Alabama Blues Project
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Northport, AL 35476
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BLUES VIPs
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BLUES PATRONS
Bruce Hagemann and Lynne Adrian
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BLUES PROVIDERS
Carl Adams
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BLUES LOVERS
"Blue River Democrat"
Russ Comer
Ron Davis
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BLUES SUPPORTERS
Terry Allen
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4th Annual

Evening of Art & Blues

Thank you to auctioneers!

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

(205) 507-1112


McAbee Construction
(205) 349-2212

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758-2627


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PLEASE CALL
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Thank you to our auction donors!


The following are donations
From Zindler's Sports Collectibles


University of Alabama
Football Legends Helmet
Autographed by Joe Namath,
Bart Starr, Ken Stabler,
Richard Todd, John Parker Wilson
and Brodie Croyle


Rolling Stones Mick Jagger
Autographed Display


Led Zeppelin John Paul Jones
Autographed Display


Arnold Palmer
Autographed Display


Joe Namath Autographed Jersey


REM Michael Stipe
Autographed Display


Don Sutton Autographed Baseball


Jeff Foxworthy
Autographed Display


Elizabeth DeRamus - Photography
(Birmingham, AL)


7x7" Original Photograph


Bailey Jack - Fine Folk Art
(Cartersville, GA)


"Family Picnic"
17x5" Glicee


"St. Francis" 7x16" Glicee


"Sunday Desert"
17x15.5" Framed Canvas Painting


"Blossom"
10x10" Painting on Canvas


Victoria L. Antoine - Artist/Designer
(Florence, AL)


Vintage "Mostly Blues"
11x14" Art Print


Brown Guitar "Mosty Blues"
11x14" Art Print


Chris Kruse - Blues Folk Art
(New Braunfels, TX)


Junior Kimbrough
12x18" Acrylic on 3/8" thick wood


Big Joe Williams
12.5x8" Acrylic on 1/2" thick wood


J.D. Sipe - Blues Portraits
(Albuquerque, NM)


B.B. King
9x12” Mixed Media
Painting on Wood


Daniel Edlen - Vinyl Art
(Gilbert, AZ)


Peter Loose - Folk Art
(Hull, GA)


"We All Share The Blues"
14"x18" Acrylic on Wood
and Peanut Hulls


Terry Crain - Photography
(Birmingham, AL)


Old Union Covered Bridge
13x19" Print on Archival Paper


Oak Mountain
13x19" Print on Archival Paper


Little River Canyon
13x19" Print on Watercolor Paper


Morning Glory
8.5x11" Print on Archival Paper


Miz Thang - Folk Art
(Hawkinsville, GA)


Sam Lay Cutout & Painting
in Drum - Size is 14"x14"


Sam Lay autographed Art Cymbal


Michael Adams - Photography
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


16x20" Framed Photograph


16x20" Framed Photograph


16x20" Framed Photograph


Dustin Curtis - Fine Art
(Decatur, AL)


"Football Prodigy"


Tom Blunt - Folk Art
(Richmond, VA)


Folk Art 7x12" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 10x12" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 5x19" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 6x10" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 5.5x17.5" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 4x15" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 6x12" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 8x12" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 5x21" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 6x11" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 6x18" on Painted Wood


"Who's Got The Blues?"
Folk Art 10x10" on Painted Wood


Folk Art 26" Painted Two-Sided on Wood


3.5x14" Folk Art on Painted Wood


Fish Pins


Edna Hodgens - Paintings
(Birmingham, AL)


Dan C. - Blues Folk Art
(Gator Country, FL)


Willie King Folk Art
14.5x24" Folk Art Painting on Wood


Gayle Hurley - Fine Art
(Birmingham, AL)


"Woman in Morning Light"
6x8" Oil Painting


Chamain O'Mahony - The Creole Cat
(New Orleans, LA)


"Clawrinet Blues "


"Purrservation Hall"


Susan Baird - Fine Art
(Birmingham, AL)


"Orchids, Porcelain, and Oranges"
6x12" Painting on Canvas


Dusty Scott - Blues Photography
* Blues Foundation KBA Award *
(Pittsburgh, PA)


Cristen Craven Barnard
(Senatobia, MS)


"The Deal at the Crossroads"


George B. Elliott - Photography
(Birmingham, AL)


"Sunflower Blue"
11x14" Photo in 16x20" Mat


"Schooners In Camden Bay"
11x14" Photo in 16x20" Mat


Jack "Mr. B" Beverland - Folk Art
(San Antonio, FL)


"Stone Bridge"
17x24" 3D Painting
with Glow-in-the-Dark


Bruce Andrews - Paintings
(Alabaster, AL)


14x16" Original
Framed Watercolor


Selden Smith - Painting
(Birmingham, AL)


"Violence Ends"
24x30" Oil on Canvas


Stephen Smith - Fine Art
(Birmingham, AL)


