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Press Release 10-21-09: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders

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Contemporary Focus: Hunt Clark, Patricia Tinajero, and David Wolff

Knoxville Museum of Art
Contemporary Focus:
Hunt Clark, Patricia Tinajero, and David Wolf


Openings, Closings, and Events
See Exhibitions page to see a sample photos of current and upcoming shows.

Huntsville, AL

Huntsville Museum of Art

  • Looking at the Collection: Nature’s Realm
    • August 16 - November 22
  • Looking at the Collection: The Elegant Vessel
    • Opens August 30 - November 8.
  • Looking at the Collection: Buccellati Highlights
    • through November 2009
  • Art by American Women: The Sellars Collection
    • September 20 - November 1
Art by American Women: The Sellars Collection

Daytona Beach, FL

The Southeast Museum of Photography

  • ReCollections: Early Collection Highlights
    • October 3 - December 16
  • Journal by Annabel Clark
    • October 3 - December 16
  • Anthology RECENT WORKS – ACQUISITIONS
    • September 12 - February 12, 2010
  • Events

Winter Park, FL

Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College

  • Andy Warhol: Personalities
    • Through Jan. 3
  • André Kertész: On Reading
    • Through Jan. 3
  • Events

Miami, FL

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University

  • The Missing Peace: Artists Consider The Dalai Lama
    • October 9, 2009 -
      January 10, 2010
  • En Vista
    • October 9, 2009 –
      December 7, 2009
  • l a c u n a i n t e s t i m o n y
    • October 9, 2009 –
      January 10, 2010
  • Events
En Vista

West Palm Beach, FL

Norton Museum of Art

  • George Segal: Street Scenes
    • September 5 - December 6
  • New York, New York: The 20th Century
    • October 3 –December 27, 2009
  • Events
New York, New York: The 20th Century

Miami Beach, FL

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University

  • Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection
    • Ongoing
  • Youth in Uniform: Selections from the Gift of Steven Heller
    • special collections library vestibule
    • Through October
  • Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile Design, 1908-1948
    • October 16, 2009 through
      March 14, 2010
  • Events
Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile Design, 1908-1948

Atlanta, GA

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University

  • Old Master Highlights of the Works on Paper Collection
    • Through December 6
  • Events
Old Master Highlights of the Works on Paper Collection

Milledgeville, GA

Georgia State College & University Museum

  • War on Terror
    • Extended through November 28
  • Censorship
    • October 22 – November 28

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis Museum of Art

  • Fashion in Bloom
    • April 4, 2009–January 31, 2010
    • Paul Fashion Arts Gallery
  • Eighteenth-Century Furniture Design
    • May 23, 2009–February 21, 2010
    • Conant Gallery
  • Judith G. Levy: Memory Cloud
    • July 10, 2009–January 17, 2010
    • Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion
  • Paired Photographs
    • July 18, 2009–March 21, 2010
    • Golden Gallery
  • Omer Fast: The Casting
    • September 11, 2009 –
      March 14, 2010
    • McCormack Forefront Galleries
  • Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World
    • October 11, 2009–
      January 3, 2010
    • Clowes Gallery in the Wood Pavilion
Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World

Paducah, KY

The National Quilt Museum

  • World War II Quilts Exhibited at The National Quilt Museum
    • October 9 – December 15
  • Masters: Art Quilts
    • Through November 10
World War II Quilts Exhibited at The National Quilt Museum

The Yeiser Art Center

  • Wood-O-Rama
    • October 9 – November 7
  • Artist of the Month: Marta Utsler
Wood-O-Rama

Louisville, KY

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft

  • Water Quilts: From the Collection of John Walsh III
    • October 17th - December 19
  • Holidazzle 2009
    • October 17 – December 31
  • Holidazzle Clay
    • October 17 – December 31
Holidazzle 2009
Louisville Visual Art Association Water Tower at Dusk
The Speed Art Museum
  • Painting in Europe, 1600-1800
    • October 25, 2009 -
      January 24, 2010
  • European and American Art, 1800-1960
    • Opened October 11
  • Hattie Bishop Speed: A New Museum for Louisville
    • September 1, 2009 to
      March 14, 2010
  • A Book of Prayers: The Medieval Bestseller
    • October 11, 2009 to
      February 14, 2010
  • English Silver from the Age of Matthew Boulton
    The James C. Codell, Jr. Collection
    • Extended to January 3, 2010
  • African Art at the Speed
    • Extended through January 4, 2010
  • Events
Painting in Europe, 1600-1800

