Jacksonville State turns the Research Center into art – and you are invited to the opening of the exhibit!

Thursday August 25, 2025 Bill Finch will be delivering a talk at 4:00 and the Exhibit opens from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. We would love to see you!

Universities being hard to navigate and find parking, maps are below.

Bill’s talk is at 4:00 in in the auditorium at Merrill Hall

The exhibit opens at 5:00 at Hammond Hall.

Artists include Allison McElroy from Jacksonville State and Doug Baulos from Birmingham and UAB.

Jamey Grimes, professor of sculpture from the University of Alabama

Celeste Amparo Pfau from Birmingham.

Doug Clark photography professor from Jacksonville State and Bryce Lafferty Head of the Art Department at Jacksonville State that has organized this art exhibit.

John and Kendra Abbott from the University of Alabama. John is the Curator of Musems for U of A, also an Entomologist. Kendra is the Blount Scholar and works on science and communication. They are both world renowned photographers and have Bugshot photography workshop in various parts of the world.

Leah Hamel, a conceptual artist and her husband Andrew Tynes, a muralist from Birmingham

Elaine Booth – Huntsville, Morgan Worsham – Jacksonville State and co-ordinator for the exhibit.

Patrice Anderson and Mary Dunn from Jacksonville State professors of Graphic Design

Shay Herring Clanton, raised in Huntsville, lives in Virginia and retired art professor from Mary Baldwin. She and her siblings put a conservation easement on their family land on Sharp Mountain, just on the other side of the Sharp Bingham Preserve.