Mardi Gras Circus Man
8x8" Framed Sketch


Mardi Gras Dancing with Elvis
8x8" Framed Sketch


Mardi Gras Roaring Twenties
8x8" Framed Sketch


Mardi Gras Costume Party
8x8" Framed Sketch


Mardi Gras Masked Man
8x8" Framed Sketch


Erica St. John - Photography
(Summit, MO)


8x10" Framed


"Dilapidated Old Red Barn"
Highway 1 in North Carolina
8x10" Framed Photograph


"Grasshopper on Car Winshield"
8x10" Framed Photograph


"Red Barn in New Bloomfield"
8x10" Framed Photograph


" Garden Spider Macro"
8x10" Framed Photograph


"Tin Roof Barn in New Bloomfield"
8x10" Framed Photograph


Craig Galloway - Galloway Art
(Birmingham, AL)


"Common Stone Too"
27" x 33" Framed Giclee


"Moon Grass"
18" x 24" Matted Photo Giclee



"Cafe in Bloom"
Painting on Canvass 24"x36"


"Dinner for Two"
Framed Painting 33x36"


"Music by the Moon"
Painting on Canvass 16"x20"


"Encore"
Painting on Canvass 16"x20"


"Fore!"
Painting on Canvas 36x24"


Esther Levy - Painting
(Birmingham, AL)


12x12" Oil Painting on Canvas


12x12" Oil Painting on Canvas


12x12" Oil Painting on Canvas


12x12" Oil Painting on Canvas



Birds & Stars II
Medium: Two Color Woodcut, Framed
Art 10"x6", Mat size 20"x 16"
LIMITED 9/30

Carolyn Thomas Jones - Oil Painting
(Birmingham, AL)


"Sierra Madre View "
8x10" Painting
15x17" Framed


Child's Play Foundation Inc.
(Northport, AL)


Chuck Hall - Mixed Media
(Tuscaloosa, AL)

"Pretty, but confused"
12"x15" Framed Art


Chip Cooper - Photography
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


Mary Margaret Binkley - Painting


8x10" Painting


2x4" Ceramic Painting


Ashley Clark - Glam Art
(San Mateo, CA)


"Glitter Guitar"
Glitter Art - Two 10x10" Pieces


Kimberly Brodie - Art Guitars
(Birmingham, AL)


Pictured is Debbie Bond presenting
Bonnie Raitt with one of Kimberly
Brodie's original art guitars!


Lamar Sorrento - Folk Art
(Memphis, TN)


16x20" Painting on Canvas


David Messer - Cypress Creek Art
Watercolors, Oils, Prints & Drawings
(Florence, AL)


"An Evening of Art & Blues"
12x14" Art Print


"Hot Art - Cool Blues - Warm Nights"
12x14" Art Print


The following are donations of:


"Too Much" by Johnny Ace
Acryllic Collage on 20x28” Wood


"The Duke Unplugged" by Johnny Ace
Acryllic Collage on 19x23" Wood


Hellhound License Plate
by W.D. Harden


Helligator License Plate
by W.D. Harden


Hudson-Poole Jewelers
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


Sterling Silver 14K Ladies Ring


Jason Irvin - Charcoal Art
(Moundville, AL)


Bear Bryant Limited Edition
Charcoal Portrait Print


Johnny Cash Limited Edition
Charcoal Portrait Print


Muddy Waters Limited Edition
Charcoal Portrait Print


Donna Branch - Glass Art
(McCalla, AL)


"Ode to the Ancients No. XXVI"
Glass, Cast Carved with Battuto,
Sand-blasted, Acid-etched Still Stand


Debbie Carden - Jewelry
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


Silver & Turquoise Three
Strand Necklace & Bracelet
with Matching Earrings


Helen Arden - Jewelry
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


Multi-color Two
Strand Necklace & Bracelet
with Matching Earrings


Lennie Jones - Blues Folk Art
(Naples, FL)


"Mississippi Son"
Limited Edition Autographed Print


"Desolation Row"
24x26" Painting on Wood


Ginger Joyner - Attala Art
(New Orleans, LA)


9x12" Robert Johnson
Painting On Canvas


Two Sisters Photography
Jan King
(Bessemer, AL)


"Willie's Hands"
11x14" Photograph


"I Am The Blues"
11x14" Photograph


"Willie's Way"
11x14" Photograph


Dan Dalton - Blues Folk Art
(Portland, OR)


15x17.5" Folk Art Painting on Cabinet


The following are donations from:


"Mud Man" by Richard Lewis
11x17" Limited 2/750


Mixed Media by Dr. Bob 13x10.5"


"Holiday Blues" by Richard Lewis
11x17" Limited 2/750


"Uneeda Biscuit " by Richard Lewis
11x17" Limited 1/500


Tim Stevenson
(Florence, AL)


14x16" Art Print


14x16" Art Print


Original Art by Lonnie Holley


Painting on Wood 17"x48"


Michael Hamby - Folk Art
(Childersburg, AL)


12x12" Folk Art Painting on Wood


12x12" Folk Art Painting on Wood


12x12" Folk Art Painting on Wood


Kim Deale - Jewelry and Art
(Jemison, AL)