Lexington, KY

The Art Museum at the
University of Kentucky

  • Exploring the American West
    • October 11-December 20
  • Robert C. May Photography Lecture Series
    • Closes November 1
  • Artists, Writers, and Photographers
    • Closes October 25
  • Events

Paris, KY

Hopewell Museum

  • Creative Harvest Art Exhibit
    • October 2 - December 19
  • Event
Creative Harvest Art Exhibit

Baton Rouge

Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries' Special Collections

  • Two Gentlemen from Louisiana:
    The Congressional Papers of Senators John B. Breaux and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.
    • Through Jan. 30, 2010
Two Gentlemen from Louisiana:

New Orleans, LA

Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University

  • Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Made in America
    • October 21 - December 23
    • Event
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

New Orleans Museum of Art

  • Skylar Fein: Youth Manifesto
    • Sept. 12th 2009 - Jan. 3rd 2010
  • Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio
    • Opens November 15
  • Events
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
  • Bo Bartlett: Paintings 1984-2000
    • Through Jan. 3, 2010
  • Storming the Ramparts: Objects of Evidence
    • Through Jan. 3, 2010
  • Walter Inglis Anderson: Watercolors from the Collection of Wesley and Norman Galen
    • Ongoing
  • Stanley Staniski: On the Road with Benny Andrews
    • Through Jan. 3, 2010
  • Events
Stanley Staniski: On the Road with Benny Andrews

Baltimore, MD

The Walters Art Museum

  • Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece
    • Sept. 12 - Dec. 20
  • Art on Purpose: Heroes in Our Midst
    • Sept. 16, 2009 – Jan. 3, 2010
  • Events
Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece

Grand Rapids, MI

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

  • Lynn Chadwick: In Contact
    Sculpture from the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College
    • Oct. 9, 2009 - Jan. 3, 2010
  • Henry Moore: Master Printmaker
    • Oct. 9, 2009 - Jan. 3, 2010

Lynn Chadwick: In Contact Sculpture from the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College

Biloxi, MS

Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

  • From the Vault
    • Through Jan. 29, 2010

Columbia, MO

Museum of Art and Archaeology
University of Missouri

  • The Sacred Feminine: Prehistory to Postmodernity
    • August 29 - December 24
  • Ancient Glass from the Permanent Collection
    • Ongoing from August 2007
  • The Fine Art of Living: Luxury Objects from the East and West
    • Ongoing from May 29, 2008
  • Faces of Warhol: Constructing Gender
    • Through February 7, 2010
  • The European and American Galleries
    • Ongoing
  • Treasures from Antiquity: The Weinberg Gallery of Ancient Art
    • Ongoing
  • Event
The Sacred Feminine: Prehistory to Postmodernity

Santa Fe, NM

The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

  • A River Apart
    • Through Jun 6, 2010
  • Native American Picture Books of Change
    • Through Jan 2, 2010
  • Native Couture II: Innovation and Style
    • Aug 30, 2009 through Feb 10, 2010
  • The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery
    • Ongoing
  • Here, Now and Always
    • Ongoing
  • Events
A River Apart
Museum of International Folk Art
  • Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia
    • in the Bartlett Wing
    • Through March 14, 2010
  • Nuevo México: El Corazon de La Cultura
    in Lloyd's Treasure Chest
    • Through December 31, 2009
  • Multiple Visions: A Common Bond
    • Ongoing
  • A Century of Masters:The NEA National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico
    • Sept. 27, 2009 - Jan 16, 2011
  • Events
A Century of Masters:The NEA National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum
  • Segesser Hide Paintings
    • Ongoing
  • Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción
    • Ongoing
  • Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe
    • Closes Oct. 25!!!!
  • Telling New Mexico
    • Ongoing
  • Fashioning New Mexico
    • Through Apr 14, 2010
  • Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time
    • Nov 20, 2009 through
      Nov 20, 2010
  • Events
Segesser Hide Paintings
New Mexico Museum of Art
  • O’Keeffe and Baumann
    • Ongoing
  • How The West is One: The Art of New Mexico
    • Ongoing
  • The Surreal Life: Gerry Snyder and Marco Rosichelli
    • Sep 25, 2009 - Jan 31, 2010
  • Landscape Reconsidered
    • Oct 9, 2009 - Jan 10, 2010
  • Events
Landscape Reconsidered

