TUSCUMBIA-The Tennessee Valley Art Association has an exhibition opening ths coming Sunday, June 2.
Rise of the Southern Craft Movement
The Tennessee Valley Museum of Art’s exhibition The Rise of the Southern Craft Movement will feature a selection of fine art and craft from its permanent collection and will be on display from June 2 to July 5.
The Rise of the Southern Craft Movement features a series of purchase awards made by the Tennessee Valley Art Association during their time organizing the Helen Keller Art and Craft Show at the Helen Keller Festival from 1983 through 2011.
The exhibition The Rise of the Southern Craft Movement is an endorsed Alabama Bicentennial event.
Celebration and Preservation
Pen and ink artist Melissa Tubbs will be exhibiting a collection of her drawings called Celebration & Preservation: Drawing Alabama’s Architectural History June 2 – July 5 at the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art.
The exhibition is a touring Alabama Bicentennial project featuring 25 drawings of landmarks from across the state. Accompanying the exhibit will be a book by the same name featuring prints of the drawings along with information about the history of each building.
An opening reception will be held June 2 from 1 to 3 p.m., at the museum where Tubbs will give a gallery talk.
The Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama
The Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama is a juried art show displaying artwork created by Alabama students throughout the state with visual impairments, blindness and or deaf blindness. The artwork will be on display from June 2 to July 5.
