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Locals and visitors from across the country will make their way to the Kentuck Festival of the Arts this weekend. The event also brings in more than 270 artists from all walks of life. One such creative is Abi Brewer. She shared insights with Alabama Public Radio into what fuels her work and creativity.

The Mobile Museum of Art is celebrating a milestone: the 60th anniversary of its founding. The museum will hold a 1960s-themed Birthday Bash to commemorate the occasion. That's along with the opening of the special exhibition, 1960s Hard Edge and Op Art: Tribute to the Responsive Eye.

Applications are now open for artist booths, live performers and vendors at the 2025 Druid City Arts Festival, hosted by the City of Tuscaloosa. The event is now in its 16th year.

The Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center invites the public to the Fall Invitational: AU Connection Reception on Sept. 19. The event is free and will showcase an eclectic collection of 23 works by 12 artists associated with Auburn University.

The lineups and schedules for two stages at the 53rd Kentuck Festival of the Arts is being announced. The event will have its Tuscaloosa debut on Oct. 19 and 20 at Snow Hinton Park.

Disney fans, film fanatics and fashion followers in Alabama have little time left to visit a special exhibition at the Birmingham Museum of Art. Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costumes highlights the intricacies of costuming of iconic characters from classic Disney films to more modern TV shows.

A yearly event showcasing poetry readings and jazz performances is back in Mobile. The annual Gulf Coast Ethnic and Heritage Jazz Festival kicks off on July 25 and runs through July 28. The experience is billed as a celebration of the rich history of jazz and art in the Port City and is meant to promote different types of jazz styles like Southern swing, Latin and bebop.

Vincent van Gogh is known for being one of the most influential artists of the Post-Impressionist period. Renowned for his vibrant and highly emotional paintings, Van Gogh’s work has long captured the minds and hearts of both experts and casual observers. Now, patrons in Alabama can view Van Gogh’s art in a new way.

For Pride Month 2024, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ creatives who live in Montgomery and its surrounding communities. The MMFA is currently taking art submissions for the Museum Shop Popup: Show Your Pride event through Friday, April 26.

Birmingham’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Salaam Green, is hosting a public reading of her new chapbook, “Once Upon a Magic City” in honor of National Poetry Month on Thursday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the Birmingham Public Library.