Gallery opening reception: January 19, 2023

6pm-8pm

Free and open to the public!

Exhibit dates: January 19th-March 9th, 2023

The SCAC presents the annual Robin Nance Metz Art Competition (formerly the Adult Juried Art Exhibit) in the Ebsco Fine Art Gallery. For the 2023 competition over 80 Alabama artists entered their work into the show with less than half of the artists being accepted. This competition welcomes a diverse group of artists and mediums from across the state! Artists entered work into the categories of painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, printmaking, digital art, fiber art, and fine art crafts. The judge for this year’s competition is artist Randy Gachet. Click here for more information about Randy.

This gallery exhibit will be on display until March 9th. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday 10am-5pm (Wednesdays 11am-5pm). We invite you to stop by and see this incredible exhibit!

105 W. College St., Columbiana, AL, 35051

The Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama is an annual traveling juried art show. The show is open to students from throughout the state that have visual impairments, blindness, and/or deaf-blindness. The artists are of various ages attending public, private, residential, and home schools.

The show provides artists an opportunity to showcase their special talent and abilities. Children who participate in the show use various mediums to create one-of-a-kind masterpieces. Art is included in the students’ academic curriculum in areas such as the development of communication skills, utilizing visual and tactical abilities, math science, reading and leisure time activities. The artwork is unique with emphasis on creativity, color, and tactile media.

The gallery opening reception will be Sunday, 1/29/23, 3pm-5pm. The opening reception is free and open to the public. Please check out this fantastic work and meet some of these up and coming artists.

The awards ceremony will be live streamed from the SCAC Facebook Page

Work will be on display in the SCAC’s Grande Corridor Gallery from 1/29/23-2/25/23. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday from 10am-5pm.

Presented by the Shelby County Arts Council in partnership with the University of Alabama of Birmingham School of Optometry Vision Science Research Center.

If you would like to know more about the Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama or purchase artwork please contact Shirley J. Wilson | Director, Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama, sjwilson@uab.edu, 205482-5201.