mobile’s public service community and honoring our First Responders. According to Karen, “All of us are…

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Aquila Sunrise

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Dates: May 1-31, 2017 Painting by Devlin Wilson The Danielle Juzan Gallery will feature “Aquila Sunrise”, a new painting series by Devlin Wilson. “This show, for me, is representation of the innate inspiration of bays, beaches and sailing adventures I experienced over the past year.  Reflections of turquoise and the entire spectrum of colors that…

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Space: the Final Frontier

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Dates: May 1-31, 2017 A student’s work from St. Igniatius Catholic School The Skinny Gallery will be out of this world! St. Igniatius Catholic School students, under the guidance of art teacher Brennan Gibson, have created works around the theme “Space: the Final Frontier”. Their yearlong mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out…

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Denise Inge: A Retrospective

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Dates: May 1-31, 2017 “Crab” by Denise Inge The Small Room will display works by Mobile artist Denise Inge. “Denise Inge: A Retrospective” will celebrate the life and work of the Gulf Coast painter and long time MAC member – serving as a memorial to the artist. “Denise Inge was a friend to all and a…

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Mobile Art Association – Spring Show

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Dates: April 1-30, 2017 Featured work from the Mobile Art Association Members of the Mobile Art Association are exhibiting their annual Spring Show in the Skinny Gallery.  Each member could enter up to two pieces of work, which could be 2D or 3D. The judge for the show was Craig Reynolds, currently of Gulf Shores,…

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South Mississippi Art League

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Dates: April 1-30, 2017 Featured work from the South Mississippi Art League The Danielle Juzan Gallery will feature works from The South Mississippi Art League, an artist collective that was established in 2015 with the goal of creating traveling exhibits and providing an outlet for MS Gulf Coast-based professional artists to promote and display their…

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Lay Down

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Dates: April 1-30, 2017 Featured work by Colleen Terrell Comer “Lay Down” features new, multi media works by artist Colleen Terrell Comer. LAY (verb) 1. put down, especially gently or carefully. 2. put down and set in position for use. At some point, most people must lay down a part of their lives in order to…

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Art of the Bay

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Dates: March 1-31, 2017 “Grieving in the Grove” by Renee Edwards In celebration of Baykeeper’s 20th Anniversary, MAC put out an open call for artwork in any media relating to the Mobile Bay Watershed and/or recycling to fill our galleries. There are three separate components to the show: a photography exhibition, a recycled art exhibition,…

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Imagined

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Dates: January 1-30, 2017 Painting by Jo Patton This January, MAC’s Small Room will feature “Imagined” –  two individual bodies of related works created by Jo Patton  (large watercolor paintings) and Pinky Bass (single-folio book pages and small sculptural pieces). Their exhibits will be on display at MAC through January 30th. Meet the artists on ArtWalk…

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Splinter Hill Bog

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Dates: January 1-30, 2017 Cropped photo of “Switchcane” by Sharon Strang The Nature Conservancy in Alabama and the Coastal Alabama Botanical Artists’ Circle are partnering to present “The Flora of Splinter Hill Bog” in the Danielle Juzan Gallery this January. The participating artists are members of the Coastal Alabama Botanical Artists’ Circle, including Elisa Baldwin, Nancy…

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Weathering

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Dates: January 1-30, 2017 Painting by Ashley Friend “Weathering”, a series of encaustic and rust paintings by Ashley Friend , will hang in the Skinny Gallery for the month of January. Weathering is a continual process – as is painting. This show is an exploration of color and form. Ashley Friend discovered encaustic painting while pursuing…

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Oaks on Oak

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Dates: December 1-31, 2016 Pyrography by Kathleen Kirk Stoves Pyrography: “The art or technique of decorating wood or leather by burning a design on the surface with a heated metallic point.” The Small Room will feature the pyrography of Kathleen Kirk Stoves. This young artist, originally from South Jersey, migrated South when she was accepted…

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Copper – The Brazier’s Art

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Dates: December 1-31, 2016 Sculpture by Lebaron Heathcoe The Danielle Juzan Gallery will feature copper sculptures – bowls, wall hangings, kinetic hanging sculptures, and more – by artist Lebaron Heathcoe. Heathcoe creates art using pure copper.  He cuts it by hand, shapes it by beating or heating, or welding.  At times, he incorporates brass, stone,…

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Riding With the Wind

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Dates: November 1-30, 2016 Sculpture by Bertice McPherson This November, Bertice McPherson will be displaying a series of sculptures in the Danielle Juzan Gallery. Bertice’s exhibition, titled “Then and Now…Riding With the Wind,” is comprised of clay and glass work she has created over the last 25 years.  The majority of the clay work explores the…

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Coastal Views

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Dates: November 1-30, 2016 Painting by Susan Rouillier This November, Susan Rouillier will be displaying “Coastal Views – Paintings and Photographs” in the Small Room. This exhibition features a series of photographs of birds in their natural habitats and paintings of landscapes, birds, fish, and crabs in coastal areas completed over the last six years.…

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Jewish Artists

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Dates: November 1-30, 2016 Painting by Judy Aronson This November, MAC will be displaying a “Jewish Artists’ Exhibit” in the Skinny Gallery. This exhibit serves as an opportunity for members of the Shul and Temple to appreciate, celebrate, and share the abundant creativity of Mobile’s Jewish community. The show will feature works in a variety…

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Pyramidz and Transparenciez

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Dates: October 1-31, 2016 Painting by Ian Glass Ian Glass will be displaying a series of paintings, titled “Pyramidz and Transparenciez (beyond logic and reason)” in the Small Room. This series of work spans a timeline of about 3 and a half years. It begins with figurative abstraction and develops into a series of non-representational…

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A Musical Journey

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Dates: October 1-31, 2016 Painting by Pat Marion Pat Marion will be exhibiting her series, “A Musical Journey,” in the Skinny Gallery. According to Pat, “Music, theater, and art play such an important role in my life that I wanted to embody my love of each through my paintings. My paintings are an interpretation and…

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