Homewood Community Gallery to feature pastel, pencil work by Andrew Tyson

Homewood resident Andrew Tyson’s art will be the latest installation featured as part of city’s Community Gallery in the lobby of City Hall. The exhibit is presented by the Homewood Arts Council.

Diane Litsey, chair of the Homewood Arts Council said Tyson’s featured work will be a mix of pastel and pencil art.

An opening reception will serve to welcome the community Thursday, Oct. 22 from 6-8 p.m. The exhibit will be available to the public through January 2016.

According to a news release about the event, Tyson has served as the portrait artist for Miss Alabama for the past 10 years. He is a member of the Birmingham Art Association and the Mountain Brook Art Association. Tyson has also had his art published in the Birmingham Arts Journal and is the designer of the Homewood High School Air Force Jr. ROTC crest, which is still in use today. Tyson’s photography will be part of the soon-to-be released Homewood history book by Jake Collins. 

Tyson is represented by Littlehouse Galleries in Homewood. 

The new exhibit, opening next week, is the second installation of the Homewood Community Gallery. The gallery first opened this summer and featured the winners of the Homewood Art Council’s “Faces, Places and Traces of Homewood” photo contest.

Litsey said going forward, the plan is to have three different exhibits each year.

“The council thought the community gallery would be a good fit for Homewood to showcase art,” she said. “Our goal is to feature the work of local artists, not necessarily Homewood artists, and get the community involved. We are always looking for new people to take part.”

A new artist will be selected for the next exhibit to be unveiled in February, said Litsey.

For more on the Homewood Arts Council, visit the group’s Facebook page.