Highlands, NC

The Bascom

  • Members Invitational
    • October 16–November 7
  • American Art Today, Juried Works
    • October 24–December 18
  • Events
Members Invitational

Asheville, NC

Asheville Art Museum

  • Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed
    • Through December 6
  • Ruth Asawa: Drawing in Space
    • Sept. 19, 2009 - Feb. 7, 2010
  • Events
Ruth Asawa: Drawing in Space

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville Museum of Art

  • ARTQUILTStransitions
    • Closes Nov. 1
  • Events
ARTQUILTStransitions

Durham, NC

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

  • Picasso and the Allure of Language
    • August 20 - Jan. 3, 2010.
  • DAVID ROBERTS AND THE HOLY LAND
    • Through Nov. 29
  • THE PAST IS PRESENT: CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES AT THE NASHER MUSEUM
    • Through Nov. 29
  • Events
Picasso and the Allure of Language
Raleigh, NC

Gregg Museum of Art & Design North Carolina State University

  • Hang it Up!
    • October 22 - December 19
  • Recent Gifts of Native American Art from the Collection of Drs. Norman and Gilda Greenberg
    • October 22 - December 19
Recent Gifts of Native American Art from the Collection of Drs. Norman and Gilda Greenberg

Wilmington, NC

The Cameron Art Museum

  • Winning IDEAs: Selected Product Designs 2008
    • Closes Oct. 25!!!!
  • KALEIDOSCOPE: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection
    • Through May 9, 2010
  • GWATHMEY SIEGEL: Inspiration and Transformation
    • Through January 10, 2010

Winning IDEAs: Selected Product Designs 2008

Columbia, SC

Columbia Museum of Art

  • Ansel Adams: Masterworks
    • Oct. 23, 2009 ­ Jan. 17, 2010
    • Event

Charleston, SC

Gibbes Museum of Art

  • Brian Rutenberg: Tidesong
    • Oct. 23, 2009 - Jan. 10, 2010
  • The Charleston Story
    • Ongoing
  • Event

Memphis, TN

Memphis Brooks Art Museum*

  • Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce
    • October 2 – January 10, 2010
  • From the School of Myatt
    • through Dec. 6
  • Events

* Brooks is now closed Mondays AND Tuesdays

From the School of Myatt
The Pink Palace Museum
  • On Track in Memphis!
    • Closes October 25!!!!
On Track in Memphis!

Centennial Art Center
  • Nashville's Internationals, III Works by Visual Artists Who Have Immigrated to Nashville
    • Closes October 30
Nashville's Internationals, III Works by Visual Artists Who Have Immigrated to Nashville
Nashville, TN

