Press Release: 10-7-09

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Press Release 10-7-09: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders

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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Mission Statement:
To promote the enjoyment, understanding, and appreciation of gardens, sculpture, the natural environment, and the arts.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions: Lynn Chadwick: In Contact Sculpture from the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College October 9, 2009 - January 3, 2010 Henry Moore: Master Printmaker The Lillian Heidenberg Gift to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park October 9, 2009 - January 3, 2010

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, MD

MISSION STATEMENT:
The Walters Art Museum brings art and people together for enjoyment, discovery, and learning. We strive to create a place where people of every background can be touched by art. We are committed to exhibitions and programs that will strengthen and sustain our community.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions: Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece October 11, 2009–January 3, 2010 Art on Purpose: Heroes in Our Midst September 16, 2009–January 3, 2010 The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts December 3, 2009–February 28, 2010 Events

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

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

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

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian-Florida International University *BEAUTY ON THE BEACH: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF SWIMWEAR* Closes October 11!!!! *SUN STROKE STIMULUS* Closes October 11!!!! *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

Atlanta, GA Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Old Master Highlights of the Works on Paper Collection Through December 6 Events

Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art Emil Holzhauer: The Georgia Years Aug. 29-Nov. 29 William Christenberry Photographs, 1961–2005 Opens September 12 - Nov. 8 Events

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

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
The Yeiser Art Center *Wood-O-Rama* October 9 – November 7 Artist of the Month: Marta Utsler

Owensboro, KY Owensboro Museum of Fine Art *Expressions* Closes October 17

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
The Speed Art Museum English Silver from the Age of Matthew Boulton The James C. Codell, Jr. Collection Closes October 11!!!! *African Art at the Speed* Extended through January 4, 2010 The Private Eye: Photographic Highlights from the Henry V. Heuser, Jr. Collection Closes October 11!!!! Events

Lexington, KY The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky Exploring the American West October 11-December 20 Robert C. May Photography Lecture Series October 3 - November 1 Artists, Writers, and Photographers Through October 25 Events

New Orleans, LA Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print Closes October 11!!!!
New Orleans Museum of Art The Mind's Eye: Without Subject Matter, What Does the Artist See? Closes Oct. 11th!!!! With a Little Help from Our Friends: Recent Accessions in the Decorative Arts Closes Oct. 18th The Art of Caring A Look at Life through Photography Closes Oct. 11!!!! Skylar Fein: Youth Manifesto Sept. 12th 2009 - Jan. 3rd 2010 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 *Charleston Renaissance* Ongoing Events

Baltimore, MD Contemporary Museum *FAX* Sept. 12 - Dec. 20 Event

Ridgeland, MS Mississippi Craft Center A selection from the Apron Museum in Iuka, MS Closes Oct. 16th Event

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
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
New Mexico History Museum Segesser Hide Paintings Ongoing Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción Ongoing Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe Through 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
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

Highlands, NC The Bascom *Southern Landscapes by Lamar Dodd and Will Henry Stevens* August 22 - Oct. 17 *Cat Chow: Beyond Fiber Art* September 5–October 10 Events



Asheville, NC Asheville Art Museum *Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed* Through December 6 Ruth Asawa: Drawing in Space Sept. 19, 2009 - Feb. 7, 2010 Events

Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Museum of Art *ARTQUILTStransitions* Sept. 12- Nov. 1 Events

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 Beyond Beauty: Photographs from the Duke University Special Collections Library July 2-Oct. 18 Events
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

Charleston, SC Gibbes Museum of Art *Ancestry and Innovation* Closes October 11!!!! The Charleston Story Ongoing Events

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum* Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce October 2 – January 10, 2010 Events * Brooks is now closed Mondays AND Tuesdays
Children's Museum of Memphis *Building Brainstorm* September 26- January 10, 2010. Event
The Pink Palace Museum *Underground Memphis: Archaeology and the African American Experience* Closes October 16 On Track in Memphis! October 10 – 25 Event

Centennial Art Center Nashville's Internationals, III Works by Visual Artists Who Have Immigrated to Nashville October 2 - 30
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
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


The Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery Visiting Artists -Aisha Cousins and Carl Pope Oct 1-Nov 20
Tennessee Art League Mary Spelling Premiere Gallery September 1 - October 31 2009 Faith Heitzer 2nd Floor Gallery Through October 31 Events
Tennessee State Museum A Unity of Opposites: Recent Work by Michael Taylor Sept. 17 - Oct. 25 Talking Graphics: The Visual Designs of Jane Davis Doggett Sept. 17 - Oct. 25 Events

Sewanee, TN University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South Nowcasting October 9 – November 22 Event

Chattanooga, TN Hunter Museum of American Art New York Cool: Painting and Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection Through Oct. 25 *Twenty Original American Etchings* Sep 21st (2009) - Jan 1st, 2010 Events

Oak Ridge, TN Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Camera Club Exhibition October 16 - November 19 Event

Norris, TN Museum of Appalachia Tennessee Fall Homecoming Oct. 8-11 Event

Knoxville, TN Blount Mansion *Watercolors by Tony Kampwerth* October 2-26 Event
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture *Tennessee Artists Association Annual Fall Juried Show* October 2-30 *40th Anniversary Exhibition by the Carpetbag Theatre* October 2-30 Event
Girl Scout Museum Girl Scouts Make New Friends in the Southern Appalachian Area Oct. 1 - December

Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts *In View of the Smokies: Celebrating 75 Years* Closes October 10!!!! Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery Ongoing

Johnson City, TN Slocumb Galleries ETSU Constructing Image: Insights to the Andy Warhol Photographs Oct. 13, 2009 - January 7, 2010 Secrecy Series: Selected Works by Michael Aurcbach Closes Oct. 9!!!!

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest Taos Masters paintings Through October 25th Of, By and About the American Indian Closes October 18th

Fort Worth, TX Kimbell Art Museum Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons plus Film Installations by Philip Haas Inspired by Works in the Collection Opening July 18-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

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
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

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