Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will celebrate the opening of its newest exhibit with a lecture and art workshop on Saturday, Sept. 8.

“The Paul Jones Collection: A Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Exhibition” is on display at the museum through Oct. 31. The exhibit features a selection of work from the famed Paul R. Jones Collection, one of the world’s oldest, largest and most complete collections of works by African-American artists.

The exhibit opening event will start at 11 a.m. with a lecture entitled “The Peculiar Mission of the Paul R. Jones Collection” presented by Dr. Amalia Amaki, the curator of the Jones collection. Following the lecture, visitors can participate in the “Create a Masterpiece” youth art workshop from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., where they will have an opportunity to create their own work of art in the style of the artists featured in the exhibit.

Both the lecture and workshop are open to the public and admission is free.

The Capri Theatre in Montgomery, Alabama presents Age of Champions with Director Christopher Rufo as part of the South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers on Thursday, September 20 at 7:30m. Following a screening of his feature documentary Rufo and the audience will engage in a discussion about the film and his work as a filmmaker.

Age of Champions is the award-winning documentary following five competitors who sprint, leap, and swim for gold at the National Senior Olympics. You'll meet a 100-year-old tennis champion, an 86-year-old pole-vaulter and a group of rough-and-tumble basketball grandmothers (65+) as they triumph over the limitations of age. When one athlete loses a spouse and another is diagnosed with cancer, they dig even deeper to make their Olympic dreams come true.

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts will celebrate the openings of three exhibitions on Thursday, October 4 from 6 to 7 PM with an opening reception. The exhibitions are: Psychedelic Mania: Stephen Rolfe Powell’s Dance with Glass, Accumulations: The Art Joelle Ford and Stephen T. Johnson; and Highlights from the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art at the University of Alabama.  Following the reception, at 7 PM, Peter Morrin, who has studied Stephen Rolfe Powell’s career for many years, will lend his insight into the life and work of the artist.
 
On Friday, October 5 from 5 to 8 PM, join the Museum for an outdoor evening a glass blowing demonstration by Stephen Rolfe Powell, picnicking, music, and more. Pre-order a boxed dinner by September 28.