UA Student’s ‘Forget Me Knots’ Art Exhibit Opens in Downtown Tuscaloosa

The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa will host the opening of "Forget Me Knots " from Friday, November 6 through December 16 at The Arts Council Gallery in the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, 620 Greensboro Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. This event will feature a thesis presentation by UA New College student Rose Kimbrough.

Gallery hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Her work will also be featured during the First Friday Art Walk series on Friday, November 6, and Friday, December 4. Click here for First Friday information.

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Kimbrough, a Birmingham native, began her artistic journey at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and graduated from its Visual Arts department in 2024. She is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree at The University of Alabama through New College’s interdisciplinary studies program, where she combines human biology, public art and studio art practices with a minor in Art History.

According to the press release, “This exhibition was created fulfilling partial requirements of a New College Thesis presentation. Using recycled and rescued paper scraps, sanded and layered with plexiglass etchings, screenprints, and monotype prints, the display is a collection of memories held within the suspense of place. Each memory is assigned to its own form inspired by elements from those memories or places. Forms such as a tree branch arching outward, a crumbling archway, or reaching, expanding kudzu are created by taking paper scraps from studios around Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, combining the paper, sanding away at the pre-existing images, and layering images using various print techniques. A combination of 2D and 3D art processes expands the traditional print image to create a piece shaped by raw reliance on human hands and intervention, and the distillation of memory.”

Rose Kimbrough Achievements

• Curated the Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art’s Juried Show, “Domestic Archives.”
• Received a Gold award from the Rexhibits “Fault Lines” exhibit.
• Participated in the 6^th Southeast Regional Biannual Competition with the LeGrange Museum of Art.
• Won 2nd place in the 2024 7th District Congressional Art Competition.
• Received the Levites Seed Grant.
• Received the ASSURE Grant through The University of Alabama.