Cheekwoood Botanical Garden &
Museum of Art

  • From Washington to Warhol:
    Americana Redefined
    • July 11, 2009 - January 3, 2010
  • Temporary Contemporary – Nashville Memoir: Photographs by Greg Miller
    • Oct. 3, 2009 – Feb. 22, 2010
  • Scarecrows
    • Through Nov.1
  • The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
  • The City in Twilight: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris 1924–1939
    • Ingram Gallery
  • Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    • Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010
  • Oliver Herring: Sculpture and Video
    Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
    • Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010
  • Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song
    • Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010
  • Events
Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery
  • Visiting Artists -Aisha Cousins and
    Carl Pope
    • Oct 1-Nov 20
The Parthenon
  • Nashville’s Soul: Images of the Sacred
    Photographs by Tamara Reynolds
    • Closes October 31
  • The Fiery Gizzard Series: Paintings by Susan Goshgarian McGrew
    • October 31, 2009-
      February 20, 2010
Nashville’s Soul: Images of the Sacred
Tennessee Art League
  • Mary Spelling
    • Closes October 31
  • Faith Heitzer
    • Closes October 31
    • 2nd Floor Gallery
Mary Spelling
The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA)
  • Abraham Lincoln: Beyond the Penny
    • Closes October 29
Abraham Lincoln: Beyond the Penny
Tennessee State Museum
  • A Unity of Opposites: Recent Work by Michael Taylor
    • Closes Oct. 25!!!!
  • Talking Graphics: The Visual Designs of Jane Davis Doggett
    • Closes Oct. 25!!!!
  • Events
A Unity of Opposites: Recent Work by Michael Taylor

Sewanee, TN

University Art Gallery Sewanee:
The University of the South

  • Nowcasting
    • October 9 – November 22
Nowcasting

Chattanooga, TN

Hunter Museum of American Art

  • New York Cool: Painting and
    Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection
    • Closes Oct. 25!!!!
  • Twenty Original American Etchings
    • Sep 21st (2009) - Jan 1st, 2010
  • Events
Jellies: Living Art

Oak Ridge, TN

Children's Museum of Oak Ridge

  • Camera Club Exhibition
    • October 16 - November 19


Knoxville, TN

Blount Mansion

  • Watercolors by Tony Kampwerth
    • Closes October 26!!!!
    • Event
Watercolors by Tony Kampwerth
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture
  • Tennessee Artists Association Annual Fall Juried Show
    • Closes October 30
  • 40th Anniversary Exhibition by the Carpetbag Theatre
    • Closes October 30
  • Event
Tennessee Artists Association Annual Fall Juried Show
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville
  • Multiple X Multiple
    • October 9 - November 8
Multiple X Multiple
Knoxville Museum of Art
  • Contemporary Focus
    • Sept. 4 - Nov. 8
  • Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception
    • October 30, 2009–
      January 24, 2010
  • Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee
    • Ongoing

See Sherrie's Blog!

Contemporary Focus
Frank H. McClung Museum,
University of Tennessee
  • Discovering American Indian Art
    • Through January 10, 2010
Ramsey House Plantation Ramsey House Plantation

Gatlinburg, TN

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

  • Women in Wood
    • October 16-January 2, 2010
  • Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery
    • Ongoin
Women in Wood

Johnson City, TN

Slocumb Galleries ETSU

  • Constructing Image: Insights to the Andy Warhol Photographs
    • Oct. 13, 2009 - January 7, 2010
Constructing Image: Insights to the Andy Warhol Photographs

Midland, TX

Museum of the Southwest

  • Taos Masters paintings
    • Closes October 25th!!!!
  • Tonight the West is Sleeping
    • October 16 through
      December 30th

Fort Worth, TX

Kimbell Art Museum

  • Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons
    plus Film Installations by Philip Haas
    Inspired by Works in the Collection
    • Closes October 25!!!!
  • European Art
    • South Gallery
    • Current
  • Asian Art
    • North Gallery
    • Current
  • Pre-Columbian and African Art
    • East Gallery
  • Michelangelo’s First Painting:
    The Torment of Saint Anthony
    • On View beginning Sept. 26
  • Events
Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons

Dallas, TX

Dallas Museum of Art

  • All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts
    • Through November 8
  • Private Universes: Media Works
    • June 14 - November 8
  • Materials & Meanings
    • Through Summer 2010
    • Center for Creative Connections
  • Events
All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts
Meadows Museum SMU
  • Face and Form: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture in the Meadows Collection
    • ongoing beginning October 7, 2009. (today!!)
  • There Was A Forest – Jewish Life in Eastern Europe Today
    • Through Nov. 15
    • Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library – Owen Arts Center
  • By Magical Means: Drawings by Anna Zemánková
    • Through Oct. 10
    • Pollock Gallery in Hughes-Trigg Student Center
  • Events
Face and Form: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture in the Meadows Collection
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