Press Release: 8-19-09

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Press Release 8-19-09: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders

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Openings, Closings, and Events
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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

Winter Park, FL Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College *Portrait of a Lady: Selections from the Permanent Collection* Closes August 30 *Studio Art Biennial (Exhibition of Faculty Art)* Closes August 30 *Andy Warhol: Personalities* *Jan. 3, 2010*

Miami, FL The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University Genetic Portraits by Nela Ochoa Through Sept. 6 *What Comes After Nancy Friedemann* Through Sept. 20 Cintas Fellows Exhibition Closes Aug. 23 Events

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art Off the Wall: The Human Form in Sculpture Closes Sept. 6 *Disney: The Music Behind the Magic 1928-Today* Closes Sept. 6 Events

Miami Beach, FL The Wolfsonian-Florida International University *BEAUTY ON THE BEACH: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF SWIMWEAR* Through October 11 *SUN STROKE STIMULUS* Through October 11 *Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection* Ongoing Events

Atlanta, GA Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University Old Master Highlights of the Works on Paper Collection August 15 - December 6

Milledgeville, GA Georgia State College & University Museum *re: Place* August 13-27 Event *War on Terror* September 10 – October 15 *Soldier Portraits photographs by Ellen Susan* September 10 – October 15
Augusta, GA Morris Museum of Art Stories to Tell, Memories to Keep: Folk Art in the South Closes August 30 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 Hand-carved wooden quilts by artists Fraser Smith and Fay Jean Hooker combine with antique fabric quilts from the collection of Gerald E. Roy July 10 - October 6 Masters: Art Quilts through November 10
The Yeiser Art Center Paducah Photo ’09 Closes August 29

Owensboro, KY Owensboro Museum of Fine Art *Expressions* August 9 - October 17

Louisville, KY Louisville Visual Art Association *A Ballad for Kenya* Closes August 31
The Speed Art Museum Beyond the Log Cabin: Kentucky’s Abraham Lincoln June 28- Sept. 6 Ed Hamilton’s Lincoln June 28- Sept. 6 English Silver from the Age of Matthew Boulton The James C. Codell, Jr. Collection Extended through October 11 *African Art at the Speed* Extended through January 4, 2010 The Private Eye: Photographic Highlights from the Henry V. Heuser, Jr. Collection Extended through October 11 Events

Paris, KY Hopewell Museum *Waco and the Bybees: Central Kentucky Art Pottery from 1900-1935* Through Sept. 27

Baton Rouge, LA Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries' Special Collections Two Gentlemen from Louisiana: The Congressional Papers of Senators John B. Breaux and J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. Opens Sept. 8 - January 30

New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art Mnemonic Devices: Rachel Jones and David Webber Closes Aug. 23rd!!!! Marcus Coates: Animal Instincts Closes Aug. 23rd!!!! FLOATULENTS: Inflatable Photographs by Martin Von Haselberg June 10th- Sept. 20th The Mind's Eye: Without Subject Matter, What Does the Artist See? May 16th - Oct. 11th With a Little Help from Our Friends: Recent Accessions in the Decorative Arts June 20th - Oct. 18th 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
Ogden Museum of Southern Art Bo Bartlett: Paintings 1984-2000 Through Jan. 3, 2010 Storming the Ramparts: Objects of Evidence Through Jan. 3, 2010 Looking to Learn: New Orleans Center for Creative Arts *Through Mid-September* *Charleston Renaissance* Ongoing Walter Inglis Anderson: Watercolors from the Collection of Wesley and Norman Galen Ongoing Events

Biloxi, MS Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art *Attention to Detail: Lorna Meaden and Lana Wilson* Closes August 21!!!! From the Vault Opens August 28, 2009-January 29, 2010 Events

Highlands, NC The Bascom *Moulthrops: Three Generations of Woodturners* Closes August 29 *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 Friday, July 10 to Sunday, December 6, 2009 *Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan* May 8 – September 13 Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art Closes August 23!!!! Events

Durham, NC Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Picasso and the Allure of Language Opens 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

Columbia, SC Columbia Museum of Art Cleve Gray: Man and Nature June 26 - Sept. 27 Events

Charleston, SC Gibbes Museum of Art *Ancestry and Innovation* July 31 - October 11 The Charleston Story Ongoing

Memphis, TN Memphis Brooks Art Museum* The Prints of Jacob Lawrence, 1963 – 2000 June 20 – Sept. 8 *In Celebration: Carl Gutherz* Closes August 30 Events * Brooks is now closed Mondays AND Tuesdays

Clarksville, TN Customs House Museum and Cultural Center *Dream Forest* Through Sept. 27 *Keen Cat’s Kitchen* Through Nov. 8th

Nashville, TN Belle Meade Plantation Events
Centennial Art Center Paintings by Lee Hamblen and Joan Lawler and Turned Wood Vessels by Brenda Stein August 7 - September 25
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings Closes Aug. 23!!!! Upper-Level Galleries Dean Byington: New Works Through Sept. 13 Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration Through Sept. 13


The Hermitage Events
Tennessee Art League Premiere Gallery Vicissitudes in Color Closes August 28 Ethel Smith Gallery Kentucky artist Carol Jones’ exhibit: Arches of Europe Etcetera Members Gallery New works displayed by Tennessee Art League Members Poston Gallery Living in an Abstract World with Edie Maney and Jan Batts Events
The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) Family Business: How You Find It & How You Keep It Closes August 27 Collection Highlights from the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) Ongoing


Sewanee, TN University Art Gallery Sewanee: The University of the South Cloudmapping: Paintings by Julie Püttgen Opens Sep. 4 - Oct. 4

Norris, TN Museum of Appalachia Stitches & Stories: Quilts of Appalachia Closes August 31

Chattanooga, TN Hunter Museum of American Art New York Cool: Painting and Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection Opens Aug. 23 - Oct. 25 Events

Knoxville, TN Blount Mansion *The paintings of Kathy Holland* Closes August 31
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville Objects on the Horizon August 17-October 4
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture Spiritual Influences Closes August 28 *Works by seven regional artists* Balcony at the Emporium Center Closes August 28 Sound Booth Opens September 4-25 *A 20-Year Retrospective* Opens September 4-25 Event
Knoxville Museum of Art *Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation* Through Sept. 9 Contemporary Focus Opens Sept. 4 - Nov. 8 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing exhibition Event
Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee Discovering American Indian Art August 29, 2009- January 10, 2010

Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts *In View of the Smokies: Celebrating 75 Years* Opens August 21 – October 10 Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery Ongoing Event

Johnson City, TN ETSU and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum Rainforest Adventure Closes September 7

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest *Spectacular Achievements: Audubon’s Animals of North America* Closes August 23rd!!!! Ed Haddaway Sculpture Through October 4th Of, By and About the American Indian Opens August 18th - October 18th Taos Masters paintings Through October 25th

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 East Gallery Current *Asian Art* North Gallery Current Events

Dallas, TX Dallas Museum of Art Private Universes May 22 – August 30 Private Universes: Media Works June 14 - November 8 Willie Doherty: Requisite Distance May 24 - August 30 Summer Spotlight Events
Meadows Museum SMU Diego Rivera: The Cubist Portraits, 1913-1917 June 21 - Sept. 20 Events

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