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Posted on October 21st, 2009 by Glenny Brock

An exhibition of heartbreak

An exhibition of heartbreak

On Saturday, Oct. 24, Omni Studio will be transformed into a one-of-a-kind “rejects gallery” when [...]

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Posted on October 5th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Literally thinking of Figuratively Speaking

Literally thinking of Figuratively Speaking

Pop-up gallery: On Oct. 9 & 10, Filament Artists Studio will become an exhibition space for just two days, featuring new paintings by Michael Swann, J. Calton Watters & Celeste Laborde.

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Posted on September 11th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Artwalk A-to-Z

Artwalk A-to-Z

With more than 100 artists in 50 downtown venues, Birmingham never feels more like an actual city than during Artwalk.

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Posted on September 10th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Let the Games Begin at Studio By the Tracks

Let the Games Begin at Studio By the Tracks

Attention football fans: The fall exhibition at Studio By the Tracks has a sports theme!

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Posted on August 28th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Birmingham Museum of Art opens African-American art gallery

Birmingham Museum of Art opens African-American art gallery

Time was, Tuesday was “Negro day” at the Birmingham Museum of Art — Wednesday to [...]

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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Asian art galleries reopen at the Birmingham Museum of Art

Asian art galleries reopen at the Birmingham Museum of Art

“The wind brings, through scattered clouds, the sound of laughter.”
This aphorism appears in fine black [...]

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Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Glenny Brock

AIGA Birmingham presents Hatch Show Print pro

AIGA Birmingham presents Hatch Show Print pro

“Advertising without posters is like fishing without worms.” That’s the longstanding motto of Hatch Show Print , one [...]

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Posted on June 4th, 2009 by Jesse Chambers

Rivers revealed – Alabama Waterways exhibit at Lite Box Gallery

Rivers revealed – Alabama Waterways exhibit at Lite Box Gallery

Alabama has 77,000 miles of streams and rivers that are distinguished by a greater diversity [...]

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Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Studio By the Tracks goes green

Studio By the Tracks goes green

The staff of Studio By the Tracks decided to title the spring gallery show “Reduced, [...]

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Posted on April 6th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Photo exhibit reveals unseen Alabamians

Photo exhibit reveals unseen Alabamians

The familiarity of the faces that fill each frame in “Just Down the Road” accounts for most of what makes this photo exhibit so engaging. Comprised of more than two dozen pictures taken in Jefferson and Walker County, the show — which opens on Tuesday, April 7, at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute — is a documentary project with the feel of a family album.

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Posted on March 6th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Lite Box gallery talk and wine tasting

“Cuba Inside-Out” concludes with a special tasting of Argentinian wines

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Posted on January 10th, 2009 by Jesse Chambers

Mad screed for a young writer

Mad screed for a young writer

Write every day. That’s the bloody edge. Do it. Do it. Either you do it or you don’t.

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Posted on January 9th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Art openings: Jennifer Hunt and UAB V.A.G.

There are two terrific openings tonight \’97 one in Southside and one in the suburbs.\
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At [...]

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Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

About “the f words”

It was a happy coincidence that when \’93the f words\’94 opened at Space One Eleven [...]

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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by Glenny Brock

Celebrating Day of the Dead

Celebrating Day of the Dead

Dia de los Muertos at Bare Hands Gallery

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Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

The photography of Andrew Thomas Clifton

The photography of Andrew Thomas Clifton

\’93SEEN,\’94 the photo feature that appears on pages 2 or 3 of every issue of [...]

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Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by Carey Norris

Horror Movie a Day: Oct. 1-3 – The Haunting, The Thing, Suspiria

Halloween is coming soon, and in honor of the holiday I\’92ll be suggesting a horror [...]

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Posted on May 11th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

Hats off to BAO

Hats off to BAO

Nearly two dozen hats made by members of the Mystic Krewe of Apollo Birmingham will serve as centerpieces at the annual BAO Arty Party, scheduled for Sunday, May 18.

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Posted on April 13th, 2008 by Madison Underwood

CONSUME THIS: Exhibition at Century Plaza reinvents the mall as art space

Malls are dying, but Rachel Higgins has a better idea, and she’s calling it EVERYTHING MUST GO.

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Posted on March 22nd, 2008 by Glenny Brock

Etsy & Artie!

In terms of participating in internet commerce, I’m something of a Luddite. I have only [...]

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