"Dance Collage"
25x28" Framed Hand Painted
Black & White Photos on Silkscreen


Tory Casey - Folk Art
(Dobson, NC)


"Raising the Spirt of Elvis"
13.5x25.5" Framed Canvas


Sam Granger - Folk Art
(Meansville, GA)


"Blues Club"
Framed Painting 26x32"


Guido Maus - Fine Art
(Birmingham, AL)


"Le Voyage" (The Journey)
* Shown in Versailles 2000 *
44x40" Framed (39 1/4 x 35 1/4")


Christi Bunn - Paintings
(Birmingham, AL)


"Walking Among Champions"
14" x 22" Original Print


Mary Beth Tanner - Oil Painting
(Birmingham, AL)


"Fall at the Brook"
18x24" Oil on Canvas


Maurice Clabaugh - Woodworks
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


Andrea Mistretta - Trend Forward Art
(Waldwick, NJ)


Autographed Poster


Autographed Poster


Autographed Poster


Autographed Poster


Frank McGuigan - Folk Art
(Columbus, MS)


"Up the Country Blues"
9x11" Framed Painting


Autographed Boxing Gloves
by Deontay Wilder


Donated by
Steve Davis - Metalworks
(Northport, AL)


Fox Weathervane (Copper)


Larry O. Gay - Photography
(Birmingham, AL)


City of Birmingham
11x17" Photograph


11x17" Photograph


11x17" Photograph


11x17" Photograph


Linda Munoz - Mosaic Art
(Mentone & York, AL)


Stepstone by 2009 Summertime
Blues Camp Kids with leadership
by art teacher Linda Munoz


Stepstone by 2009 Summertime
Blues Camp Kids with leadership
by art teacher Linda Munoz


Rhys Greene - Photography
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


"Silhouette at High Noon"
B&W Infrared Photo 5.5x5.5";
12x13" Matted & Framed


Christine Maria Roy - Sculpture
(Birmingham, AL)


"The Singer"
India Ink & Acryllic on Canvas


Carol Eichelberger - Collage
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


untitled collage
Acrylic on Paper


Allen Clark - Recycled Art
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


"Face #73" and "Face #47"
Recycled Materials


Lashondra Scott Robinson
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


"Loungin'"
20x25" Framed Painting


Deborah Hughes - Contemporary Art
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


"Crimson Blues"
20x16" Framed Painting


Ken Hawk - Fine Art
Watercolors


"Venice" Serigraph Print 24"x36"


Tricia Stanson - Found Objects Painter
(Columbus, OH)


"Fox Hunt"
Painting on Wood 24"x26"


Billy Perkins - Concert Posters
(Austin, TX)


FOLLOWING ARE DONATIONS OF


"Sonny Boy " by Mandi Taylor
14x18" Painting on Wood


"Junior Wells" by Mandi Taylor
14x18" Painting on Wood


Joanna Jacobs - Jewelry
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


Joni Gruber - Illumination
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


"Bleeding Heart Blues"
21" x 17"
Framed
11" x 14"
Fine Art Giclee
Altered Digital Photography


Lisa Masoner - Nature Photography
(Birmingham, AL)


Three Sets of Stationary


Gillis Jewelers
(Tuscaloosa, AL)


A String of Pearls


Donated by


"Formal Floral"
25x29" Framed Painting


 

MORE ARTISTS
CONFIRMED:

Ab the Flagman - Folk Art
(Marietta, GA)

BeBo - Folk Art
(Kingston Springs, TN)

Sue Blackshear - Paintings
(Cottondale, AL)

Sam Cornman - Glass Art
(Montevallo, AL)

Brian Dowdell - Folk Art
(Space Coast, FL)

Lane Finch - Photography
(Birmingham, AL)

Laurie Kramer - Paintings
(Birmingham, AL)

Shelia Kopaksa-Merkel
(Tuscaloosa, AL)

Herb Patterson - Art Mobiles
(Birmingham, AL)

Laura Preiser - Artisan Jewelry
(Tuscaloosa, AL)

L.G. Walden - Sculptor
(Huntsville, AL)

Dick Waterman - Photography
(Oxford, MS)

Paul Cordes Wilm - Folk-Pop
(Birmingham, AL)


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Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
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Our programs are made possible by the generous support of our sponsors, including the National Endowment for the Arts, Alabama State Council on the Arts, The Crooks Foundation, Bonnie Raitt, Walter Energy, Harrison Galleries LLC and The Jim I. Harrision Family Foundation, Kwik Kopy Printing, Nick's Kids Fund, The D'Addario Foundation for the Performing Arts, Barkley GMC, Hohner, McAbee Construction, Banks Quarles Plumbing & Heating, Jim Myers Drug, Covenant Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa , First United Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa, Hohner, Fender, Mercedes Benz, Manna Grocery, Hiwaay Internet Services, Fender Music Foundation, Yvonne & Leslie Pollack Foundation, Tuscaloosa Consortium for Higher Education, United Way of West Alabama, Zildjian, and many other kind organizations and individuals.