Tuesday, January 10-March 11

BCRI kicks off its 20^th anniversary on January 10 with "Vision: Works from the BCRI Fine Arts Collection," an exhibition that will feature 36 works by prominent African American artists including eight Alabamians – Ahmad Austin, Art Bacon, Gwen Gorby, Chester Higgins, Ronald McDowell, Hollis Nall, Stephen Walker – as well as internationally acclaimed artists Sam Gilliam, Jacob Lawrence and Margaret Burroughs.    On display through March 11 in the Odessa Woolfolk gallery.

Monday, January 16--March 11

Acclaimed artist Nancy Stricklin presents the Flex Flow exhibit on January 16-March 11 in the Milestone Gallery.  This exhibit features paintings that display a variety of styles and techniques that create stories and emotions through paint.  The art displays the beauty of flexibility in the human form and the flow of colors that defines the beauty in art.  For more information, go to www.nancystricklin.com

January 16- February 29

BCRI open Mondays

January 26-February 26

Helen Keller Student Art Show of Alabama. Vann Gallery.  This exhibit is an annual show for the students of Alabama who are visually impaired, blind or deaf-blind. This show is open to students of all ages in Alabama, providing public, private, residential and home school students with an opportunity to showcase special talents and abilities.

Thursdays, February 2, 9, 16, 23 at 10:00 am

Heritage Alive!—Rev. Abraham L. Woods, Jr. Community Meeting Room. Recommended for Grades K-3 -registration required. Please call (866) 328-9696, ext. 246 for information.  (Scheduled by request).

Saturday, February 11 at 10:00 am

BCRI Artist workshop –  Odessa Woolfolk Gallery - In conjunction with the exhibition: "Vision: Works from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Fine Arts Collection 1992 – 2012."

Tuesday, February 14 at 10:00 am

Black Women in American Culture and History lecture –  Richard Arrington Resource Gallery.

Wednesday, February 15 at 10:00 am

The Legacy of Fred L. Shuttlesworth lecture –  Richard Arrington Resource Gallery.

Thursday, February 16 at 4 pm

Booksigning with Waights Taylor, Jr. for  Our Southern Home (Scottsboro to Montgomery to Birmingham): The Transformation of the South in the Twentieth Century – Gift Store.   

Tuesday, February 21 at 7 pm

Annual Mardi Gras Celebration.  For information, call (866) 328-9696, ext. 213.

Thursday, February 23 at 6 pm  

"Slavery by Another Name" film screening and discussion – Abraham Woods Community Meeting Room.  Screening of PBS project based upon the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Wall Street Journal writer Douglas Blackmon.

Tuesday, February 28 at 10:00 am-12pm

Galleries Alive –  Permanent Exhibition – Music and spoken word throughout the BCRI Permanent Gallery.

Tuesday, March 27-June 11
Living in Limbo: Lesbian Families in the Deep South. Odessa Woolfolk Gallery. Photographer Carolyn Sherer provides images (with text by Ellen Dossett) that celebrate commitment, caring, and family for everyone—a world without Limbo. Click here for more information.