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Letter From the Director

Thank you for your interest in Art Folk.  We have so many great events and exhibitions in the works for 2012.  This month we are excited to be the home for the Alabama Clay Conference's 1st Annual Clay Market.  Beginning in March we will hold opening receptions on the First Friday of every month.  I hope you will join us on March 2nd for the opening of Folk-Pop painter Paul Cordes Wilm's show "The Silent Majority", and keep us on your calendar each month thereafter.  
 
Please also consider supporting Art Folk, Inc. with a tax-deductible contribution.  Thursday, February 2nd is Alabama Gives Day, a one day fund drive for nonprofits across the state.  Together we can we continue to bring vibrant art and culture to downtown Birmingham.
 
Thank you. See you at the gallery!
 
John

John Lytle Wilson,
Executive Director, Art Folk Inc.
 
Upcoming Exhibits at Art Folk

 

The Alabama Clay Conference: 

Clay Market

 

 

Art Folk Gallery is pleased to host the 1st Annual Alabama Clay Market held in conjunction with the Alabama Clay Conference. The conference begins at Art Folk on Thursday February 16th, 2012 with a public reception of the Alabama Clay Market, a week-long pottery and sculpture sale of some of the state's best ceramic artists. The Market will bring together the work of approximately 30 ceramic artists, with styles ranging from folk to modern. The event is open to the public, and all pieces will be for sale. www.alclayconference.org

 

 

Public Opening Reception

Thursday, February 16th, 6-9pm

 

 

Clay Market Dates open the 17th-26th

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Cordes Wilm: The Silent Majority

 

 

Join us on Friday, March 2nd for the opening of "Silent Majority", an exhibition of new works by Birmingham's own Paul Cordes Wilm. Wilm describes these works as "A portrait of the voiceless public attempting to speak against the deafening roar of the Information Age." 

The opening will begin at 5:30 and run until 10pm. The exhibition will be on display through March 31st.

 

 

Public Opening Reception

Friday, March 2nd, 5:30-10

 

 

 

 

 

Current Exhibit
Local Birmingham

 

"Local Birmingham" is an exhibition featuring the works of emerging artists for the Birmingham area. 

The exhibition features a diverse range of media and subject matter. Artists include Daisy Winfrey, Byron Sonnier, Doug Baulos, Kara Cassidy Hall, James Edward Williams, Jonathan Purvis, Michael Swann, Sara Cannon, Sarah Heath, Joe McCreary, Wes Frazer, Sean Pathasema, Michael Bonadio, Jen X (Jen McKee), Bo Hughins, Merrilee Challiss, Allison Rhea, Helga Mendoza, Amber Hoy, Brian Francis, Paul Cordes Wilm, Kate Merritt Davis, Jennifer Wallace and Alicia Roden.

 

 

Art Folk Gallery at Young & Vann

1731 1st Avenue North

Birmingham, AL 35203

 

 

Wednesday - Friday, Noon - 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

 

 

 
Art Folk is a 501 (c)3 contemporary arts center in downtown Birmingham working to preserve regional arts heritage and provide a forum for socio-economic development through arts education.