Press Release: 5-27-09

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Press Release 5-27-09: 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 May 24-August 19 Looking at the Collection: Whimsy in 3-D Closes May 31!!!! *Looking at the Collection: Buccellati Highlights* Through November 2009

Daytona Beach, FL The Southeast Museum of Photography Departures IV June 2 - Sept. 12 *Images of Recovery* June 2 - Sept. 12

Winter Park, FL Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College *American Poets by Jack R. Smith* Closes 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* Opened 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 *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

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art Off the Wall: The Human Form in Sculpture May 23 - Sept. 6 *Roman Vishniac: Selections from The Vanished World* March 7- July 26

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 May 16 - August 30 Event

Paducah, KY The Yeiser Art Center *Fantastic Fibers* Closes May 30!!!! Events

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *Andréa Keys: Ceramic Sculpture* May 23 – July 6 Event
Louisville Visual Art Association Children’s Free Art Classes 2009 Elementary Classes Closes June 1!!!!
The Speed Art Museum *American Art at the Speed* Closes May 31!!!! 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

Lexington, KY The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky EXCAVATING EGYPT: Great Discoveries from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeolog, University College London Closes June 14

Paris, KY Hopewell Museum Waco and the Bybees: Central Kentucky Art Pottery, 1900 to 1935 June Event

New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art *Evening in Paris* Through June 28 The Art of Caring A Look at Life through Photography May 16 - Oct. 11 Women Artists in Louisiana, 1825-1965: A Place of Their Own Through September 13 Events
The Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows Closes May 31!!!!
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Randy Shull: Crossing Boundaries An exhibition of works by noted North Carolina artist pushes the limits of American craft Closes 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 Attention to Detail: Lorna Meaden and Lana Wilson May 22-August 21

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 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 KALEIDOSCOPE: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection May 15, 2009-May 9, 2010 *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* Closes June 7

Memphis, TN Children's Museum of Memphis *Children of Hangzhou: Connecting With China* Closes May 31!!!! *Top Secret: Mission Toy* Opens June 13-Sept. 13 Events
Memphis Brooks Art Museum *Contempt for the New* Through July 5 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* May 16 - August 16

Nashville, TN Centennial Art Center The Nashville Calligraphers’ Guild – Members’ Exhibit & Sculpture by Ron Olson Closes May 29!!!! Patricia Green – Paintings Roberta Winnett Harrison – Paintings and Mixed Media Timothy Weber – Clayworks in Stoneware, Raku and Mixed Media June 5 – July 31 Event
Cheekwoood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art *Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry* Through June 14 *Michael Baggarly: Reverberant Measures* Through June 14 A Lens with a Conscience Through Sept. 20 *Tennessee Abstract Painters* Through Sept. 20 The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge Ongoing *William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit* Through Jan. 3, 2010 Events
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art Feb. 13–June 7 Ingram Gallery Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings Opens May 29–Aug. 23, 2009 Upper-Level Galleries Events
The Parthenon *HIDDEN GEMS: A HISTORY OF COLLECTING AT THE PARTHENON* June 1 - July 11

Chattanooga, TN Hunter Museum of American Art *Jellies: Living Art* In partnership with the Tennessee Aquarium Through Aug. 9 Window on the West: Views from the American Frontier – The Phelan Collection Opens June 7 - August 9

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

Knoxville, TN Blount Mansion *Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council Third Annual Art Exhibit* Closes May 30!!!! Statehood Day Heritage Festival Saturday May 30 & Sunday May 31 *Through Our Eyes* June 2-29 Event
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture *2009 Members Show* Closes May 29!!!! *Rifle Print Company Exhibition* Closes May 29!!!!
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville JIAS JAPAN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS SOCIETY June 5-July 2 Event
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 Closes May 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 See Sherrie's blog about Arms, Legs, Feet, Heart & Soul
Ramsey House Plantation Statehood Day Heritage Festival Saturday May 30 & Sunday May 31 Civil War Living History Weekend encampment with battles each day at 2:00 p.m. June 27-28

Johnson City, TN ETSU and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum Rainforest Adventure Opens May 30- September 7

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Events page for openings, receptions, other museum activities
Exhibitions page to see a list and thumbnail photos of current shows. Check a particular museum's website (available on its page on our site) for all its activities and exhibitions.

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