Press Release: 5-13-09

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Press Release 5-13-09: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders (once a month listings for longer running exhibitions that are not closing in the next couple of weeks.

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

Huntsville, AL Huntsville Museum of Art NASA/ART: 50 Years of Exploration Opens May 24 Looking at the Collection: Whimsy in 3-D Through May 31 *Looking at the Collection: Buccellati Highlights* Through November 2009

Winter Park, FL Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College *American Poets by Jack R. Smith* Extended through May 30 *Portrait of a Lady: Selections from the Permanent Collection* Through August 30 *Studio Art Biennial (Exhibition of Faculty Art)* Through August 30 *Andy Warhol: Personalities* Opens May 15

Miami, FL The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University Because I Say So, Sculpture Selections from the Scholl Collection through August 16 Genetic Portraits by Nela Ochoa Through Sept. 6 What Comes After Nancy Friedemann Through Sept. 20 *Creative Visions 2009* Closes May 20!!!! Cintas Fellows Exhibition May 20 – Aug. 23 Events

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian–Florida International University AMERICAN STREAMLINED DESIGN: THE WORLD OF TOMORROW Closes May 17 *STREAMLINED: FROM AIRPLANES TO ARCHITECTURE* IN THE MUSEUMS' RARE BOOK AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY VESTIBULE Through July FREE PAGE AT A TIME May 7 through Sunday, June 7 On display in the lobby. Events

Atlanta, GA Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Tutankhamun exhibition Closes May 25 *Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun* Closes May 25 *MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MASTERS: WORKS ON PAPER HIGHLIGHTS* Closes May 17!!!! Events
Milledgeville, GA Georgia State College & University Museum Peacock’s Feet Opens May 28 – July 30
Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art Southern Eccentric: Paintings by Larry Connatser May 2-August 16 Stories to Tell, Memories to Keep: Folk Art in the South Opens May 16 - August 30 Event

Paducah, KY National Quilt Museum (new hours!) *Burgoyne Surrounded Quilts* Closes May 19!!!! New Winds from Asia April 10 - July 7 Events
The Yeiser Art Center *Fantastic Fibers* Through May 30 Events

Owensboro, KY Owensboro Museum of Fine Art DIMENSIONS Closes May 24

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *Gig Posters: The Art of Contemporary Music* Closes May 16!!!! *Kentucky Artist Series: Brook Forrest White, Jr.* April 4 - May 23 Event
Louisville Visual Art Association Children’s Free Art Classes 2009 Elementary Classes Opens May 17- June 1 Event
The Speed Art Museum *American Art at the Speed* Through May 2009 *The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States* Closes May 17!!!! 4 Salvaged Boxes by wHY Architecture April 12 to June 14 English Silver from the Age of Matthew Boulton The James C. Codell, Jr. Collection April 12 to June 14 *African Art at the Speed* Through July Events

Paris, KY Hopewell Museum The Birthplace of Bourbon: A Whiskey, A Heritage, and an Industry Closes May 22 Event

New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art *Evening in Paris* Through June 28 A Discourse in Abstraction: Jennifer Odem Encounters NOMA's Permanent Collection Closes May 24 Women Artists in Louisiana, 1825-1965: A Place of Their Own Through September 13 Kara Hearn: One thing after another A video by Houston-based artist Kara Hearn. Through May 24 second floor Frederick R. Weisman Galleries The Art of Caring A Look at Life through Photography Opens May 16 Events
The Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows Closes May 31, 2009
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Randy Shull: Crossing Boundaries An exhibition of works by noted North Carolina artist pushes the limits of American craft Through June 4 *Arthur Q. Davis: Legacy of a Modern Architect* April 23 - July 19 *Timex All-Star Jazz Show 1958: Photographs by Jerry Dantzic* April 23 - July 19 *Charleston Renaissance* Ongoing Events

Biloxi, MS Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art In Contrast features the watercolors of Richard Waters and the late Dr. Gerald Wessler of Gulfport, MS. Closes May 15!!!!

Highlands, NC The Bascom *Cheers! Handcrafted Glass Stemware* Opens May 30–June 6 *Instruments of Appalachian Music* Opens May 30–June 25 *The Three Potters: Bringle, Hewitt and Stuempfle* Opens June 13–July 11 *Helen Frankenthaler and the Color Field Painters* Opens June 18–August15 Event



Asheville, NC Asheville Art Museum Mapping the Mountains: The Photographs of George Masa Through July 5 *Expectant Gaze* Closes June 21 2nd Floor Galleries *Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan* May 8 – September 13 Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art Opens May 22 – August 23, 2009 Events

Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Museum of Art *North Carolina Living Treasures, Clay works by Norm Schulman and Cynthia Bringle* May 15th through July12th Events

Wilmington, NC The Cameron Art Museum Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art Closes May 17!!!! *Winning IDEAs: Selected Product Designs 2008* April 17-October 25

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art *Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales* Through June 7

Memphis, TN Children's Museum of Memphis *Children of Hangzhou: Connecting With China* Closes May 31
Memphis Brooks Art Museum *Contempt for the New* Through July 5 *Pieced and Patterned: Southern Quilts, 1840-1940* Closes May 17!!!! William Christenberry: Signs Through June 21 Events
The Pink Palace Museum *Underground Memphis: Archaeology and the African American Experience* Through October 16 *Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity* Opens May 16 - August 16

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum and Cultural Center Underneath & Overcoming; Featuring the debut of The Seven Deadly Sins series by photographer David Farmerie Through July Cold War Clarksville Through July Events

Nashville, TN Centennial Art Center The Nashville Calligraphers’ Guild – Members’ Exhibit & Sculpture by Ron Olson Closes May 29
Tennessee Art League *44th Annual Central South Art Exhibition* May 1st - June 26th Event
Tennessee State Museum *Plein-air Paintings of the Tennessee’s State Capitol* Closes May 17!!!! *The People’s House: A Temple of Democracy* Closes May 17!!!!

Oak Ridge, TN Children's Museum of Oak Ridge Photography Exhibition Opened May 5
Oak Ridge Art Center Sacred Symbols May 6 through June 15

Knoxville, TN Blount Mansion *Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council Third Annual Art Exhibit* May 1-30
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture *2009 Members Show* May 1-29 *Rifle Print Company Exhibition* May 1-29
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville The University of Tennessee Honors Exhibition Closes May 22
Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee Birds in Art May 9 - August 14
Girl Scout Museum The Girl Scout Museum reopens! *Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council Third Annual Art Exhibit* Blount Mansion May 1-30
Knoxville Museum of Art *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing *Arms, Legs, Feet, Heart & Soul: The Cumberland Furniture Guild* Opened April 21 - August 9 *Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation* May 8 - September 9 Events

Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts *Artists in Residence Exhibition* Closes May 23rd *Wildflower Artist of the Year Exhibition* Closes May 23rd Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery Ongoing

Johnson City, TN ETSU and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum *Our Weakening Web: The Story of Extinction* Closes May 17!!!!
Slocumb Galleries ETSU *Out of the Dark* Closes May 15!!!! Tipton Gallery

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