Press Release:8-5-09

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Press Release 8-5-09: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders

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Welcome Indianapolis Museum of Art

Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, IN

The Indianapolis Museum of Art serves the creative interests of its communities by fostering exploration of art, design, and the natural environment. The IMA promotes these interests through the collection, presentation, interpretation and conservation of its artistic, historic, and environmental assets.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions: 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

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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 Closes August 19 *Looking at the Collection: Buccellati Highlights* through November 2009

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

West Palm Beach, FL Norton Museum of Art Off the Wall: The Human Form in Sculpture May 23 - Sept. 6 *Disney: The Music Behind the Magic 1928-Today* June 6 ― Sept. 6 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* Opens August 13-27
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 Events

Paducah, KY The National Quilt Museum European Art Quilts V Closes August 10!!!! 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, 2009
The Yeiser Art Center Paducah Photo ’09 Through August 29

Louisville, KY Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft *The Wind in Your Hair: Vintage Motorcycles* July 18 to September 19 Event
Louisville Visual Art Association *A Ballad for Kenya* Extended to August 31 Event
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

Baton Rouge, LA Hill Memorial Library LSU Libraries' Special Collections *Mariners, Meridians and Monsters: Exploring the History of Maps in Fact and Fiction* Closes August 15 *A Century of Standard Oil in Baton Rouge* Closes August 15

New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art Mnemonic Devices: Rachel Jones and David Webber June 6th - Aug. 23rd Marcus Coates: Animal Instincts June 10th- 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 *Charleston Renaissance* Ongoing Walter Inglis Anderson: Watercolors from the Collection of Wesley and Norman Galen Ongoing Events

Highlands, NC The Bascom *Helen Frankenthaler and the Color Field Painters* Closes August 15 *Moulthrops: Three Generations of Woodturners* Closes August 29 *Southern Landscapes by Lamar Dodd and Will Henry Stevens* Aug. 22 - Oct. 17 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, 2009 Events

Durham, NC Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University 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 Picasso and the Allure of Language Opens August 20 - Jan. 3, 2010. Events

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

Gibbes Museum of Art *Ancestry and Innovation* July 31 - October 11 The Charleston Story Ongoing The Printmaking Process Closes August 10!!!! Explore Gallery

Memphis Brooks Art Museum* The Prints of Jacob Lawrence, 1963 – 2000 June 20 – Sept. 8 Events * Brooks is now closed Mondays AND Tuesdays
The Pink Palace Museum *Underground Memphis: Archaeology and the African American Experience* Through October 16 *Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity* Closes August 16

Cold War Clarksville Through Aug 9th *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 Opens August 7 - September 25 Event
The Hermitage Events
The Parthenon *Nashville’s Soul: Images of the Sacred Photographs by Tamara Reynolds* *July 25-October 31* *East Gallery*
Tennessee Art League Premiere Gallery Vicissitudes in Color 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

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

Knoxville, TN Blount Mansion *The paintings of Kathy Holland* Aug. 4-31 Event
The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture *Smoky Mountain Visions* Closes July 30!!!! Works by seven local artists Closes July 31!!!!
Knoxville Museum of Art *Arms, Legs, Feet, Heart & Soul: The Cumberland Furniture Guild* Closes August 9!!!! *Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation* May 8 - September 9 *Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee* Ongoing exhibition
Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee Birds in Art Closes August 14

Gatlinburg, TN Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts *Summer Faculty Exhibition* Closes August 15 Jerry Drown Turned Wood Collection Wood Studio Gallery Ongoing

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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