Shannon Thomason
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- Advancement
- The Arts at UAB
- AEIVA
- Alys Stephens Center
- Arts in Medicine
- ArtPlay
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Art and Art History
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- Department of Music
- Department of Theatre
- Institute for Human Rights
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- The Graduate School
- Libraries
- National Alumni Society
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The 3,000-square-foot Dennis G. Pappas Historical Collections Gallery will house rotating exhibitions featuring the UAB Libraries’ historical collections.
For “Outside Lines,” AEIVA Curator Hannah Spears was inspired to select works that examine how artists’ use of color reflects broader shifts in society, technology and culture.
For her UAB residency, the artist is creating a two-part collaborative exhibition: “Manjari Sharma: तत् त्वम् असि (Tat Tvam Asi) The Universe is a Mirror” for the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts and "Looking for a Silver Lining" for UAB Arts in Medicine.
See the powerful documentary “The Last Ecstatic Days” at UAB's ALys Stephens Center and hear about the cultural and spiritual considerations of dying from UAB caregivers and Aditi Sethi, M.D., with The Center for Conscious Living & Dying, with guest artist Manjari Sharma.
On Sept. 13, Odita will present a lecture on his work at 5 p.m., followed by an opening reception as part of the 2024 Arts Block Party. All events are free.
As the 2024 Mobile Medical Museum artist-in-residence, Baulos worked with the museum to research the history of local medicinal plants and develop this extraordinary project.
Theatre UAB will present “God of Carnage,” “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” “The Revolutionists,” and “She Kills Monsters,” with Disney’s “Freaky Friday” in collaboration with Red Mountain Theatre Company.
Murrow Awards are among the most prestigious in broadcast and digital news and honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism.
Cat Power pays homage to Bob Dylan’s iconic 1966 concert with soulful renditions of his timeless classics.
This free evening of art and music will now be held indoors at AEIVA and the Alys Stephens Center due to weather considerations, with a lecture by artist Odili Donald Odita and performances from Halo Wheeler, Swanglish, The BIG Reveal, and Steph and the Web.