Mid-South Sculpture Alliance

Conference Schedule

Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024

8am-3:30pm	Drop off for exhibitions: Momentary Signals @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Visitors Center) Student Pop-Up @ UAB 2300 Studios Board of Directors Exhibition @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Power House)
9am- 11am	Exploring the Intersection of Art, Science, and Marine Conservation Using Algal Biomass Waste Workshop @ UAB Sculpture (Hulsey Center Room 120)
12-3pm	Creative Glass Fusing: Crafting Unique Fused Glass Art Workshop @ UAB Sculpture (Hulsey Center Room 120)
4-5:30pm	Welcome reception @ UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (Auditorium) Remarks with Birmingham poet, Salaam Green (refreshments provided) Registration Desk open (refreshments provided) Quiet Room upstairs in room 204
5:30-6pm	Tour of UAB Sculpture Facilities (Hulsey Center Room 120 & Room 106)
6-8pm	Tour of UAB Department of Art & Art History’s 501 Building 2024Dianne Komminsk Scholarship Exhibition Closing Reception in ArtLab Quiet Room in Wellness Room

Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024

7am-12pm	Registration Desk @ Hilton Birmingham at UAB Foyer
7-8am	Welcome Breakfast @ Hilton Birmingham at UAB Foyer
8-9:30am	Reimagining Memory: Public Art and the American Monument Question Panel in Hilton Hamilton I 3D Sand Printing 101 Presentation in Hilton Skipwith I VR 3D Modeling Demo in Hilton Montgomery Info tables in Hilton University Quiet Room in Hilton Magic City Boardroom
10- 11:30am	Voices Reclaimed: Art, History, and Activism in the American South Panel in Hilton Hamilton I What’s in the Box: Crating Artwork Presentation in Hilton Skipwith I Info tables in Hilton University Quiet Room in Hilton Magic City Boardroom
12-1:30pm	Dine Around Lunch (Info at the registration desk)
2-5pm	Registration Desk @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Visitors Center)
2-3:30pm	Iron Pour Workshop (2-3:30pm -Shed 2) Pouring Pewter: Quick Cast Metal Demo @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Shed 2) Fire Arts + Placemaking Redux @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (West Room) Quiet Room in Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Visitors Center)
4-5:30pm	Iron Pour Workshop (4-5:30pm - Shed 2) USG Plaster Demo @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Shed 2) Quiet Room in Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Bath House)
6-7pm	Guest Lecture and jurors talk by George Ferrandi @ Sloss Furnaces (Lecture Room in Visitors Center)
7-9pm	Momentary Signals: An MSA Exhibition of Performance reception @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Visitors Center) Board of Directors Exhibition reception @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Power House) Quiet Room in Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Visitors Center) Food trucks @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark - Saw's BBQ, Off Beat & Ono Ice

Friday, Nov. 8, 2024

7am-5pm	Registration Desk @ Hilton Birmingham at UAB Foyer
8-9:30am	The Strength of Fragility: Exploration of Forms and Materials in Sculpture Panel in Hilton Hamilton I Unfinished, Unrealized, and Impossible (For Now): Brainstorming Sculptures for the Future in Hilton Skipwith I What’s in the Box: Crating Artwork Demo in Hilton Montgomery Info tables in Hilton University Quiet Room in Hilton Magic City Boardroom
10- 11:30am	The Cast Component: Orienting an Element within a System Panel in Hilton Hamilton I Reuse, Reinvent, Repeat: Repurposed Materials in Sculpture Panel in Hilton Skipwith I Info tables in Hilton University Quiet Room in Hilton Magic City Boardroom
12- 1:30pm	Members Meeting Lunch @ Hilton Hamilton I (pre-paid on registration website)
2- 3:30pm	Student Scholarship Presentations in Hilton in Skipworth Ballroom Info tables in Hilton University Quiet Room in Hilton Magic City Boardroom
4-5pm	Keynote Vanessa German Lecture @ Hilton Hamilton I
6-9pm	Dinner on your own (Light refreshments will be provided at the galleries below) Gallery Hopping Night (Buses provided by UAB): Alabama School of Fine Arts – 2024 MSA Select, Birmingham juried by Vanessa German Ground Floor Contemporary – Sarah Jeanne Adkins, Elaine Farley Kinnard, Tara Stallworth Lee Space One Eleven Arts Center- Solidarity Scott Miller Projects – Vanessa German
9pm	Student/Young Artists Hang @ Monday Night Brewing

Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024

Birmingham Day Option:

8-11:30am

Morning Outdoor Exhibitions walk and talks at Sloss & AEIVA

Engaged: Sculpture as Catalyst for Social Change @ Sloss Furnaces (Sculpture Courtyard)

The Feeling is Monumental @ UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (Sculpture Courtyard)

2-4:30pm

Afternoon Sightseeing/Local Studio Visits

Millsap Studios – 6608 Oporto Madrid Blvd. S., Birmingham, AL 35206
Birmingham Sculpture Studio & Christopher Fennell Studios – Wade Sand & Gravel Co.,
1200 10^th St. W., Birmingham, Al 35204 (once at gate, someone will guide you to the studios)

Tour 1 - bronze pour 2-3pm
Tour 2 – studio 3:30-4:30pm

2300 Open Faculty Studios & Student Pop-up Exhibition, 2300 7^th Ave. S., Birmingham, AL 35233

Montgomery Day Option:

Bus to Peace & Justice Memorial & Freedom Monument Sculpture, Montgomery

7:45am	Arrive & Load bus @ Hilton Birmingham at UAB Lobby
8am	Depart for Klein Wallace House - 36799-36401 AL-25, Harpersville, AL 35078
8:45am	Arrive & Unload
9-10am	Tour
10:15am 11:30-1:30 1:45pm 2pm 2-3pm 3pm 4:30-5pm	Load & Depart for Peace & Justice Memorial - 414 Caroline St, Montgomery, AL 36104 Tour & Lunch Load and depart for Freedom Monument Sculpture Park Arrive & Unload Tour Load & Depart for Hilton Birmingham at UAB Arrive & Unload at Hilton Birmingham at UAB

Regroup for evening activities

5-6pm	Birmingham Museum of Art - open galleries
6-7pm	Guest Lecture by Jiha Moon @ Birmingham Museum of Art (Auditorium)
7-9pm	Masters Award Dinner @ Birmingham Museum of Art (Oscar’s Café)
9-11pm	TrimTab Brewing Co. evening final hang and Student Scholarship Silent Auction

Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024

7am-2pm

Exhibition pick up

Momentary Signals @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Visitors Center)

Student Pop-Up @ UAB 2300 Studios

Board of Directors Exhibition @ Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark (Power House)

2024 Dianne Komminsk Scholarship Exhibition@ UAB 501 Building in ArtLab

Call: (803) 956-9876

Email: admin@midsouthsculpture.org

Address:
PO Box 333101
Murfreesboro, TN 37133

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