Press Release: 8-26-09

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Press Release 8-26-09: 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

Daytona Beach, FL The Southeast Museum of Photography Departures IV Closes September 12 *Images of Recovery* Closes September 12

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 Because I Say So Sculpture from the Collection of Dennis and Debra Scholl Closes Sept. 6 (extended) 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* Closes August 27!!!! *War on Terror* September 10 – October 15 *Soldier Portraits photographs by Ellen Susan* September 10 – October 15 Event
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 Opens 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 Event
The Yeiser Art Center Paducah Photo ’09 Closes August 29!!!!

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

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *The Wind in Your Hair: Vintage Motorcycles* Closes Sept. 19 Event
Louisville Visual Art Association *A Ballad for Kenya* Closes August 31!!!!
The Speed Art Museum Beyond the Log Cabin: Kentucky’s Abraham Lincoln Closes Sept. 6 Ed Hamilton’s Lincoln Closes 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

Lexington, KY The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky Closes September 20

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 Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print August 12 to October 11 Events
New Orleans Museum of Art 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 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* Closes September 13 Events

Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Museum of Art *NEWCOMER SHANNON STAMEY AT GALLERY 208* Closes August 30th!!!!

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

Wilmington, NC The Cameron Art Museum *Winning IDEAs: Selected Product Designs 2008* Through October 25 GWATHMEY SIEGEL: Inspiration and Transformation Through January 10, 2010 KALEIDOSCOPE: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection Through May 9, 2010

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 Events

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
Children's Museum of Memphis Top Secret: Mission Toy Closes Sept. 13
The Pink Palace Museum *Underground Memphis: Archaeology and the African American Experience* Through October 16 Events

Nashville, TN Belle Meade Plantation Events
Cheekwoood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art From Washington to Warhol: Americana Redefined July 11, 2009 - January 3, 2010 *Easton Selby: Rootwork* July 11 - September 20 A Lens with a Conscience March 14 - Sept. 20 *Tennessee Abstract Painters* March 14 - Sept. 20 The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge Ongoing
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Dean Byington: New Works Closes Sept. 13 Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration Closes Sept. 13


The Hermitage Events
The Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery *Ghost Cities: Timothy Portlock* Aug. 24-Sept. 30
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) Abraham Lincoln: Beyond the Penny Through October 29

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 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* Closes 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 Opens August 29, 2009- January 10, 2010

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

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

Midland, TX Museum of the Southwest Ed Haddaway Sculpture Through October 4th Of, By and About the American Indian 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 Closes August 30!!!! Private Universes: Media Works June 14 - November 8 Willie Doherty: Requisite Distance May 24 - August 30 Summer Spotlight Closes August 30!!!! *All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts* Opens August 30 Events
Meadows Museum SMU Diego Rivera: The Cubist Portraits, 1913-1917 June 21 - Sept. 20 Events

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