Art Museum Touring.com
Press Release 7-30-08: Openings, Closings, and Events |
Two New Museums Joined Our Site
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The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University
Atlanta, GA
The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets art and artifacts from antiquity to the present in order to provide unique opportunities for education and enrichment in the community, and to promote interdisciplinary teaching and research at Emory University.
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Openings, Closings, and Events*
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| Memphis, TN:
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art*
- Around Tennessee, 1820-1920
- A Genesis: Fifteen Poems and Etchings
- Psychedelia: Rock 'n' Roll Posters, 1965 - 1970
- The Prints of Andy Warhol
(From A to B and Back Again)
- Brooks Introduces: Sarah Boyce, Rebecca Shellabarger, Kyle Wingo
- Closes today, July 30!!!!
- Events
* See Exhibitions page to see a sample photo from each of these shows.
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Children's Museum of Memphis
- Events: CMOM Family Nights & Elementary Teachers ' Night Out
- Curious George: Let's Get Curious
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Nashville, TN
Belle Meade Plantation
- Event: "Jazz on the Lawn"
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Centennial Art Center
- Cumberland Valley TACA (Group exhibit, Tennessee Association of Craft Artists)
- Upcoming exhibition features the works of Eric Botbyl (ceramics), Charlie Doggett (photography), and Jane Word (photography)
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Cheekwoood Botanical Garden &
Museum of Art
- A Century on Paper
- Opened Saturday
June 28 - Sept. 21
- ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM POST WAR TO PRESENT
- Song Archive Project
- The Matilda Geddings
Gray Foundation Collection of Faberge
- Event: Tales & Tunes
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The Hermitage
- Free admission to The Hermitage Mondays, June 23 through August 25, for children under 18!
- Must be accompanied by a Tennessee resident adult.
- No limit to the number of children per adult.
- Next date: August 4
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The Parthenon
- Curtain: installation by Erika Johnson
- The natural Preservation of Form: sculpture by
Kath Girdler Engler
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The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA)
- Stirring Up the Past: Revolutions in Tennessee Cooking
- “Remember the Ladies!” -Women Struggle for an Equal Voice
- Opens Aug. 11 -
Jan. 30, 2009
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| The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery
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| Chattanooga, TN |
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Hunter Museum of American Art
- Events
- William Morris: Myth, Object and the Animal
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| Knoxville, TN |
Blount Mansion
- Unfound, a two man show featuring the works of Calvin Chappelle and Ryan Kelley
- Closes Today, July 30!!!!
- Dog Show by Sally Ham Govan
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Emporium Center
- "Legacy: The Quilts of Georgia Bailey"
- Aug. 1 - 29
- Event: Silent Auction Aug. 1
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| The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture University of Tennessee Knoxville
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The Girl Scout Museum
- The Girl Scout Museum is moving!
- Closes Thursday, July 31!!
- Plans to reopen in new location in late September.
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Knoxville Museum of Art
- Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts and Beyond
- Higher Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee
- Opened Friday June 27
- Ongoing exhibition
- Size Matters: XS - Recent Small-Scale Paintings
- Works from the Morristown Art Association
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Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee
- Ancient Bronzes of the Asian Grasslands
- Closes Sunday, August 3!!!!
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Paducah, KY
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The National Quilt Museum
- 9th Quilt Japan
- Quilt National '07
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Yeiser Art Center
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| Fayetteville, NC |
Fayetteville Museum of Art
- Forsaken: Edifice and Landscape
- Events
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| Milledgeville |
Georgia College & State University Museum
- Steffen Thomas: Small Paintings-
Powerful Figures
- Solo Exhibition featuring the works of Frances de La Rosa
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| Augusta , GA |
Morris Museum of Art
- Realist Paintings by Bryan LeBoeuf
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| Savannah, GA |
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Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
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| Huntsville, AL |
Huntsville Museum of Art
- Encounters: Shane Fero
- Opened July 13 – September 28
- Looking at the Collection: Buccellati Highlights
- Looking at the Collection: Whimsy in 3-D
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| Columbia, SC |
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Columbia Museum of Art
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| Carris Pottery section of Art Museum Touring.com:
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| * Art Museum Touring.com has gone over 200,000 pages viewed for July. |
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Check our:
- Home page and/or Index page to see which museums recently updated their page and on what date. Look for the new photos tag.
- Museums and galleries that have joined in the past month are listed at the top of the column on the Home page
- 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.
Support Your Area Museums! They are economic engines for their communities. And take the time to visit the local galleries in your area. A vibrant art scene contributes to a healthy community.
Tom Carris
Art Museum Touring.com
tom@artmuseumtouring.com
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